Leisure & Activities
In the hotel:
Relax with us singing with Karaoke in our Restaurant Bar "Cossack"
In the city:
Cuauhtemoc is a colorful town located one block from the precious Lagoon of Pueblo Viejo, in which the fishermen remove oyster and give tours to the tourists in their boats; 5 km from of the beautiful port of Tampico, Tamaulipas, which has important natural attractions like the Miramar beach, metropolitan park, etc., so as intense night life.
The hotel this located in the entrance of the State of Veracruz and in the border of the states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí, which integrates together the famous 3 huastecas, which each one represents with beautiful attractions, which you must visit.
You can get a tan and swim in the virgin beautiful beach located 9 km from the hotel, with sand dunes and beautiful pines making a perfect frame of the sea; it is necessary to cross the beautiful lagoon of Tamiahua to arrive to the beach.
You can make a typical stroll by the park of the town, where the villagers meet to chat.
In the area:
“El Solito” is an ecological park that is located 15 km away from the hotel, in the next town which is Rivera, municipality of Tampico Alto, Veracruz; the tour is by streetcar where you will find species such as: watusi cattle, originally from south Africa, axis, antelope of black neck, white tail deer, goose, Canadian duck, ram, mallard, zebras, giraffe, buffalo, Mexican duck, llama, etc. Right after this tour the guide will be waiting to make another interesting tour which is done by feet for you to have the chance to get to know more about the other species of the region.
Tampico, Tamaulipas
It’s a beautiful port that is located across the monumental Tampico Bridge 5 km of Esmeralda hotel, there you can make the following tours:
Historical Center
Declared in 1993 as “Heritage zone of historical and artistic monuments”, reflects the wealthness lived during the Porfirio Diaz period and the gold era of Tampico, era on which a wave of constructions took place and changed the city aspect radically. The construction of these buildings matched with the aesthetics revolution of Europe where the Art Noveau style appeared giving birth to architecture based on the simplicity and the use of new techniques such as the structure of steel and concrete.
Metropolitan Park
Only blocks away from the beautiful Tampico Bridge and the historical Center, there is the metropolitan park, that counts with a lagoon called “El Carpintero”, which joins in with the Panuco river through the Cortadura channel, channel that has been venue of many tourist developments throughout an ambitious project, that we are sure that will thrust the tourism in the zone. The Metropolitan Park offers a recreational area which counts with a cafeteria, palapas, gardens, docks, boat guided tours, where you will be able to observe the flora and fauna, tables, kids playground and halls. To the west there is a wooden bridge that connects to the other side where there is a Cultural Metropolitan forum (METRO). Also to the north, there is a vintage point where you will be able to observe the crocodiles that live in the lagoon and that have found there the proper conditions to reproduce.
El Carpintero lagoon
It is one of the water tracks in Mexico by the UIM (International Union of Motor-Nautical), there is where important competitions have taken place such as the Chamboat Grand Prix Tampico 2003, a Formula 1 event that turn our country into the only one venue on Latin America of this category that represents the highest level of boat competition. From this park you will be able to tour on boat around the lagoon or either way take the streetcar that offers a tour through the historical center.
The Metropolitan Cultural Forum
Also known as METRO is located off the shores of the El Carpintero lagoon less than one km away from the Historical Center of Tampico, with access through the Adolfo Lopez Mateos Blvd. Inside its facilities you will find the Metropolitan Theater, an experimental theater, the gallery of Temporary Exhibits and the Huastecan Culture Museum plus the lobby, and the library, educational services area, indoor parking lot, and an esplanade for 3,500 people. Also offers an elegant restaurant of Italian food and a lounge Bar.
Del Chairel Lagoon
Is a tourist point of great importance by being a beautiful lagoon sailable where a great variety of aquatic sports can practice sports such as jet skiing, canoeing, rowing, and sport fishing. Within the area there is the private club called regattas corona and the public parks Fraile Andres de Olmos, Chairel and San Pedro. Fraile Andres de Olmos Park offers palapas, boat ramps, and barbeque grills, ideal to stroll around with a beautiful lagoon view.
La Catedral
Consecrated to the immaculate conception, the Tampico is the most valuable temple of the city. Its construction began on May 9, 1841, in charge of the construction since 1850 was the Architect Lorenzo de la Hidalga. It suffered a collapse of its central dome in 1917 and in 1922 it collapsed from the west tower due to a lightening hit, therefore was submitted into a rebuilding process where was commanded by the Engineer Ezequiel Ordoñez. Its construction style is neo-classic having a plant on a Latin cross shape, a dome brunched in pieces and vaults on romantic style. With two towers of three columns, in the east tower there is an English clock donated in 1888. Inside the building there is way in the back, the main altar of white marble dedicated to the Conception Immaculate Virgin.
The Panuco River
After getting across the Tampico and Madero cities releases its water on the Mexican gulf, as a division between the states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz. Touring through this river is an activity that we highly recommend since you will be able to observe the old building of the Marine Customs; our piers, our shipyards and the construction factories of Marine platforms, to conclude with a beautiful view of the Miramar beach and its light house; this tour lasts 3 hours and begins at a popular restaurant of the Morelos area, a fishingmen colony is found in the shores of the river. The boat has a capacity for 100 people and also offers a restaurant service and typical music live, this boat makes tours daily, according to the season.
Miramar Beach
It’s a coast valley area with some sand dunes and white sand, is characterized by its calmed and safe waters, as well as its easy waves which makes it a place to enjoy. 10 km of white sand and flat straight down deepness for you to be able to walk into the sea without the water reaching your waist, you can practice several water sports such as sailing, surf, Jet Ski and fishing. It also offers a malecon (called the escolleras), which entrance has a monument dedicated to the fallen marines, built to honor those ones who died on Mexican ships during the Second World War. With the light house that works as reference of the union of the Panuco River and the Mexican Gulf.
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