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Shopping, restaurants, and nightlife! These seem to be the main attractions for most visitors to Tijuana.
Ave. Revolucion is the world's busiest shopping street and once you get here you'll see why. Merchants are set up at every available space to tempt your shopping will with blankets, leather, jewelry, traditional crafts, clothing, liquor, cigars, pharmaceuticals, almost anything you can think to purchase. You'll find shops not only here, but spread out in all directions; anywhere a potential shopper might wander. Other area such as Zona Rio offer modern shopping malls.
Revolucion and Zona Rio both offer fine restaurants and sidewalk eateries. After dark beware of the crowds of young people crossing the border to partake in drinking and dancing at Tijuana's inexhaustible amount of discos and bars. The drinking age in Mexico is only 18 year of age.
Tijuana's activities aren't only for the partiers and shoppers, sporting enthusiasts will find their share of excitement. Tijuana has a number of hotels with tennis courts and two golf courses for sporting fans. The Potros de Tijuana (Colts) also play Mexican League baseball here.
The city offers two bullfighting rings (plaza de toros). One you'll find downtown off of Blvd. Agua Caliente and the other in Playas Tijuana on the way to Rosarito to the south called Plaza Monumental or the "bullring-by-the-sea". It is a beautiful structure right on the U.S. border with an ocean view. Please call (66) 86-1510 for more information.
Greyhound racing is also a big hit in Tijuana. The Agua Caliente racetrack offers races daily (66-81-7811). The track was originally built for horse racing, but the ponies were discontinued a couple of years back. You'll also find sports betting here and a restaurant.
If you are interested in wagering on these sports or any of the major U.S. sports, you'll also find Caliente SportsBook wagering locations in Pueblo Amigo (Zona Rosa), and as you cross the border near the taxi stands. There are actually over 15 locations around the city, but these seem to have the easiest access.
Tijuana has much to offer to its visitors because of it fascinating atmosphere full of colorful thrills and cultural events. Jai Alai Palace where fronton was practiced since 1925 and in now a days is use as a theater and it counts with the Bazar of Mexico where many different mexican crafts and accesories are sold.
Tijuana cultural center CECUT
The bullring El Toreo de Tijuana and The Bullring by the Sea in Playas de Tijuana. Where the bull fights are done during the summer every sunday.
The tradicional fair of Tijuana from august to September that includes industrial, commercial and artistic expositions as well as many fun attractions and events such as the typical cock fights "palenque" with famouse mexican singers performing.
Avenida Revolucion is the tijuana's downtown and it is the most visited street you can find everything you want there. All of its discotheques, gourment dinings and shopping stores are always busy and full of life. It seem like the socializing point for tourtist where they can enjoy listening to jazz, blues, salsa and more at the dance halls or at the many bars and night clubs the famous Avenida Revolucion offers.
Activities
Two major bullrings: El Toreo de Tijuana and the Bullring by the Sea in . The traditional charriadas are done also in this bullrings besides very known bull fights. A charriada is where riders make tricks with there horses and also with their ropes it is very impressive to watach this presentation of the artistic side of the ranch activities.
Greyhound racing at the Hipodromo Caliente! You can enjoy the exciting greyhound races every day. It also has twelve simultaneous signals for betting via satelite with mayor race tracks, sports and greyhound races of the usa canada and latin america
There are some golf courses in tijuana but you will experience a top service from these golf centers:
Club Social Y Deportivo Campestre
Real del Mar
Wax museums- contains 80 fascinating wax replicas of famous mexican and foreign personalities
Winery LA Cetto- This winery offers a tour of the building where they have a presentation on the process involved in wine production and bottling. And also you will be able to do Wine tasting. If you like what you taste why not purchase it? The winery offers different winery products to the visitors.
Services:
International Airport
Trolley
bus terminal
car rental
Shopping
Tijuana offers fantastic buys and bargains on international and national brands of perfumes, watches, jewelry, high fashions , shoes, mexican souvenirsand much more.
Plaza Rio Shopping Center is a luxury mall with excellente restaurants and stores. It counts with three large movie theaters and a double -decker carousel. The Plaza Rio mall show the modernization and current develoment of this city which is always changing. This mall is located in the Zona Rio tijuana and it is a different view from the stores in the famous avenida Revolucion.
Avenida Revolucion is the other important shopping spot. the mayority of the visitors come here to the stores which offer arts and crafts, browse liquor and tobacco stores and clothing boutiques because in here they will find everything they look for and at bargain prices.
varsity club
ave. revolucion 1184 & calle 6
phone685-1695
Quick silver
ave. revolucion
phone:685-1916
Novedades Visana
ave. revolucion 907
phone:685-0622
rio rita shopping mall
ave. revolucion 968
phone:685-8379
Culture
CECUT a world class cultural center with OMNIMAX theater. The cultural center has a palate of exhibitions that are worth to see like the painting by Diego Rivera a collecion of Zunigas works or if you like the dance and Drama they have presentations of the Russian Ballet or French play.
Mexitlan Park Cultural attaraction for tourist with 200 scale models of Mexico's most famous sites of Mexico.
Other cultural attractions:
The Museum of Baja california
The Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe build in 1902
The Teniente Guerrero Park
Museo Cera
One of Latin America's only wax museums.
Open M-F 10am to 7pm, Sat. 10am to 8pm. Admission $1 U.S.
Calle 1 between Revolucion & Madero * Tel: (66) 88-2478
July 11 - Foundation of Tijuana
Festivities will occur throughout the month.
Late August / Early September - Tijuana Fair
A traditional Mexican fair held at the Agua Caliente racetrack.
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