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Culiacán
City in Sinaloa, Mexico

Culiacán

Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is the capital and largest city of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.

Plan a trip to Culiacán→From Mazatlàn

Located within the Culiacán Municipality, the city was founded on 29 September 1531, by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de Cebreros and Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán. It was originally named "Villa de San Miguel", in honor of its patron saint Michael the Archangel.

Get in

Getting to Culiacán

  1. 01
    Federal de Bachigualato International Airport

    Volaris offers five daily flights from Tijuana.

Do

Things to do

There are sports venues, casinos, discos, and theaters. Musicians, consisting of norteño, banda, and mariachi bands, can be found on Bulevar Francisco I. Madero (the Mazatlán-Culiacán highway, or the 15) between General Aquilines Serdán and Venustiano Carranza. There are Pemex gas stations at both intersections. Many musicians have rented out buildings, and some of the bandas have their own trailers.

  1. 01
    Presa Sanalona

    A dam and reservoir nestled in the hills east of Culicán where you can camp and fish.

  2. 02
    Estadio Tomateros

    Modern state-of-the-art baseball stadium seating 20,000 fans.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Restaurant China-loa

    Donato Guerra 160,.

  2. 02
    La Casa de los Loaiza

    Excellent restaurant as shown by its popularity among locals.

  3. 03
    Las Marias

    Comfortable homey restaurant with a country style serving traditional and regional Mexican cuisine.

  4. 04
    El Guayabo

    Casual traditional restaurant famous for their fried chicken.

  5. 05
    Restaurant Huy Fong

    It is just north of the catedral at the intersection of Alvaro Obregon (the main street that runs north-south) and General Antonio Rosales; to the left of Subway.

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