Saltillo
Discover Saltillo
Saltillo is the capital of Coahuila state. Saltillo is a beautiful colonial city in Northern Mexico. It is a traditional city with a colorful history. Interior designers know Saltillo for its famous thick, lightly glazed, earthen ceramic floor tiles, and the brightly colored shawls known as sarapes are part of the city's colorful tradition. A city that was an important point on the 19th-century Camino Real, yet a city with a diverse modern manufacturing economy. Today, Saltillo is a government center, a college town, and a manufacturing city with big factories outside the city limits producing chemicals, metals, auto parts, and trucks.
What to Experience in Saltillo
Taste of Saltillo...
Some unique regional dishes that are specialties of Saltillo include: Like the rest of Northern Mexico, Saltillo is prone to occasional violence. Avoid being out alone at night, a good guideline is to avoid bars, casinos, and bad neighborhoods, and be in by dark. Travel with another person when possible, even in the daytime. Don't drive unless you are accustomed to Mexican driving and roads. Nearby Monterrey has many direct low cost flights, for example to Puerto Vallarta, Cancún, Mexico City, San José del Cabo, Oaxaca and Tuxtla in Chiapas (from the Tuxtla airport to San Cristobal de las Casas)
Essential Information
Getting There
Multiple OptionsConvenient flight schedules are available to nearby Monterrey. There are direct buses from the airport to Saltillo. Senda has some daily departures for M$480 (March 2022). Otherwise take the Noreste bus from the airport to the central bus station of Monterrey for M$115 (March 2022). From there take one of the frequent intercity buses to Saltillo for about M$160 (March 2022). Saltillo is one hour west of Monterrey via Mexico Highway 40. 25.397634-101.0076142 Terminal Central de Autobuses The bus station is 4 km south of the city center. Many bus lines serve Saltillo, including Omnibus de Mexico, Transportes del Norte, Turistar, Futura (Estrella Blanca) and Senda. Trans-border buses to the U.S. are also available from Saltillo. From Monterrey there are many bus companies departing frequently from the bus station. The price is about M$160 (March 2022). You can check the departure times and prices on CheckMyBus or ClickBus. The buses don't stop in the city center of Saltillo....
Getting Around & Staying
Getting Around
Didi serves the city. You can also try inDriver. Uber also serves the city (February 2023). Between the bus station and the city center go the frequent buses marked "Pereferico". It costs M$13 (March 2022) and they operate until 9:30pm. Taxi service is widely available in Saltillo. Taxis are usually waiting at the various sitios around town, including the main plaza downtown and the bus station. You can also call for a radio taxi 24 hours a day. Be sure to ask what the fare will be in advance. Taxi operators includeː You can explore downtown Saltillo with the TranVia trolley system. You can get on and off 4 times. TranVia does not operate on Mondays. ATMs with low withdrawal fees in the center are: • 25.423404-101.0034991 Banco del Bienestar ATM for just M$12 (March 2022). • 25.424306-101.0027082 BanCoppel ATM inside the Coppel store • Banco Azteca inside the electra stores • citibanamex • Santander Next to the bus station in the Soriana are Santander and BanCoppel ATMs.
Where to Stay
Like the rest of Northern Mexico, Saltillo is prone to occasional violence. Avoid being out alone at night, a good guideline is to avoid bars, casinos, and bad neighborhoods, and be in by dark. Travel with another person when possible, even in the daytime. Don't drive unless you are accustomed to Mexican driving and roads. Nearby Monterrey has many direct low cost flights, for example to Puerto Vallarta, Cancún, Mexico City, San José del Cabo, Oaxaca and Tuxtla in Chiapas (from the Tuxtla airport to San Cristobal de las Casas)
Money & Budget
ATMs with low withdrawal fees in the center are: • 25.423404-101.0034991 Banco del Bienestar ATM for just M$12 (March 2022). • 25.424306-101.0027082 BanCoppel ATM inside the Coppel store • Banco Azteca inside the electra stores • citibanamex • Santander Next to the bus station in the Soriana are Santander and BanCoppel ATMs. For buying groceries in the center there are Oxxo, 7-eleven and minimarkets (tiendas) around. A bigger variety has the 25.42495-101.0009873 Merco supermarket. Right next to the main bus station is the large supermarket Soriana. Some unique regional dishes that are specialties of Saltillo include: Like the rest of Northern Mexico, Saltillo is prone to occasional violence.
Safety Information
Safety Overview
Like the rest of Northern Mexico, Saltillo is prone to occasional violence. Avoid being out alone at night, a good guideline is to avoid bars, casinos, and bad neighborhoods, and be in by dark. Travel with another person when possible, even in the daytime. Don't drive unless you are accustomed to Mexican driving and roads. Nearby Monterrey has many direct low cost flights, for example to Puerto Vallarta, Cancún, Mexico City, San José del Cabo, Oaxaca and Tuxtla in Chiapas (from the Tuxtla airport to San Cristobal de las Casas)
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Glimpses of Saltillo
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a black and white photo of a woman holding a camera
Fotografía realizada en Saltillo Coahuila
A close up of a bird on a rock
A large building with a clock on the top of it
Flores en Saltillo, Coahuila
a white door and some trees on a street
A black and white photo of a building
A very tall building with a clock on it's side
Perrito llanero
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a black and white photo of a woman holding a camera
Fotografía realizada en Saltillo Coahuila