Monterrey is the third city in Mexico as far as importance and population are concerned. It is remarkable for its wide event infrastructure, service quality and multiple entertainment options.

Two airports: Aeropuerto Internacional de Monterrey (Monterrey International Airport) with a traffic of 256 daily flights, optimal facilities and a new cargo air terminal of 60 thousand sq. m. for operations, and the Aeropuerto Internacional del Norte (North International Airport) with 95 daily private flights.

Monterrey has 10,500 hotel rooms distributed among seven sectors in the metropolitan area and outside the city. Several of its hotels belong to world-wide known chains.

Convention centers, hotel meeting rooms, forums, arena, stadiums, auditoriums, clubs and theaters with functional and versatile spaces, as well as supplementary services.

Monterrey offers visitors a great number of entertaining and cultural activities, for all ages and tastes. An interesting companion program or optional activities for guests to choose from can be scheduled.

Wilderness landscapes ideal for ecological tourism and adventure tourism like Chipinque Ecological Park, Horsetail Waterfall, La Huasteca Canyon and Garcia Grotto.

The city received in 2002 the first place in the International Guests Satisfaction Rating in Mexico, according to the National Tourism Secretariat, with a 98 percent satisfaction.

Gran Plaza

Also known as the Macroplaza, is certainly a place of great interest gathering a significant amount of attractive places: the Palacio de Gobierno (Government Palace), the Teatro de la Ciudad, Fuente de Neptuno (Neptune Fountain), the Casino Monterrey, the Catedral Metropolitana (Metropolitan Cathedral), the Faro del Comercio (Commerce Lighthouse) and the Palacio Municipal (Municipality’s Palace), among others.

Paseo Santa Lucía

Built over the bed of the old spring named “Ojos de Santa Lucia”, where Don Diego de Montemayor founded the City more than 400 years ago, this river-walk represents a real pleasure for the whole family.

Barrio Antiguo

Picturesque sector of Monterrey, made up by old buildings and cobble-stone streets, lighted by old street lamps, giving it a nostalgic feeling. In a short time, it has become the social, cultural and historical heart of our city due to its concentration of restaurants, museums, art galleries, bars and discos.

Monterrey has two airports: the International Airport of Monterrey with 256 flights daily, and the Airport of the North, with 95 private flights daily. There are direct flights to Monterrey from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, San Antonio, Phoenix, and Mexico City; being many of these cities connections centers to the rest of the world.

City located in the north of Mexico, 1 hour by plane from Mexico City , and two hours by highway to the US Border. The attractiveness of Mountains is always admired by those who visit us and by our people; in addition, city has many attractive places of a cosmopolitan city as well as a good transportation service, which is traduced into comfort for the persons who visit us.

Modern Highways make easier to move from a business to a rest place using a great variety of buses either tourist or executive class, car rentals, vans with drivers and public and private taxis.

 

Plenty places to go for shopping. Monterrey has ten malls where you can find department stores, exclusive boutiques, jewelry stores, cafes and even movie theaters.

Beside these options, to purchase handcrafts there is no place like Calle Morelos, next to the Main Plaza. In some museum stores and small stores in downtown they sell souvenir and exclusive handcrafts pieces from various regions of Mexico.

 

The city offers the best on national and international gastronomy in restaurants that satisfies the strictest tastes and also can handle groups and convencionists.

In addition, there are regional restaurants, with traditional dishes as Cabrito, Machacado and famous Steaks that distinguish us. The best on food is located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada and downtown areas.

Free your adventure spirit making wanders all year around of many kinds such as rock climbing, rappel, mountain & route biking, bungee jumping, parachute jump, camping, hill excursions, cave exploration, canyon trails, kayak, cavalcade, water falls, with nature surrender and easy and comfortable ways to get in by car.

Monterrey has everything for you to have fun, from sunrise to sunrise. There’s a big variety of nightlife that fits every person who visit us. From cultural and musical concerts and festivals to the traditional Rodeo where Tex-Mex music was born, besides this, the downtown has all kind of bars and discotheques. If you have fun during the day, what are you waiting to have fun by night?

The close-by Santiago Municipality, in the South of Nuevo Leon, has become a very popular site. Its north-east picturesque architecture, typical food restaurants and attractive spots, such as La Boca Dam, to practice water sports; the Cola de Caballo, a beautiful 25-meter high waterfall and the challenging Matacanes and Hidrofobia canyon tours, are an authentic pleasure.

The State of Nuevo León has four geographical zones: high mountain, forest, desert, and low-lands, with natural landscapes that are ideal for ecotourism and adventure tourism activities.

- Cerro de la Silla (Saddle Hill): The city’s symbol, a marvel of nature (15 min. drive from downtown)
- Chipinque Ecological Park: Located in the Sierra Madre, one of the preferred visiting sites for its beautiful hiking trails (25 min. drive from downtown)
- Cascada Cola de Caballo (Horsetail Waterfall): Splendorous 25 meter high waterfall (30 min. drive from downtown)
- Garcia Grotto: Famous caves with its modern and safe cable car, unique in its type in Mexico (30 minutes from downtown Monterrey)
- La Huasteca Canyon: Impressive canyon of sheer walls (25 minutes from downtown)
- Icamole Desert: Interesting desert area with rock paintings (1 hour from downtown Monterrey)

- Potrero Chico Canyon: Its high peaks reach 890 meters, and are the highest scalable walls in Latin America (1 hour drive from downtown Monterrey)
- Boca de Potrerillos: Only archeological site opened by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (1:30 hour drive from the city)
- Chipitín Waterfall: Turquoise color waterfall, ideal to practice up to 70 meter high rappel (2 hours from downtown Monterrey)
- Bustamante Caves: Large caves with a yet unknown depth (1 hour from downtown Monterrey)
- Pozo del Gavilán (Gavilan Hole): Only cenote found in Northeast Mexico (4 hours from downtown Monterrey)
- Potosí Mountain: Highest peak in Nuevo León, very attractive for people that enjoy mountain hiking (4 hours from downtown Monterrey)

There are 18 museums with exhibits on science and technology, world modern art, Nuevo Leon’s traditions and customs, and Mexico’s history.

- Centro de las Artes Pinacoteca Nuevo León (Nuevo Leon Art Center)
- Centro de las Artes Cineteca Fototeca Nuevo León (Nuevo Leon Film and Photography Center)
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MARCO (MARCO Museum of Contemporary Art)
- Museo de Historia Mexicana (Mexican History Museum)
- La Casa de los Títeres (Puppet Theater Museum)

- Museo Metropolitano de Monterrey (Monterrey Metropolitan Museum)
- Casa de la Cultura de Nuevo Léon (Nuevo Leon Cultural Center)
- Museo del Ferrocarril (Train Museum)
- Museo del Obispado (Archbishop Museum)
- Museo Estatal de Culturas Populares (Popular Arts State Museum)
- Museo del Vidrio (Glass Museum)
- Museo del Centenario (Centennial Museum)
- Planetario Alfa (Alfa Planetarium)
- Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Profesional de México (Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Museo de Antropología, Paleontología e Historia “Bernabé de las Casas” (“Bernabé de las Casas” Anthropology, Paleontology and History Museum)
- Museo El Blanqueo (El Blanqueo Museum)
- Museo del Automóvil (Car Museum)
- Museo de Linares (Linares Museum)