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The 10 Best Things to do in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Monterrey (Spanish pronunciation: [monteˈrei] ( listen)), is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, in Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is the country's ninth-largest city. Monterrey serves as a commercial center of northern Mexico and is the base of many significant international corporations.
Restaurants in Monterrey
1. Parque Ecologico Chipinque
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1,235 reviews
Somos una Asociación de Beneficencia Privada sin fines de lucro y nuestros proyectos se desprenden de nuestro objetivo social que es la preservación y conservación de los recursos naturales.
Reviewed By 783albertot - Monterrey, Mexico
This is a perfect area to exercise, to hike or even to go with your Family and friends to make a picnic, cooler than the city on summer time, I really like it, and if you just want to hike and then enjoy a nice meal or even stay teh night, there is an hotel at the top. Nice for staying the night and enjoy the view of the city at night.
2. Planetario Alfa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 495 reviews
Reviewed By lourdesp433
There is a beautiful group of peacocks and different birds outside, just before you start the visit, then you have a science museum, perfect for children 3-14, and also an IMAX theater, with very interesting documentaries.
3. Bioparque Estrella
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4.5 based on 332 reviews
Bioparque es una reserva natural donde podrás vivir un recorrido en el Serengeti Safari, como si estuvieras en la sabana Africana! Alimenta, acaricia y admira mas de 800 animales que viven en libertad. Además podrás divertirte en las mas de 20 atracciones: Ártico, Mirador de las Jirafas, Kamba, Lago de la Paz, Pajaritos, Sendero de las Cascadas, entre otras. De marzo a septiembre disfruta trae cambio de ropa y traje de baño las atracciones de agua: Chorritos, Juegos interactivos y deslizate en el Río Loko, un tobogán de mas de 300 mts! (consulta nuestro calendario de operaciones en la página web) Wildlife park featuring a drive-through safari and a children's petting zoo. Don´t forget your swimsuit for water atractions!
Reviewed By Ramiro-Flores - Grenoble, France
Nuevo León has a lot to offer and this is one of them. Located an hour away from Monterrey's city center, Bioparque Estrella is an interactive Safari themed Zoo; meaning you can feed, touch and play with the animals. The price is totally worth it and not expensive at all. It includes almost everything except one or two rides. What´s best, you can ride a boogie that will take you through their natural reserve full of giraffes, zebras, antelopes,water buffalos, and some other animals. While on the ride, the vehicle will stop so you can feed the animals and take pictures with them. This ride will last about 20 minutes. Then, you have the whole day to enjoy of the petting zoos, a giraffe feeding station, animal rides, shows, food courts, and even a pond with fishes that eat your death skin like in the spa. Moreover, you can also enter small aviaries with budgies and feed them. They will get so close to you that you will feel an aviary explosion of joy. I totally recommend it if yo go to NL.
4. Parque la Huasteca
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4.5 based on 234 reviews
Rugged mountain great for rock climbing.
Reviewed By johnpB3780YQ - Guadalajara, Mexico
I was recently invited to hike in La Huasteca, an area just outside Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, filled with limestone mountains, many of which are long, thin and high, running in parallel lines like giant knife blades. Cañon la Huasteca, they told me, is actually the beginning of the Sierra Madre Oriental, which extends south for 1000 kilometers. I had been invited to this event by Mexico’s Bakpak Magazine Community. When they invited me to join them for their first excursion of the new year, I was delighted and honored and off I went to Monterrey... Well, these Bakpak people are pretty serious about their hikes and the day after my arrival there they were picking me up at 5:30 AM in total darkness. “I always organize the first excursion of the year as early as I can,” I was told by Alex González, founder of Bakpak. “If they are willing to get up at 5:00 AM and actually do it, I know they are hooked, and I know they are going to fall in love with the outdoors.” To my great surprise, the number of people who got up at five to stamp their feet in the dark on that cold Sunday morning came to 133. Now, I know that Alex had promised all of them a delicious breakfast of chilaquiles made with a recipe handed down from his mother, but they would only get that breakfast after several hours of hiking. What was it that had hooked over a hundred people who could have stayed in their warm beds that chilly Sunday morning? Just as the sun was peeking through the silhouettes of distant peaks, we began our hike through a flat riverbed bordered by matorral, desert scrubland. Soon we were on higher ground and reaching a level where the majestic beauty of those peaks could be appreciated. It was hard to believe that you could find such silence and solitude only 20 minutes from the hustle and bustle of Monterrey, with almost 300 bolted routes that attract mountain climbers from near and far. I looked at the people around me. They were all city folk, “townies,” and here they were hiking through the mountains, and to me it looked like they were really enjoying themselves. I turned to a married couple next to me. “Are you having a good time?” “¡Sí que sí!” they replied with enthusiasm. “We’ve been going on these excursions for three years. To tell you the truth, the first hikes seemed tough and we’d go back home utterly worn out… but now we’re used to it and we love it!” My sombrero is off to the people who are introducing city folk to the great outdoors...and congratulations to the people of Monterrey who have such a great park only twenty minutes from town!
