Ciudad Madero

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Ciudad Madero is home to the Miramar Beach, a beautiful beach on Gulf of Mexico with great touristic potential, where the government and private sectors have a master plant to promote the construction of hotels, beach resort and entertainment center that have begun to flourish in previous years.

 In addition, this municipality has besides Miramar Beach and the Malecon, other tourism attraction for the visiting tourist among them the Iglesia de San Juan Bosco, the Museum of the Huasteca Culture and its majestic lighthouse built circa 1833 by Ramon Ibarrola being President of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz.

In Ciudad Madero you can visit interesting places such as:

• The Cathedral

• The Plaza de Armas,

• Centro de Convenciones,

• Escolleras

• Faro la Barra

• Presidencia Municipal,

• Ternimal Maritima

Playa Miramar , This beautiful beach is one of the major tourism places that the Metropolitan Zone has. It is located within the boundaries of Cd. Madero only half an hour from Tampico's Historical Downtown. The white and fine sand, pleasant waves and good ambient had made this beach and ideal place for domestic and foreign tourists, that will find several options to enjoy of a sunny day. Its well-sloped seabed makes feasible to swim far from the coast with ease.

In this beautiful beach located in the shorelines of the Gulf of Mexico, you will find rustic shade palapas at the shoreline, a popular recreational center with playgrounds, bar  and restaurant service, the Plaza de Gobernadores (Governor's Square) and some hotels located at the Coastal Boulevard.

At the southern tip of this beach, you will find the Malecon, a.k.a. Las Escolleras, a road strip of 1340 meters built during the administration of Don Porfirio Diaz to allow ships to enter the Panuco River from the Gulf of Mexico. There are several huge concrete structures on its side called "las matatenas", one popularly known because it was moved from its place by a huracane in 1988, lying on a side of the road as a testimony of the anger of Mother Nature. At the end of the road you will enjoy a beautiful scenery as well as the entrance and departure of enormous ships.

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