Visit Monterrey, Mexico!

I spent Memorial Day weekend in Monterrey and it was wonderful!

Justin and I stayed at La Casa del Barrio hostel in Barrio Antiguo and we highly recommend it! We had gorgeous mountain views from our room and we were in the center of a 400 year old Spanish-colonial neighborhood in the center of Monterrey. There were restaurants, cafes, bars, dance clubs, museums, a beautiful cathedral and park all around us. We were able to walk everyone and explore a historic part of Monterrey!

Although we loved our hostel, it did not have air conditioning and we were there during a really hot weekend! We upgraded to a hotel built in 1912, El Gran Ancira, that was near Barrio Antiguo and had a pool we took advantage of during the afternoon heat!

Everyone we met was extremely friends and offered suggestions of places to visit, eat, explore, etc! We saw bands in the park each night, beautiful weddings at the Cathedral, a procession for la Virgen de Guadalupe, a basilica dedicated to la Virgen, visited a huge market where you could buy everything from lunch to cell phone chargers to stuffed animals to haircuts to designer jeans and luchadores masks!

We definitely want to visit Monterrey again!