Gringo : Touristic Information.

Walking around Tijuana.

Gringo Michael and his brother totally enjoy the pedestrian experience in "the world's most visited city." Like any urban situation there are plusses and minusses. Only on foot can you have the freedom to just stop and look in a shop window, or buy a frozen fruit bar, or dawdle over the racks of magazines on the corner newstand. But no one likes diesel fumes blowing in your face, so it's generally better if you don't try to walk along the highways and busiest streets. ("Well, DUH!"--Homer Smpsn.)

In the walks described below, the Gringo twin cousins have tried, wherever possible, to recommend routes away from the busiest traffic, and yet still with local color, real people, tacos de tripita, and reasonable safety (but never forget this IS a big city with all that ent[r]ails).

Suggested Walks Described by Michael and Daniel:

1. From Border to Downtown/Revolución -- walk into Mexico! Tread the quintessential tourist path, from border turnstyle past the Sea of Taxis and Island of Tacos, through the postmodern huckster pharmacy & curio bar shopping center, and then over the stinking river into downtown Tijuana; the best known walk in this "world's most visited city."

2. under constructionFrom Downtown/Revolución to Zona Rio et al -- wandering from tourist madenss through the world of auto repair and reupholstery ("I just love a good tuck & roll..." American Graffiti) past the produce and meat/fish market zone, to reach Mercado Hidaldo (tons more produce, candy, souvenirs, etc) and enter the "new" Tijuana. Continue with walk #4.

3. under constructionFrom Border to Pueblo Amigo and Zona Rio -- under the superhighway to a cute reproduction Spanish village of shops, nightclubs and swank hotel, then (if you dare) over the river to CECUT & Plaza Rio mall.

4. under constructionExploring Zona Rio -- The Cultural Center of Tijuana (CECUT) with its Museo de las Californias (history of Baja California museum), galleries, theater, and OMNIMAX film dome, and then the mall (Plaza Rio), hotels, nightclubs, restaurants, the Mercado Hidalgo produce market (mmmmm), and even Mundo Divertido (amusement rides, miniature golf, and video games).

5. under constructionExploring Avenida Revolución -- the delicious "calle de locura" -- street of madness, with its stores, restaurants, passageways, nightclubs, etc.

6. under constructionConstitución, Ninos Heroes & Downtown -- Centro (downtown) markets, the City Gallery, two old movie theaters, and a zillion places to shop and eat.

7. under constructionA Longer Walk: From Revolución to la Torre de Tijuana park, Boulevard Agua Caliente, Colonia Cacho, the "downtown" bullring, las Torres de Agua Caliente and the racetrack (hipodromo). The title says it all. The first site, the old Agua Caliente Tower, is only a couple blocks from the head of Revolución. From there....

8. under constructionFrom Revolución to Parque Teniente Guerrero. Five blocks west of the tourist madness, to an oasis of popular culture and street life. Family zone in the daytime, but not at night.

9. under constructionFrom Parque Teniente Guerrero to Casa de la Cultura on the hill. Up the old outdoor staircase, past the canyon where the zebra-painted burros (zeburros) go to sleep at night, to arrive at one of the city's best gallery and classroom spaces, in a beautiful old converted school building.

10. under constructionFrom Parque Teniente Guerrero to the tomb of Juan Soldado. An accused rapist murderer shot by other soldiers in 1938, his tomb became a cult site. The cemetery is only open daylight hours.

Other Turinfo Pages:

Tijuana Maptext.

Getting Around
Busses / Taxis

Walking

Bicycling

Disabled

Leaving Town

Things to See.

Revolution Avenue.

Eating

Movies

Museums/Galleries

Markets/Swap Meets

Shopping Malls

SHOPPING!

Drinking

Buying Liquor

Cigarettes

Baja California wine

Customs/Border