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.

Understand
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.

Get in
Plane, car, or bus are your basic options.

By plane
Convenient 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).



By car
Saltillo is one hour west of Monterrey via Mexico Highway 40.

By bus
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. If you want to exit the bus somewhere else than at the Saltillo bus terminal, ask if the bus makes additional stops inside the city. For most hotels, you'll want to drop off at the, in the northern part of the city, and take a taxi there. In this same spot, across the avenue, you can take a bus back directly to the airport.

On foot
The centro historico can be explored on foot

By e-hailing
Didi serves the city. You can also try inDriver. Uber also serves the city (February 2023).

By bus
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.

By taxi
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


 * Taximetro Saltilloː +528444156101
 * Radio Taxi Saltilloː +528444126760
 * Radio Auto Taxiː +528444148972
 * Mister Taxiː +528441039732
 * Taxi 5 de Mayoː +528442766112

By sightseeing tour
You can explore downtown Saltillo with the TranVia trolley system. You can get on and off 4 times. TranVia does not operate on Mondays.

Do

 * Saraperos de Saltillo, are the local Mexican League baseball team. Between March and August, catch a game at the Parque Francisco Madero.

Out of town trips

 * You can do a trip into the mountains. At 10am a regional bus leaves the central bus station in the direction of El Tunal and Los Lirios.

Buy
ATMs with low withdrawal fees in the center are: • for just M$12 (March 2022). • 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. Right next to the main bus station is the large supermarket Soriana.



Eat
Some unique regional dishes that are specialties of Saltillo include:
 * Pan de pulque - a sweet delightfully airy bread that owes its texture to the use of fermented agave juice in its batter. Widely available throughout the city. For example the has it. You can also grab a loaf to go from the shops across the street from the bus station.

Street Food
There is a few street food in Saltillo.



off downtown:

 * Los Pioneros - The best place to go for tacos.

Mid-range

 * Nikkori, Blvd. Venustiano Carranza 2665-7, . Japanese cuisine.
 * Terrazo Romana, Purcell across from Alameda Zaragoza, . Wood-fired pizza is the star of this casual restaurant.
 * Galpao du Brasil, 25204 Saltillo . Brazilian meat, waiters walk around with skewers of meat.

Splurge

 * El Mesón Principal, Blvd Venustiano Carranza y Ave. Egipto, . Traditional Northern Mexico cooking, as the racks of kid goat slow-roasting over hot coals prove beyond any doubt.

Drink

 * Boss, Blvd. Venustiano Carranza 2665-7.
 * Carlos’n Charlie’s, Blvd. Venustiano Carranza No. 3070,.
 * Faisanes, Carretera Los González between Blvd. Colosio y Moctezuma,.
 * Joy Bar, Blvd. Cuahutémoc, Col. Los Pinos, . Discotech.
 * El Olmo Disco Bar, Blvd. Valdés Sánchez, Col. Jardines del Valle,.

Connect

 * Art.net & Cibercafé, Xicotencatl 182 Sur - Centro,, . Around M$25 per hour for internet use. 10:00-03:00.

Stay safe
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.

Go next
Your next destination for staying can be...

in the north-east

 * Monterrey – 85 km
 * Laredo (Texas, USA) – 220 km. From there to San Antonio.

in the west

 * Parras de la Fuente – 150 km

in the north-west

 * Cuatro Ciénegas – 280 km

in the south

 * Real de Catorce – 290 km. A ghost town, which still has several open hotels.
 * Matehuala – 250 km. On the way to San Luis Potosí.
 * San Luis Potosí – 450 km. The first-class bus company Apolo Platinum goes to San Luis Potosí for just M$400 (March 2022). It departs daily at 11:45am. Ask the bus company in whatsapp (+525565788344) if the 11:45am departure is not shown on the website. The is near the main bus station of Saltillo.
 * Zacatecas – 380 km

in the east

 * Bosques de Monterreal — 70 km. A 5 star mountain recreation lodge with horseback riding, golf, tennis, ATV tours, and even downhill alpine skiing on an artificial surface!

By plane
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)