Sign in with Facebook- Join for free
- Sign In
Sign in with Facebook
Stephen-KarenConn Says: The multistory Progreso Market has more than two dozen shops featuring arts and crafts from all over Mexico as well as a grocery section and a pharmacy. It is enclosed by a wall and offers a bit of refinement not found out on the main street. The shops did not seem to be as...
Eating, drinking, and shopping
ridermirv Says: The main drag just across the bridge is the "zona centro" of this little town, just like in other border towns. It's a great place to shop, eat, and drink. Plenty of bars and restaurants up and down the main calle (street). One of the safest border towns I know of. I go...
Arturo's: Safe, but not colorful
ridermirv Says: Arturo's is a more upscale place than most border town joints. It has great parking with a security guard. It's not as colorful a place as I like to frequent, but for those who are not "conditioned" for eating in Mexico, this place is for you. Arturo's has a full bar!
Garcia's Panoramic Restaurant: Lunch Overlooking the Main Street
Stephen-KarenConn Says: We chose Garcia's Panoramic Restaurant because it seemed to us to be the best choice in town. It is a nice dining room, complete with linen table cloths, on the second floor above one of the nicer gift shops on the main strip. From our window table we could look out over the...
Helpfulness
The streets of Nuevo Progreso were extremely crowded and most U.S. insurance policies don't cover you here. Because the town is so small everything in it is within easy walking distance. We walked all the way out to the far end of town and down side streets in either direction with no trouble. Unless one is going further into the interior of Mexico, the best thing to do is park at the large free parking area on the Texas side of the border and walk over the bridge.
Updated Jun 12, 2004
Helpfulness
We must have browsed in at least a couple of dozen shops in Nuevo Progreso, but our largest purchase was a beautiful large handmade hammock from this craftsman we found on one of the side streets. Here he is pictured working on one of his creations, with his daughter looking on.
What to buy: Inexpensive prescription drugs and dental work are said to be the two biggest draws here. Mexican blankets are also a good buy, as well as many crafts and items of clothing. We bought a big bottle of vanilla extract, which is much cheaper here than at home.
Updated Jun 12, 2004
Website: www.shop-progreso.com
Stephen-KarenConn Says: Here is another street entertainer we saw. This amigo was dressed in native ceremonial garb, playing a flute, beating a small drum, and dancing all at the same time. Is that what is called multitasking? We encountered several beggers on the streets of Progreso, but were more...
Stephen-KarenConn Says: At several points along the main five blocks of Av. Benito Juarez in Nuevo Progresso we saw several different street entertainers. Their music was enjoyable and we thought that it added a festive touch to the character and ambience of the town. We sat on a bench in front of...
Most folks who walk across the border to shop and eat in Nuevo Progreso stay to the main thoroughfare that meets up with the bridge crossing. But if you go just a few blocks off the main path, you'll find much smaller crowds, nicer shops, and cleaner restaurants.
Also, fewer children selling chicle.
Written Sep 22, 2006
Dental and beer in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico
HIfuntanilla Says: A friend from Houston drove down my way here in the deep deep South Texas to the border towns on the Rio Grade Valley, a hop-n-a-skip to Mexico for dental work. Now, I have to be honest, I live in Harlingen, Texas, which is about 30 minutes away from both Matamoros and...
Stephen-KarenConn Says: The border between Texas and Mexico is marked by the fabled Rio Grande for 1,300 miles of mostly desert terrain. The Rio Grande rises in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado and flows south through New Mexico before reaching the Texas/Mexican border. It flows in a generally...
Stephen-KarenConn Says: When we stopped to rest on a bench along the main street of Nuevo Progresso, we were looking at the pictures we had just taken with our digital camera. This curious little girl came up, uninvited, and almost climbed into my lap to take a look. I asked her mother if I could...
Stephen-KarenConn Says: The new International Bridge crosses the Rio Grande between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico. It features wide covered pedestrian walkways on each side, and lanes for vehicle traffic in the center. Many more people walk across than drive. On the...
Sponsored Links
Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Nuevo Progreso is a small but bustling village that seems to have been built especially for tourists. It is just 5 miles south of the Texas towns of Weslaco and Mercedes via FM 1015. It may be the...
Build your own Nuevo Progreso page
Comments