Directions to Pueblo Amigo
Shopping Center, Tijuana

 

From San Ysidro Trolley stop to Taxi Stand at Border: Get off the trolley at the end of the line in San Ysidro, follow the crowd Westward, over the footbridge attached to the Immigration & Customs Building. The footbridge passes over interstate 5 and you can look to your right from the top of the bridge and see the line of cars waiting to enter Mexico; on your left you will see an even longer line of cars waiting to exit Mexico. As the ramp descends, it loops around so you are facing East. When you reach street level again, turn right (south) and go through the turnstiles and you're in Mexico! Keep walking in a straight line southerly, walk through another turnstile and when you exit you will be close to a cluster of taxicab vendors and will see a large yellow sign, "Taxis and Buses."   To Pueblo Amigo Shopping Center from Taxi Stand: From the taxi stand you want to follow the blue signs to Hotel Pueblo Amigo. Keep walking in a south-easterly direction and get on the sidewalk to the right of tourist information office. Walk underneath the "Welcome Bienvenido" sign. Keep walking south. Go under a double vehicular overpass. Walk 1 short block. Across the street to your left you will see Irises painted on a cement wall. The big green signs that say "Ave. Paseo Tijuana" and "San Diego - Race book" are your indication to cross the small street that curves off to the right (west). You go to the left to cross that street and walk under another double vehicular overpass. It has a Mexican folk art mural painted on the walls. When you exit, you will be several feet from Juventud Oriente and Centenario. Keep walking southeast, crossing a small street. You will come to a cross street, Alfonso Reyes. To your right is the Pueblo Amigo Shopping center. Side Trip-Cat An interesting side trip is to go behind the Hotel Pueblo Amigo Inn. Over by the little garage-typed building there are peacocks, lots of rabbits and roosters available for viewing in a separate cage. There used to be some beautiful mountian lions in a cage behind the Inn, but it appears they've been STOLEN (year 2003); they are gone and the cage bars have been broken.

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