Tijuana
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- Introduction
- Neighbourhoods
- Sights and Activities
- Events and Festivals
- Weather
- Getting There
- Getting Around
- Eat
- Drink
- Sleep
- Work
- Learn
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Introduction
Tijuana is a Mexican city in the state of Baja California. It is located just across the border from San Diego, California and has well over 1.3 million inhabitants. Its proximity to the US has made it a popular destination for day-trippers.
Sights and Activities
Events and Festivals
Weather
Tijuana's climate is the same as southern California with mild to warm weather year-round and limited rainfall. Average annual precipitation is just around 275mm, while over half of this falls from January to March. Temperatures average between 18 °C and 24 °C during the day and between 9 °C and 20 °C during the night. June to September is the warmest time of the year and December to March the coolest.
Getting There
The most common way to reach Tijuana is via the border crossing at San Ysidro.
By Plane
The Tijuana-General Abelardo L. Rodtríguez International Airport (TIJ) is the city's airport. It is served by Mexican airlines Aeromexico and Mexicana as well as a few low cost carriers: Volaris, Interjet and VivaAerobus. It is mainly a domestic airport, although in recent times Aeromexico has started including it on routes from Mexico City to Tokyo-Narita and Shanghai Pudong International Airport. As such, it can be used as an alternative way to reach California from Asia.
The city's public taxis aren't allowed to pick up passengers at the airport, so the airport has its own service, the SAAT Taxis. The rates into the city are fixed. To reach Zona Rio will cost you $200 pesos and Zona Centro will cost $250 Pesos.
Alternatively, there is a public bus route (Mirador-Miramar-Soler-Centro-Plaza Rio-Otay-Aeropuerto) that services the airport and will take you downtown for $7.50 pesos (approximately 50 US cents).
There are also shuttle services operated by Aeromexico and Volaris that can take you to San Diego.
By Train
By Car
By Bus
By Boat
Eat
Drink
Sleep
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hostal Barnes | Calle Relampago # 1230, Seccion Dorado Playas de Tijuana | Guesthouse | 83 |
| Hotel Catalina | Emiliano Zapata Zona Centro-Baja California | Hotel | 73 |
| Hotel Real del Rio Tijuana | - | ||
| Marriott Tijuana | - | ||
| Hotel Lucerna | - | ||
| Hotel Pueblo Amigo | - | ||
| Hotel Hacienda Del Mar | - | ||
| Hacienda del Rio | - | ||
| Hotel Otay Aeropuerto | - | ||
| Camino Real Tijuana | - | ||
| Fiesta Inn Tijuana | - |
Work
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