5. Parque Fundidora
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4.5 based on 2,657 reviews
The park once belonging to an Iron and Steel Melting Company now is a cultural center containing museums, concert halls and an amusement park.
Reviewed By Deepthi277 - Bengaluru, India
Park is huge. Bike rental available to cover in and around the park.. there is a beautiful river with boating option.. adventurous can try some extreme sports.. bird aviary has different kinds of parrots and toucan.. For folks interested in history of this place there is a presentation of the Fundidora, steel company. Good number of activities for children. Public restrooms available at either end of the park.
6. Paseo de Santa Lucia
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4.5 based on 2,331 reviews
A historic street in downtown Monterrey passing through the Plaza de los 40 Años and the Mexican History Museum.
Reviewed By L4430FCmanuelm - Puerto Penasco, Mexico
Not only the city of Monterrey rescued an area which had been abandoned for decades if not for centuries. It added a tourist attraction for visitors as well as for locals. Although San Antonio, TX river walk was first, Monterrey’s is far larger. The boat ride is $60 pesos per adult and it includes a round trip with the opportunity to get out of the boat at the opposite end of the ride to tour the surroundings, either the Macroplaza or the Fundidora park. This river walk sits where it once was the bank of the Santa Lucía water wells where Monterrey was founded more than 400 years ago. Talk about a place with history.
7. Grutas de Garcia
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4.5 based on 911 reviews
Stunning and dramatic caves dating back more than 50 million years ago.
Reviewed By 182tmd - Houston, United States
This was as nice a cave as Carlsbad, NM. It helps if you know Spanish because I didn't know any. I was stuck in Monterey and this is one of two places I visited. You begin on a cable car ride. You look up and see this isn't you typical ride, it's high, all the way to the top of the mountain. Once you get going you think, wow this is Mexico, I hope they do maintenance on this. The ride was nice and we made it. You come to a steel door on the side of the mountain. The tour guide opens it and inside is a huge and took a couple of hours to complete. Although I didn't understand a thing they said, I knew about the minerals and the shells. I was told this is a place a painter named Garcia use to come to. I don't know if that's true or not. I would do this again if I felt safe going back to Monterey/Mexico.
8. Parque Natural La Estanzuela
9. Museo del Acero Horno 3
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4.5 based on 751 reviews
History of Horno Alto Nº 3, Horno Alto Nº 3 was designed by Arthur G. McKee & Co. from Cleveland, Ohio. The installation began in October 1965 and it began operating in January 1968, with the capacity to produce 1,500 to 2,000 tons of cast iron per day. It had the most advanced technologies, notable among which were the electronic programmer of raw materials and the automatic system for the control of furnace combustion. With the beginning of operations of Horno Alto Nº 3, the Monterrey Foundry reached a production of a million tons of steel per year, which made it the most important steel mill in Mexico.
Reviewed By Dkw123 - Calgary, Canada
Great museum with a great story and helpful people. Would go again. Part of the Nuevo León history and very well done.
10. Gran Plaza o Macroplaza
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4.0 based on 679 reviews
Main plaza where most of the city's historical monuments, museums and hotels are located.
Reviewed By hgbecerra - Guadalajara, Mexico
This was a stop of the boat ride “Santa Lucia” The plaza is a historical location and very clean and well kept worth while to spend time and enjoy Monterrey’s history.
