Monterrey Kids

Monterrey offers several choices for recreation including entertainment areas for all ages, and children shouldn’t be the exception. During your stay, enjoy the city’s variety of amusement parks, cultural centers, zoo’s, public parks, and museums especially designed for kids.

For those animal lovers, there are several options of parks that offer the opportunity to learn about diverse animal species and wild life. “The Parrots House”, located inside the Fundidora Park, is an aviary that promotes bird preservation and their ecosystems. Parque La Pastora, located in Guadalupe’s municipal area, is a zoo with more than 300 different animal species. Bioparque Estrella offers Safari tours; this is an ideal place to interact with diverse animals from all over the world. Bioparque Estrella is only 50min. from the city.

For adventure lovers, there are several options such as “Plaza Sésamo”. This amusement park allows you to spend some time with Sesame Street characters, enjoy ride attractions suitable for all ages, performances, and water slides. Another recommendation for teenagers is Bosque Mágico, where the exiting rides are the main attraction.

Another great place to visit is Kidzania, where children will enjoy educational activities and games related to 75 different professions. It’s a perfect place to spend a day with the family.
If you are looking to spend some time with your children in an outdoor setting Mundo de Adeveras, with its innovative concept, is a place where children can pretend to be adults, they will love this great experience.

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Monterrey, City of Mountains

Monterrey is known as "The City of Mountains" due to the natural beauty of its topography, which is sure to make any visitor or resident fall in love with it.

During your visit you will observe: the Sierra Madre Oriental, at the south of the city; the Huasteca, at the southwest; the Cerro de Las Mitras, at the west; the Cerro del Topo Chico, at the northwest; and finally, the famous Cerro de la Silla, at the southeast.

The Cerro de la Silla is an icon of the city; it has a height of 1.770 meters above sea level. Its name is due to the fact that it resembles a horse’s saddle, as was noticed by conqueror Alberto del Canto in 1577. This hill has been considered a natural monument of the nation by presidential decree since 1991.

Cerro de las Mitras can offer a picturesque snow capped view, depending on the winter. Its name is due to the fact that it resembles the shape of a high and pointed hat like the one the catholic bishops wear.

La Huasteca is a mountain located to the South in the city of Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon. It was formed by a series of high crags that draw round the Canyon of La Huasteca. Its rocky formation is perfect for hiking, rock climbing and other activities.

Sierra Madre Oriental is a huge mountain chain that crosses municipalities like San Pedro and the south side of Monterrey. Its hills have the form of an "M". Here is where the Ecological Park Chipinque is located, a beautiful place full of vegetation, forests and regional fauna.

Cerro del Topo Chico (Hill of the Small Mole) attributes its name to the resemblance that it has with the moles or dogs of the meadow. It is famous for its springs and thermal water. It is considered an inactive volcano.

Cerro del Obispado is considered a historical hill for many reasons. Its name was given due to the Episcopal residence that was built there in the 18th century. Today it hosts the “Obispado Museum” and the “Obispado Asta Bandera View point”, where you will be fascinated with the spectacular panoramic view of the city.

Enjoy Monterrey’s mountains, here you will be able to practice extreme sports, ecotourism or just take a relaxing afternoon in the fresh air and nature.

Sports in Monterrey

Monterrey is the perfect place for hosting important sport events due to its infrastructure and high level facilities.
The Monterrey Baseball Stadium is considered the best in Latin America. It is the home of the nine time national champions “Sultanes de Monterrey”, they won their latest title in 2007.

The “Arena Monterrey” with a capacity of 17,000 seats has held many international sport events, such as: NBA and WNBA games, WWE wrestling, indoor football games, and the 2002 World Karate Tournament . It’s also home for local indoors football and basketball teams, “La Furia”, “La Raza” and “Fuerza Regia”.

Monterrey’s professional soccer fans are considered the greatest in the country. “Tigres” is the name of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon team and “Rayados de Monterrey”, also known as Club de Fútbol Monterrey, is an independent soccer club.

American Football also has many fans and diverse representative college teams. “Auténticos Tigres” are the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León team and “Borregos Salvajes” are the Tecnológico de Monterrey team. Both of them represent Monterrey at the ONEFA (National Students Organization of American Football).

People interested in popular sports such as golf, mountain biking, tennis, and extreme sports, will have the opportunity to enjoy quality public and private facilities during their stay in the city.

Venue for World Class Events

As a city, Monterrey is a great venue for world-class events as can be seen in recent years with the organization of the United Nations World Financing for Development Summit in 2002, the Organization of American States Summit in 2004, the Universal Forum of Cultures Monterrey 2007, and many other Congresses, Expo's and Conventions that take place every year.

Some of the advantages that Monterrey can offer for these kinds of events are:

• High quality infrastructure for national and international connections by air or land.
• Facilities to host great events in hotels and convention centers that fulfill international quality standards such as CONVEX and CINTERMEX.
• The best site in northern México for business and commercial fairs.
• Multiple and diverse attractions for cultural and touristic recreation.
• Quality Hotels that offers more than 11,000 rooms.
• Exellent services and safety to please visitors.

Monterrey, a city with international standards for every event.

For more information please check the Visitors and Conventions Office webpage

www.ocvmty.com/english/index.asp

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Well Connected to the world

Located in Mexico’s northeast, the city of Monterrey can count on its strategic geographical location that links it to the most important cities of Mexico and the Southern United States. At only 2 hours from the border with the US, the city is very well connected by train, modern freeways and two airports. This infrastructure gives the city an excellent location for logistics, business, large events, and tourism.

In 2007 the International Airport of Monterrey gave service to 6,560 000 passengers. Today, it operates 328 daily national flights, 32 International and 2 European. The North Airport operates mostly for private flights and cargo.

Additionally, the city offers diverse options of communications with top level technology and an extensive network of fiber optic, wide variety of cell phones companies, digital services and radio communication,. This places Monterrey at the vanguard of communication and guarantees a city well connected to the world, which gives privilege to investments.