miércoles, 26 de marzo de 2014

Monterrey, Nuevo León

Por: Oziel Torres Mendoza

Nuevo León

The state of Nuevo Leon is in northeastern Mexico. It has an area of 64.220 km2 , 3.3% of the total land area . It is bounded north and east by Tamaulipas to the south and west by San Luis and Zacatecas , and to the north by Coahuila , Tamaulipas and the U.S. state of Texas. Geographic coordinates of its ends are: North 27 º 49 ' south and 23 ° 11' north latitude . East 98 ° 26 ' west and 101 º 14' west longitude.




Monterrey

Monterrey is located north of the Sierra Madre Oriental , bordered to the north by San Nicolas de los Garza and Escobedo General on the south by San Pedro Garza García and San Nicolas de los Garza , Guadalupe and east by Juárez and west by Santa CatarinaMonterrey, the state capital , is 73 km from Saltillo, 900 miles from Mexico City , 223 km from Nuevo Laredo, and 300 km from the port of Matamoros. For this position is a major commercial crossings of Mexico . The state has 51 municipalities , nine of which form the metropolitan area of ​​Monterrey : Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia , Santa Catarina , Guadalupe, San Nicolas de los Garza, Apodaca, General Escobedo and Juárez .

Experiences of the trip

I went to Monterrey with my family we were 1 week was in summer of 2008 and was the first time visiting Monterrey, I visited various places of attractions as a magical forest, Parque Fundidora, Bioparque Estrella and more attractions. I went to eat at restaurants where the food was delicious, then went to visit the Museum of steel. Learned as life is in Monterrey in Monterrey the typical cuisine of Monterrey includes the crushed egg, a dish prepared with dried beef, eggs, and in occasions the capirotada dessert by sinaloense community in Monterrey, prepared bread, hot sauce cheese, raisins, peanut butter and piloncillo.

My family has decided to go on holiday to the city of Monterrey to remove the stress of work , in this I am trip with my mom , my aunt , my two cousins and my two brothers . Well, we are in Monterrey my aunt decides to seek first the hotel where we will be staying before heading out to explore the city’s take a break.
The first place you will visit is the walk Santa Lucia, but the climate so hot we take advantage of the day to explore this magnificent place. After 1 hour we're going to eat at a seafood restaurant where the food is delicious, we have to hurry before it gets dark. The next day we are up early to go to the amusement parks of my favorite places to go we have to make a long line. Half an hour after we entered the park, I'll buy some memories of the park but I will avoid spending much money. The next day we go to my mom decided that my cousins know past events go to the museum and more entertainment places.
Well it's time to say goodbye to this great city that has certainly given us the best moments that can be shared with family.

The weekend I went to the great family attractions Chipinque ecological park, where I could know the great nature, also went to Paseo Santa Lucía that is the preferential place of Monterrey to stroll in the evenings families, and finally went to the Zoo the Shepherdess where I met the variety of animals that are A moment that I won't forget was when we went to BioParque that day a man going to be waiting to take us to the hotel and I never get hope it 4 hours did not know what to do until suddenly I get a taxi, that moment was a little uncomfortable for the trip. The climate is temperate, there is heavy traffic in Monterrey to Matamoros comparison. People see is that it is cool. On this trip I had fun and I can say that it was the best trip of my life that I enjoyed with my family the most.

Activities and attractions in Monterrey

Museum of contemporary art (MARCO), Mexican History Museum, Museum of the Palace of Government, Museum of Northwest, Museum of Natural history, Museum of glass, Regional Museum of the Palace of Government, Regional Museum of Monterrey, Planetarium Alfa Museum, Railway Museum, Museum of science and technology.
Hall of the fame of the professional baseball in Mexico, Casa de la Cultura de Nuevo León, Center for the arts, art gallery school Civil ship trade Cathedral Metropolitan Monterrey, Chapel of the sweet names, old College of the sacred heart, Church of the Immaculate condo steel Paseo Santa Lucía, old quarter, corridor of art, City Theatre, Central Library, Plaza Hidalgo Sunken garden. Macroplaza, Fundidora Park, Palacio Municipal de Monterrey, monument to work, source of life, Explanada de los Heroes, mercantile, Casino Monterrey, lighthouse of Commerce. Hill Park horsetail, Grutas de Garcia, Chair, water Park Plaza Sesamo, Kidzania, magical forest, la Pastora Zoo, BioPark La Estrella, Chipinque Park. Santiago Pueblo Mágico.

Important places in Monterrey

 
·         Museum of contemporary art: this Museum, known by its initials as a framework, is installed in the Centre of the city opposite the Macro Plaza and integrated to the landscape, where the Cathedral and the Town Hall. It is inspired by the traditional Mexican style and has a central courtyard, ornamented with a great mirror of water and two impressive spherical sculptures.
·         Fundidora Park: s a unique space of 123 hectares that joint history, recreation and entertainment; plazas, walkways, gardens and lakes, are natural and safe scenarios where the fun is unlimited and is free of charge.
·         The Macroplaza: the Macro Plaza or Gran Plaza certainly is the focal point of the center of the city. Along its 40 hectares extend a series of small squares containing fountains, benches, trees, green areas, as well as monuments and historical buildings, notably the Faro de Comercio, which dominates the landscape and is the highest in Mexico
·         Paseo Santa Lucía: s a navigable river with an area of 2.5 km that connects the Macroplaza with the Fundidora Park, which you can navigate in attractive vessels. • Estrella BioPark: is a nature reserve, with more than 700 animals of different species from five continents.
·         Ecological park Chipinque: It is the favorite for the nature lovers • Park Pastor This is a space that offers entertainment, fun and culture to each of its visitors, and turns out to be very enlightening for the little ones and the locals, since in it in addition to preserve animal species, it also has its own forest and botany, where preserving some of the native species of the region, as well as encouraging civic culture by the love of nature and the environment and living species care These and more places of entertainment in cons in Monterrey!

BASIC INFORMATION IF YOU WANT TO TRAVEL TO MONTERREY




·         transport http://mty.rutadirecta.com/?ref=logo

·         Monterrey 2014 events http://www.nl.gob.mx/?P=tur_eventos
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 



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