Tijuana

Worth seeing in and around Tijuana

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.

1. 01
   Border Field State Park

   Border Field State Park is a state park of California, United States, containing beach and coastal habitat on the Mexico–United States border. The park is within the city limits of Imperial Beach in San Diego County, next to the suburb of Playas de Tijuana in Mexico.

   8.5 km · state park of California, United States, containing beach and coastal habitat on the Mexico–United States border · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve

   Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve is a natural reserve in Imperial Beach, California, and San Ysidro, San Diego. It encompasses the Tijuana River Estuary, located on the Mexico–United States border.

   9.1 km · natural reserve in Imperial Beach, California and San Ysidro, San Diego · Wikipedia
3. 03
   North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

   North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre is an amphitheatre in Chula Vista, California. It is one of the larger concert venues in the San Diego area.

   7.4 km · concert venue in Chula Vista, California, United States of America · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Friendship Park

   Friendship Park is a binational park located along the Mexico–United States border in the San Diego–Tijuana region. Located within the larger Border Field State Park in California's San Diego County, the half-acre park includes the border fence dividing the two countries, where residents of both countries can meet in person.

   8.4 km · park along the United States-Mexico border in San Diego–Tijuana · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Península Tijuana

   Península is a mixed-use complex in Tijuana set which opened on September 20, 2022 along the Vía Rápida Oriente, the city's main east–west corridor, in the Colonia Chapultepec Alamar neighborhood of La Mesa borough. The lot area is 6.3 hectares, with a gross leasable area of 275,000 square metres.

   6.4 km · building complex in Tijuana, Mexico · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Albercas El Vergel

   Albercas El Vergel is a water park in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It was opened in 1964 and is the largest water park in the state.

   8.7 km · water park in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Plaza Río Tijuana

   Plaza Río Tijuana is an open-air shopping center in the Zona Río of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It has a surface area of 792,000 square feet.

   1.3 km · shopping mall in Tijuana, Mexico · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Plaza Viva Tijuana

   Plaza Viva Tijuana is an open-air shopping center in the Empleados Federales neighborhood of Tijuana, located immediately across Frontera Street from what was, until 2012, the entrance to Mexico for all pedestrians crossing from the U.S. side of the San Ysidro of the Mexico–United States border. It houses numerous pharmacies targeted at U.S. customers, handicraft and souvenir shops, restaurants, and one of Tijuana's largest gay nightclubs.

   1.7 km · open-air shopping center in Tijuana · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno

   Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno also known as Auditorio de Tijuana is an indoor arena in Tijuana, Mexico. It is the home of the Galgos de Tijuana of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional.

   4.6 km · indoor arena in Tijuana, Mexico · Wikipedia
10. 10
    New City Residential

    NewCity Residential is a residential high-rise complex of seven skyscrapers in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In the San Diego–Tijuana, region the buildings are increasingly being referred to as New City.

    1.7 km · building in Coahuila y Tejas, Mexico · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Avenida Revolucion in the Zona Centro - the main tourist area Bullfights - Tijuana has one bullring, which is open during the summer months, and has bullfights most Sundays. It is in the Playas de Tijuana, adjacent to the US border. It is the only seaside bullring in the world.

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Things to do

Tijuana is on the ocean, but is not known for its beaches, for boating, or as a seaside resort. However, it is in cabbing distance of Rosarito - the trip will cost US$20, while Mexicoach will bus you there for around US$10. Ensenada is further down the coast but easily accessible by car or bus.

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Where to eat

Apart from the abundant, over-priced tourist traps, local cuisine ranges from world-class restaurants to locals-only eateries and street vendors selling tacos. Travellers' diarrhea is more of a risk at the cheaper establishments, but will probably not be a concern. In many sit down restaurants, musicians will wander in and play for tip.

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Getting to Tijuana

Airports

General Abelardo L. Rodriguez (TIJ), 6 km · San Diego (SAN), 27 km · John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 150 km

Stations

Tijuana International Airport, 6.2 km · Brown Field Municipal Airport, 7.2 km · Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach, 8.5 km · United States Custom House, 2 km · Estación de Tecate, 2 km

• Hermosillo → Tijuana

  690 km · quickest by air, 4h 23m · MX$1,230–1,910
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• Santa Ana → Tijuana

  3460 km · quickest by air, 14h 26m · $800–1,200
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• Palm Springs → Tijuana

  153 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · $18–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tijuana

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 Tijuana. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Tijuana – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.