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Tampico's Central Park. Don't bother bringing your bathing suit... the lagoon is full of crocodiles! They're easy to spot from the shore; you won't be disappointed.
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Espacio Cultural Metropolitano
Opened in 2004, the center features a museum, a library, as well as theaters for opera, ballet and more avant-garde productions.
Museo de la Cultura Huasteca
Includes over 1800 archaeological and ethnographic pieces. Guided tours available.
Barco Museo del Niño
Once a state prison, now a children's educational and cultural center.
Antiguo Hospital Civil De Tampico
A majestic hospital that was abandoned in the 1980s and now is eerily overgrown with trees and weeds. Although not strictly legal, you can explore it, and in fact you may be invited to do so by the on-site restoration workers. There are great views of the city at the top, but be careful! This is an abandoned building with potentially fatal falls. You are at your own risk.
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Tampico's main cathedral, built in the late 19th century in the neoclassical style.
Plaza de la Constitución
One of the two colonial squares downtown, with nearby market, beautiful old cathedral, and very good shopping.