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Overview

Cosmopolitan Monterrey is Mexico鈥檚 third-largest city, second-largest industrial center and n煤mero uno in per-capita income. This economic powerhouse has a strong entrepreneurial ethos, humming cultural scene, vibrant universities and an urban hipster nightlife scene.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Horno 3, a blast furnace turned museum located in Parque Fundidora in Monterrey.

    Horno3

    Monterrey

    Blast Furnace No 3 in the former industrial site of the Parque Fundidora has been converted into Horno3, an exceptionally impressive high-tech, hands-on鈥�

  • Overlooking Monterrey, Mexico from Parque Ecol贸gico Chipinque.

    Parque Ecol贸gico Chipinque

    Monterrey

    This stunning mountainside reserve is just 12km from downtown Monterrey. There's great hiking and mountain-biking on over 60km of well-marked trails鈥�

  • Paseo Santa Lucia, Monterrey, Mexico.

    Paseo Santa Luc铆a

    Monterrey

    The stunning 2.3km promenade of Paseo Santa Luc铆a is a world-class example of urban regeneration. This (artificial) river forms a turquoise ribbon through鈥�

  • Museo de Historia Mexicana in Monterrey.

    Museo de Historia Mexicana

    Monterrey

    This sleek modernist museum on the Plaza 400 A帽os presents an extensive but easily manageable chronological history of Mexico. In the heart of the museum鈥�

  • Monument to Workers (Monumento a los Obreros) in Macroplaza square in the historic city center of Monterrey.

    Macroplaza

    Monterrey

    A monument to Monterrey鈥檚 late-20th-century ambition, this city-block-wide series of interconnected squares, also known as the Gran Plaza, was created in鈥�

  • Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico.

    Parque Fundidora

    Monterrey

    Formerly a vast steel-factory complex, this once-blighted industrial zone has been transformed into a huge urban park. Designers cleverly retained the鈥�

  • MARCO, Museum of Contemporary Art (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo) located on city landmark Macroplaza.

    Museo de Arte Contempor谩neo

    Monterrey

    Don't miss the outstanding Museo de Arte Contempor谩neo, its entrance marked by Juan Soriano's gigantic black dove sculpture. Inside, its idiosyncratic鈥�

  • Landmark Tower of Commerce Monument (Faro Del Comercio) in historic city center of Monterrey.

    Faro del Comercio

    Monterrey

    At the southern end of the Macroplaza, the red 70m concrete tower Faro del Comercio (Lighthouse of Commerce) soars above the city, its green lasers鈥�

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