San Nicolás de los Garza
San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a city and coextensive municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León that is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area.
San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a city and coextensive municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León that is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area. It has become primarily a city for residences and family houses, although it still has several factories that tend to relocate to the periphery of the metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, behind Monterrey, Guadalupe, Ciudad Apodaca and General Escobedo.
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Worth seeing in and around San Nicolás de los Garza
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estadio Monterrey
Estadio BBVA is an association football stadium located in Guadalupe, a suburb east of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Dubbed "El Gigante de Acero", it replaced the Estadio Tecnológico as the home of C.F. Monterrey, ending the club's 63-year tenure at that venue.
9.7 km · Football stadium in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, home venue for CF Monterrey · Wikipedia - 02Estadio Universitario
Estadio Universitario, nicknamed El Volcán, is a football stadium located on the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico, a municipality in the Monterrey metropolitan area.
4.2 km · (soccer) stadium at the UANL campus, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico · Wikipedia - 03Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León
The Autonomous University of Nuevo León is a public research university with seven campuses across the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León. Founded as University of Nuevo León on 25 September 1933, it is the third largest public university in Mexico in terms of student population and the most important institution of higher learning in Northeastern Mexico, which offers the highest number of academic programs.
3.7 km · public university in the state Nuevo León in Mexico · Wikipedia - 04Monterrey Arena
Arena Monterrey is an indoor arena in Monterrey, Nuevo León. It is primarily used for shows, concerts and indoor sports like indoor soccer, arena football and basketball.
7.7 km · arena in Monterrey, Mexico · Wikipedia - 05Monterrey Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Monterrey also Monterrey Cathedral is the main Catholic church and home of the Archdiocese of Monterrey. It is located in the capital of the state of Nuevo León in Mexico.
9.7 km · church in Monterrey, Mexico · Wikipedia - 06Macroplaza
The Macroplaza or La Gran Plaza is a town square or plaza located in the heart of the city of Monterrey, Mexico. The Macroplaza is the largest Plaza in Mexico and the fifth-largest plaza in the world.
9.4 km · square in Monterrey, Mexico · Wikipedia - 07Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, abbreviated as MARCO, is a major contemporary art museum, located in the city of Monterrey, in Nuevo León state of northeastern Mexico. MARCO organizes major exhibitions with regional and international contemporary artists.
9.4 km · Museum of Contemporary Art in Monterrey, Mexico · Wikipedia - 08Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey
The Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey, officially known as Walmart Park and popularly known as Palacio Sultán, is a baseball stadium in Monterrey, Nuevo León. It is the home venue of the Sultanes Monterrey Mexican League baseball team.
4.8 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 09Cerro del Topo Chico
The Cerro del Topo Chico is a mountain and a protected area in the Escobedo, San Nicolás and Monterrey municipalities; state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The summit reaches 1,178 meters above sea level, and it has 618 meters of prominence.
7.1 km · mountain in Nuevo León, Mexico · Wikipedia - 10Faro del Comercio
Faro del Comercio is a monument designed by the accomplished Mexican architect Luis Barragán and constructed in 1984 by architect Raúl Ferrera. It is a recognizable sight in Monterrey among many other modern manmade landmarks, such as Neptune's Fountain, the Monterrey City Hall, the Papal Bridge, and the Bridge of Unity in San Pedro, connecting that municipality to Monterrey.
9.7 km · monument in Mexico · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Guadalupe City Museum
Dedicated to the origins of the municipality through its history, geographical features, and original settlers.
- 02Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Large, modern church dedicated to Mexico's patron saint.
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Things to do
- 01La Pastora Park and Zoo
Inside the park, there is a zoo that houses different species of animals, in addition to an aviary and a herbarium.
- 02Bosque Magico
- 03Cerro de la Silla
The icon of the city of Monterrey is in the municipality of Guadalupe.
- 04Pipo Park
Park dedicated to "Pipo", the local clown.
- 05Estadio BBVA
Home of the Rayados, one of Monterrey's two top-tier professional soccer teams playing in the Liga MX.
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Where to eat
Small neighborhood cafes and street food are the most common options in this part of the city. A cluster of new restaurants is available in Apodaca near the airport. Many hotels in the area have restaurants on-site and there are places to eat in the MTY airport (including restaurants outside the secure area for screened passengers).
- 01Pecos Bill
Known for their breakfast buffets, this popular place has been a fixture in Guadalupe for over 60 years.
- 02Lucky Luciano
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- 03La Arrachera
Constituyentes de Nuevo León 111, Guadalupe,.
- 04Taqueria las Delicias
Benito Juárez 1612, Exposición, Guadalupe,.
- 05Il Gallo Nero Trattoria y Pizzaria
San Francisco 130, Lomas de San Francisco,.
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Getting to San Nicolás de los Garza
- Airports
- Monterrey (MTY), 18 km
- Stations
- Cuauhtémoc, 7.9 km · Padre Mier, 9.6 km · Alameda, 8.8 km · Felix U. Gómez, 7.5 km · Zaragoza, 9.5 km
- Aguascalientes → San Nicolás de los Garza474 km · quickest by air, 7h 10m · MX$1,390–2,160
- Mexico City → San Nicolás de los Garza712 km · quickest by air, 5h 7m · MX$1,400–2,180
- Silao → San Nicolás de los GarzaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for San Nicolás de los Garza
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for San Nicolás de los Garza. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextMonterrey has many direct low cost flights, especially from Viva Aerobus and from charter airline Magni.
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San Nicolás de los Garza is 6 km from Ciudad General Escobedo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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