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Ciudad Victoria
Capital of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico

Ciudad Victoria

Ciudad Victoria is the capital city of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and the seat of the Municipality of Victoria.

Plan a trip to Ciudad Victoria→From Monterrey

It is located in the northeast of Mexico at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental. It borders the municipality of Güémez to the north, Llera to the south, Casas Municipality to the east, and the municipality of Jaumave to the west. The city is located 246 km (153 mi) from Monterrey and 319 km (198 mi) from the US - Mexico border. Ciudad Victoria is named after the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria.

Get in

Getting to Ciudad Victoria

The city is 246 km (153 mi) from Monterrey, and 319 km (198 mi) from the US - Mexico border. The city has a bus station and terminals of several companies with service from Tampico, Matamoros, Monterrey, San Luis Potosi, Tamazunchale, Ciudad Valles and other small cities in Tamaulipas, and northern Veracruz.

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    Central de Autobuses Ciudad Victoria

    Berriozabal, Dos Mil, toll-free: +800 713 1000.

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    The Pedro J

    Méndez Airport (CVM IATA), Carretera Soto La Marina - Ciudad Victoria Km.

See

Worth seeing

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    Anacahuita Botanical Gardens

    This park showcases plants native to the state, covering each region in a separate area.

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    Tamatán Zoo
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    Tamaulipas Natural History Museum
Do

Things to do

Tamaulipas International Festival: During October, the state of Tamaulipas celebrates the Tamaulipas International Festival in each of its municipalities. In this festival musical and cultural events are held, such as concerts, operas, and plays. Los Troncones Ecological Park: a tourist and ecological centre in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, in the Ejido La Libertad.

Eat

Where to eat

The gastronomy of Ciudad Victoria is composed of three main elements: meat, corn and seafood; in addition to grilled meat, dried meat and chorizo. One of the most typical foods of the city are the gorditas, these consist of small thick corn tortillas stuffed with shredded meat, nopales, scrambled eggs, and beans, among other ingredients.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Michal Klajban (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.