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Leisure & Activities
Tourist Attractions Nearby:
Santa Lucia Way
MARCO (Modern Art Museum)
Mexican History Museum
Baseball Hall of Fame and Gardens of the Cuauhtemoc Beer Factory.
Sesame Street Park
Museum del Acero Horno 3 (Steel Museum) of Fundidora Park
Monterrey Arena
Monterrey Activities:
Monterrey is a magnificent city established between majestic mountains of the Eastern Madre Sierra, home of great determined visionaries that built an imposing industrial and financial capital. In the beginning of this millennium, Monterrey is also a development venue in many aspects such as higher education, medicine and culture. In Monterrey, you also find a combination of natural beauty and imposing industries, universities, hospitals and much more. Next we list some of the most important attractions in Monterrey:
• Santa Lucia Way: A beautiful water way that joins the Macroplaza mall with Fundidora Park. Whether walking along or getting onboard a boat that takes you through this wonderful experience, you will have a great time in this tour.
• MARCO (Modern Art Museum): Permanent and Temporary Exhibits of enormous quality.
• Mexican History Museum: Learn about Mexico’s history from pre-Columbian cultures to the famous Mexican Revolution era.
• Baseball Hall of Fame and Gardens of the Cuauhtemoc Beer Factory.
• Alfa Planetary: Museum of Technology and Movie Projection on IMAX tech.
• Sesame Street Park: Amusement for young and adults alike, including a huge aquatic park and a swimming pool of gigantic waves.
• Museum del Acero Horno 3 (Steel Museum) of Fundidora Park: Learn about the history of Gran Maestranza and technological and scientific aspects related to steel.
• Monterrey Arena: Here is where great shows, concerts and sports events are presented.
If you plan to do shopping, Monterrey features impressive shopping malls in which stand out the following ones:
• Galerias Monterrey
• Galerías Valle Oriente
• Paseo San Pedro
Outside Monterrey you find some interesting tours:
• Cascada La Cola de Caballo
• Grutas de García
• Santiago: “Pueblo Mágico”
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More Monterrey Activities:
Monterrey is one of Mexico’s destinations that never lacks on entertaining resources. It is an entity covered by majestic settings, well endowed by waterfalls and ideal mountains to practice extreme sports; fishing and kayak activities can be performed without the need of a beach nearby; it is worldwide known by the rappel activity and also features several golf courses and natural settings ideal for peaceful activities.
Golf
Monterrey features plenty of golf courses for enthusiasts of this fancy sport. One of the most celebrated tournaments is held annually in the Valle Alto Golf Club of 18 holes.
You can also find: Monterreal Golf Course of 9 holes, Monterrey Country Club of 27 holes, La Herradura Residential of 18 holes, Refineria Club of 9 holes and El Mirador Hacienda with 9 holes.
Eco tourism
Ecotourism activity is set up by a series of healthy activities: Flora and fauna sighting among its natural habitat; Workshops of environmental awareness organized on regular basis in the middle of beautiful parks; Mountaineering getting delighted by the place geology; Camping for family or friends excursions; Trekking, perfect to perform a photo safari; or well a peaceful horseback ride around the area.
Extreme sport enthusiasts are commonly spotted performing mountain biking or motocross, though the options of the majestic places in Nuevo Leon also offers lay back tours. Whenever you practice Ecotourism you get the benefit to breathe clean air, discovering nature without major trouble, along expert guides that educate people in terms of natural resources.
Some of the many sites adapted for visitors who enjoy the natural history and the intimate contact with nature: the Chpinque Ecological Park, Cola de Caballo waterfall, the La Silla Ecological Park, the Xenpal Ecological Park and La Estanzuela Park.
Streetcar Tours
If you’re willing to live a unique experience in Monterrey, this city features a peculiar mode of transport: an exact replica of a street car from the early 20th century. This tour includes an expert guide that will emphasize interesting aspects of buildings and museums of downtown, the great square and surrounding spots. For your convenience we make 7 stops at: Howard Johnson hotel, MARCO Museum, Barrio Antiguo, Museum of Mexican History, Sacred Heart Temple, La Purisima and Hotel Zone.
This tour lasts about 45 minutes and tickets are purchase aboard, During spring and summer schedule is from 16:00 to 22:00 hrs, during winter and autumn from 15:30 to 20:00 hrs. This transportation is based on downtown over Morelos and Zaragoza 64000.
Fishing Sport
Monterrey does not offer beaches any where near, however you will be surprise by the fact that fishing sport is a popular activity. Anyone who has experienced the opportunity to catch a large fish at any given time can certainly repeat this experience in Monterrey.
The Rodrigo Gomez Dam, known as “La Boca”, is the dam’s locals by choice, given that is only 30 kms away from Monterrey and offers a wide range of species, since offers restaurant services, multiple aquatic activities in which stands out kayak, boat tours and jet skies.
The variety and resources to practice fishing is second to no high seas, it is the opposite, because it is accessible for all the family since fish can be caught right from the shores, at the dock or aboard a craft. Whether you rather using a cane or a bare string, with bait or with hook, under the sun or in the shade, summer or winter, you can find fishing activity over these areas all year round.
Nuevo Leon earns worldwide fame due to the fact that provides the best rocks to practice rappel and climbing activities. You can find the most professional worldwide level guides along with the best equipment, physically prepared in order for you to enjoy from safe recreation. The different places for these extreme sports are designed for amateurs, providing accessible places only for enthusiasts of high skill level.
Santa Catarina features the Huasteca Canyon, a massive limestone of vertical features, which contains 180 climbing routes on record, it is an excellent space to learn the rappel activity and for the most skilful enthusiasts as well, this activity may be performed during all year.
Santa Catarina also locates the Nido de Aguiluchos club, with intermediate difficult level; it is an enormous area with cliffs for rappel over half a kilometer high. The tour consists in about 5 kms in eight hours sessions.
Bungee Jumping
One of the most challenging activities in life is without a doubt bungee jumping; at Santiago Municipality, 36 kms away from Monterrey via highway 20, you may find the highest Bungee in the country. It is located within the Cola de Caballo Hotel, in the park that goes by the same name.
Bungee jumping is performed with special gear. The elastic string which the person is attached to, reaches an impressive elasticity of 650% out of its normal length, jumping off from 70 meters high while you admire the breathtaking view of the Madre Oriental Sierra.
Sky Diving
This is one of the highest risks, most extreme sports, due to the fact that this sport consists in jumping off from an airplane, therefore you must be in great health, have the proper physical structure, and sign a document where the individual voluntarily assumes the risks involved. This service is engaged right outside the City Airport.
For those experienced enthusiasts, it is known that modalities of the sport are in constant growth, all these modalities can be performed in Monterrey: the classic style, free style, Chute Assise, skysurf, wingsuit flight, head down and the impressive synchronized flight. Any of these flights may be monitored from land. For those new ones there is also the Tandem Jump, of 40 to 45 seconds duration time, attached to an expert instructor, flying over a period of about 6 to 8 minutes, from 3,500 meters high.
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