Travel to the Mexican city, Monterrey

Monterrey is one of Mexico's richest cities, and at the same time a very safe place to be. The Mexican metropolis is the third most populous city in Mexico, and is known, among other things, for its industry for the production of shoes, steel, cement and beer! There are undoubtedly plenty of experiences waiting in Monterrey, and here are five things you need to know before you set off.

Museums

The Art Museum “Marco” in the center of the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico is a genuine and beautiful modern museum, which has just housed an exhibition of eccentric Frida Kahlo's unique paintings, and the museum has a large art shop. In addition, there is a strip of new museums gathered near the pedestrian zone, and there is free admission to several of them.

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2. Mountains

Outside Monterrey's 3-million-strong neighborhoods, the beautiful mountains begin, which have given the city its name, which can be translated with good will into “king of the mountains”. One of them is Saddlebjerget, which is the city's landmark. You can also hike in very deep limestone caves.

3. Shoes

In Mexico, endless quantities of shoes are made, and Monterrey is a shoe center where you can buy everything from ballerina shoes to the ultimate cowboy boots in crocodile skin to delight the inner macho man. As I said, the city is one of Mexico's richest, but the price level is the same as in Southern Europe - before the euro was introduced.

How to get to Monterrey easily

There are several Danish travel agencies that have quality travel to Mexico.

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Flight

There are no direct flights between Denmark and Monterrey, but with a single or several stopovers there are many options.

One of the fastest routes to Monterrey is with American Airlines, with stopovers in London and Miami. Or with Delta via Atlanta. You can see a price example here.

Hotel

There are many good hotels in Monterrey at a reasonable price. See the large selection here.

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4. Food

The city's most famous restaurant is "El Rey de Cabrito", and the 'Goat Kid King' gets to fry, cook and bake his part of the area's many goat kids. There is not much old goat cheese over such a grilled entrecote - mums! The non-themed restaurants (!) Are also good and cheap, and yes, chili is part of the breakfast. Try the chipotle.

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5. Mexicans

The locals are friendly and very development-oriented, which the city also bears its positive mark with urban planning for the new and restoration of the old. Monterrey is one of the largest cities in Latin America with the lowest crime rate, and there are not surprisingly many who do not know much English.

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Jacob Jørgensen, editor

Jacob is a cheerful travel geek who has traveled in more than 100 countries from Rwanda and Romania to Samoa and Samsø.

Jacob is a member of De Berejstes Klub, where he has been a board member for five years, and he has extensive experience in the world of travel as a lecturer, magazine editor, adviser, writer and photographer. And, of course, most importantly: As a traveller. Jacob enjoys both traditional travel such as a car holiday to Norway, a cruise in the Caribbean and a city break in Vilnius, and more out-of-the-box trips such as a solo trip to the highlands of Ethiopia, a road trip to unknown national parks in Argentina and a friend trip to Iran.

Jacob is a country expert in Argentina, where he has been 10 times so far. He has spent almost a year in total traveling through the many diverse provinces, from the penguin land in the south to deserts, mountains and waterfalls in the north, and has also lived in Buenos Aires for a few months. In addition, he has special travel knowledge of such diverse places as East Africa, Malta and the countries around Argentina.

In addition to travelling, Jacob is an honorable badminton player, Malbec fan and always up for a board game. Jacob has also had a career in the communications industry for a number of years, most recently with the title of Communication Lead in one of Denmark's largest companies, and has also worked for several years with the Danish and international meeting industry as a consultant, e.g. for VisitDenmark and Meeting Professionals International (MPI). Today, Jacob is also a senior lecturer at CBS.