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City in Chihuahua, Mexico
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Juarez (Spanish: Ciudad Juárez) is a city in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. It stands on the Rio Grande, across the United States border from El Paso. Juarez is rich in the northern culture of Mexico, and is home to the Mexican vaquero (cowboy) culture.
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Catedral de Ciudad Juárez
Neoclassicist cathedral built in the 1940s.
Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
The oldest standing building in Juárez, from the 17th century. Continuously used by the Catholic Church, restored in 1970s.
Monumento a Benito Juárez
Commissioned by national subscription in 1906, restored in 1930 after the revolution, with fountains and flower beds. Elegant Porfirian structure.
Monumento a la Mexicanidad
Demarcates the bottomlands area that was the source of strained border relations between Mexico and the US because the Rio Grande shifted course, chamizal being the common scrub brush that was about the only thing going on there. There's also a small archeology museum on site, Museo de Arqueología e Historia de El Chamizal.
Catch an outdoor event and take a striking photo of The X.
Museo de la Revolución en la Frontera MUREF
Showcases the history of the Mexican Revolution and the history of Juarez. Large, well-presented museum close to the border crossing. Well worth a visit.
Municipio de Ciudad Juárez Museo Regional del Valle de Juárez
Los Medanos
Small art museum of paintings mostly, surrounded by a moat of dirty water outside. Just 100 m or so east at the junction of Av Abraham Lincoln and Av Benjamin Franklin, you'll find a statue of Abe himself.
Interactive museum sort of geared for the youngster with science and desert and local lore exhibits (e.g. dino skeleton reconstructions, archeology dig, prairie dog town, Old West set, visiting shows). Has food court.
A rather intriguing city park in that it has a hodgepodge of giraffe, peacock, and ostrich enclosures, a dirty duck pond, and a cactus garden. But given that it's one of the few greenspaces in Cd Juarez, it is a good place to go to relax and exercise.
Both indoor and outdoor events are hosted here.
Built as a multi-purpose stadium, it is best known as the home field for Fútbol Club Juárez, a top-tier professional soccer team in the Liga MX. The stadium was built in 1981 and seats 19,700 cheering fans.
A cheaper hotel, close to the border crossing.
A fairly modern hotel tower with inviting circular pool, spa, and big breakfast. Kind of spendy though.
This hotel is highly stylized in Mexican colonial architecture, though it kind of looks like an Embassy Suites. It has a pool and complimentary breakfast, wifi, and a/c.
A bit dated, but this mall features some restaurants, a movie theater, and ice rink, if you are craving the mall experience.
Plaza Las Misiones
This seems to be the happening place for the mall life in Cd Juarez. Theater, gym, restaurants here.
By car
By plane
By bus
Long-distance buses arrive at Central de Autobuses Ciudad Juarez, located on Blvd. Oscar Flores 4010. The following bus companies serve the terminal from other cities in Mexico:
By train
While there has not been service to Juarez since the early 1990s, neighboring El Paso is served thrice-weekly by Amtrak trains running between Chicago, New Orleans and Los Angeles.
There is a public bus system in Juarez; however, it is not very easy to use and is often overlooked by tourists. In general, buses have their final destination on a board in the front window.
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