Ciudad Obregón

Ciudad Obregón is a city in Sonora, Mexico. Food is very important to the city's culture, and it hosts a wide variety of international and traditional Mexican restaurants. There are ample tourist attractions, and as the city is surrounded by scenic mountain views and the warm Sea of Cortez, it is becoming a very popular all-year-round Mexico tourist destination.

Understand
Ciudad Obregón is the agricultural capital and the second largest city in the state of Sonora, with a population of around 450,000 people. Less than 100 years old it is a young, modern and vibrant city providing all the services you would expect from a city.

By plane
Ciudad Obregón has its own international airport which receives flights from most major Mexican cities and from Tucson, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. If you are travelling from most European destinations, your flight will probably involve a transfer from Mexico City Airport to Ciudad Obregon using Aeromexico Connect, who provides four daily flights between Mexico City and Ciudad Obregón.

By car
The Federal Highway 15 passes through the centre of Ciudad Obregon and is the main road that runs from the Nogales Mexican border all the way to Mexico City. The highway provides a 4-lane traffic system, which is very well paved. Between various towns and cities on your journey to Ciudad Obregon, you will find several toll roads. The toll roads provide the safest way to travel by road vehicle and present the best conditions collect fees that go towards maintaining the road conditions. The toll road fees are very cheap and provide free breakdown and roadside assistance by the Green Angels.

If you are bringing a car in from the United States or Canada (including rental vehicles), you will need to have insurance through a Mexican company, if you have an accident call these companies immediately, in most cases a representative from the insurance company will be dispatched to the scene of the accident, be prepared to wait for them, though no more than 2 hours.

Ciudad Obregon is about 9 hours drive from Phoenix, Arizona, and 7 hours from Nogales.

By bus
There are several bus companies that provide services from within Arizona, USA and several main cities within Mexico. Buses are usually very well equipped and provide one of the safest methods of transport between cities. You will find that most buses have onboard entertainment, air conditioning and toilet facilities. Buses tend to stop for 15 minutes between destinations allowing passengers time to purchase refreshments from the various bus depot kiosks.

Get around
The public bus services in Ciudad Obregón are very well organised. The most popular company ‘SUBA’ operate new air-conditioned buses and provide services to most destinations within the city and for less than M$15 (pesos) (one-way); they provide a very comfortable and cost effective solution for getting around.

There are several car rental companies in Ciudad Obregón, including international companies such has Hertz. Car hire prices tend to be similar to what you would expect to pay in America and Europe and usually include insurance. To hire a car is straightforward providing you are 25 or over, have a valid driver’s licence and a credit card

Do

 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.
 * The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic dam) is 24 km from the city by road to the north. It is popular for fishing and has family recreation such as water parks, spas, streams. Also Dique 10, a dam where water sports, mountain biking and extreme sports are practiced and enjoyed, a viewpoint with a wide view of the dam and the Yaqui River valley.

Eat
The best thing is to eat beef in all its varieties: tacos, cuts, machaca, jerky and in burritos. The quintessential sweet snacks are coyotas. It also has excellent seafood which you can enjoy in the Paredón, which is an estuary. And the other option is to eat bass and its derivatives in the Oviachic Dam, in addition to having an excellent view of the desert and the dam.