You can try the delicious, authentic posole in Nogales, Sonora.
One of the more appreciated and enjoyable things we do for visiting business colleagues and friends is take them “across the line”. By that we mean our twin city of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, home to around 500,000 inhabitants.
While Santa Cruz County is low-key and mostly rural in character, in just minutes you cross the border of Mexico and are in the midst of a bustling city!
There, you can eat at some great restaurants (La Roca is our personal favorite) and shop for some real deals both on your way in (at UETA Duty Free) and once you get there along the colorful streets and the many curio shops. The dollar worth around 13 pesos today means you can find some real bargains.
Downtown Nogales, Sonora has really been spruced-up recently, with new pedestrian-only streets, plazas and even a new museum coming. In all, the city is spending over $15.4 million in infrastructure improvements mainly to attract U.S. visitors. Their Chamber of Commerce is even organizing guided tours of the border community.
Don’t let what you might have heard in the media about violence on the border detract you. This is not the Texas border! Nogales is quite safe, well-policed, and the merchants are warm and welcoming. You can cross by foot, have lunch, shop and return to the U.S. in just a couple of hours. (Bring your passport.)
We don’t want to keep all the fun found “across the line” to ourselves, so come join us!
