Nuevo León Travel Guide
Cerro de la Silla overlooking Monterrey. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Nuevo Leon is Mexico's industrial powerhouse, and Monterrey its mountain-ringed capital: a modern business city backed by the unmistakable silhouette of Cerro de la Silla. The city's reinvention of its old steelworks as Fundidora Park is one of Mexico's great urban projects.
Around the city: the Cola de Caballo waterfall, the Santiago pueblo magico, and the Grutas de Garcia caves.
Destinations in Nuevo León
Parque FundidoraThe old steelworks turned park: museums, the Horno 3 blast furnace and the Santa Lucia riverwalk.
Cerro de la SillaThe saddle-shaped mountain that is Monterrey's emblem; the Teleferico viewpoint.- Cola de CaballoThe horsetail waterfall in the mountains south of the city.
- SantiagoThe pueblo magico of the Presa de la Boca lake.
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Top Cities & towns in Nuevo León
Regional food
- Cabrito: Monterrey's roast kid goat
- Machacado con huevo for breakfast
Getting there
Monterrey International (MTY) is a major hub with US and domestic flights. The city is 2 hours from the Texas border at Laredo.