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SenoraSusan Says: Go down to the local bend in the river and meet the locals. The moms come down in the afternoons and swim with their children. The children are extra friendly and smile easily. Water is very refreshing.
susanpingu Says: If you happen to be in El Fuerte on Nov 1 & 2 (Day of the Death/All Saints Day), you might want to check out the Pantheon (local cemetery). My American travel buddy had witnessed D of D celebrations in another part of Mexico and was so thrilled by the experience she talked...
susanpingu Says: Museo El Fuerte: the outside is more impressive than the inside. But for 5 pesos, we just wanted to check it out anyway.From the top of the museum, which looks like a fort, you can see the river and the town.
Walk to the zocalo, church and civic building
susanpingu Says: El Fuerte has the typical Mexican town centre which consists of the zocalo with an adjacent civic building and church.
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El Posada del Hidalgo: The Neatest Hotel I've Ever Stayed At
pabertra Says: Posada del Hidalgo is a beautiful colonial mansion. This attractive structure was built in 1890 by Don Rafael Almada, a wealthy and influential "alcalde" (mayor) who spent five years and 100,000 gold pesos on its construction. The wooden trim was made from 285 Canadian red...
Rio VIsta Lodge: Best view of the town and river
plannersis Says: Our stay at the Rio Vista Lodge was part of our tour booked with Canyon Travel. When we arrived, the owner Chal showed us several rooms to take our pick - he's built the place willy-nilly and some rooms are quite large and some looked like he'd skipped the design phase and...
Hotel Guerrero: Hotel across from bus stop
susanpingu Says: The price for our room (without a/c, 250 pesos) came with 8 AM breakfast (coffee/tea, toast, jam & omelet) and bottled water. This hotel is family-run and the owners are very helpful and friendly. If you need to take the bus to the train station, your host can tell you what...
Hotel El Fuerte: Fasinating Mexican decorations
SenoraSusan Says: This very interesting motel is made from the true love of everything Mexican. From the beautiful, lush plants to the tile details. You can never be bored staying here. The small heated pool was a delight for my son. The playful geckos at night were thrilling.This is the...
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I did not eat here but just wanted to point out the Chinese characters on the sign board are upside-down. In this restaurant, you make your selection from the buffet trays and pay according to the weight of your food.
Written Jan 31, 2007
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There are several grocery stores in town, but one in particular, called "creamerie" (or something like that) sells the regular grocery items as well as the Oaxaca cheese in small packages..........just the right size for lunch. The store is located in an alley behind the main street where the buses stop.
Not far from there is a shop that sells tortilla shells freshly made on the premises.
Written Feb 1, 2007
SenoraSusan Says: This was a pleasant surprise. Half way through our birdwatching river float we pulled to the side of the river and hiked about 1/2 mile. In 1994 a flood uncovered these petroglyphs. Our guide produced a guide book and proceeded to interprete some carving. It way way tooo hot...
Bird watching on the El Fuerte River
SenoraSusan Says: We arranged this tour through the front desk at our hotel. A truck arrived athe appointed time towing a custum panga (plastic chairs attached to the bottom f the boat). These very nice and friendly poeple launched us with our guide at he river. Our guide was a very nice El...
Presa Josefa Ortiz de Domiguez
susanpingu Says: ..........that mouthful is just the dam outside of town. It's depicted on the mural painting in the civic building. We got a ride from some locals my buddy chatted up. I don't know if the bus goes there, but there's always the taxi and it's about a thirty minute ride....
We chose El Fuerte to be the jumping off base for our Copper Canyon tour. Our Chepe train ride started here instead of Los Mochis. El Fuerte is a charming little town with tourist attractions like...
A quiet charming town-Gateway to El Chepe
The Gateway to Copper Canyon. El Fuerte was founded in 1564 by the Spanish conquistador Don Francisco de Ibarra, the first explorer of the lofty western Sierra Madre mountains. In 1610 a fort was...
El Fuerte~Colonial Mexico's Finest
El Fuerte is steeped in history (see below) and is a beautiful old colonial Mexican town of about 30,000 inhabitants. It is also a prime destination to catch the Copper Canyon Train, El Chepe, and has...
Starting our Copper Canyon tour
We began our tour with an evening drive from the airport in Los Mochis to El Fuerte. We quickly learned that Mexico uses speed bumps, locally called 'topes' as an ingenious way to slow down their...
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