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How to get to Ex-Hacienda Amargos
The route from Saltillo, Monterrey and the airport, with what to know about the highway and what to keep in the car.
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Ex-Hacienda Amargos sits on the Saltillo–Monclova highway at kilometer 63, in Paredón, Coahuila. Getting here is straightforward: it is federal highway nearly the whole way and the turnoff is marked. Even so, a few details are worth knowing before you leave.
The reference point
Carretera Saltillo–Monclova Km 63, Paredón, Coahuila.
Load the location into your navigation app before leaving, because data coverage is intermittent along stretches of the semi-desert. If your app allows downloading the area map for offline use, do it.
From Saltillo
This is the most direct origin. Take the federal highway toward Monclova and continue to kilometer 63. The drive is open highway, in good condition, with light traffic outside peak hours.
You leave the urban area quickly and within minutes you are in semi-desert landscape.
From Monterrey and its metropolitan area
From Monterrey the natural route is the Saltillo toll road, connecting there with the Monclova highway. It is a comfortable same-day round trip, and many of our visitors do exactly that.
One recommendation: avoid leaving Monterrey at rush hour. The exit toward Saltillo congests in the late afternoon on weekdays, and that urban stretch can cost you more time than the entire highway afterward.
From the airport
The reference airports are Monterrey and Saltillo. From either, renting a car is advisable: the area has no useful public transport and you will want to move around the region.
If you are coming from abroad and it is your first visit, let us know in advance and we will coordinate the visit.
About the drive
The stretch is federal highway, with the characteristics that implies: freight traffic, passing maneuvers and some sections without a wide shoulder.
Take care at dusk. In rural areas there can be loose livestock near the road. That is the real risk of driving here at night, more than anything else.
Gas stations are spaced out. This is not an area to set off on reserve. Fill up in Saltillo if you are below half a tank.
Distances are deceptive. Open landscape makes everything look closer than it is.
What to bring
- Water. Always, in any season.
- Hat and sunscreen. The elevation deceives: you do not feel the heat but the radiation is intense.
- Layered clothing. The difference between afternoon and night is considerable year-round.
- Closed shoes. If you plan to walk the property, desert vegetation is spiny.
- A power bank. With weak signal, your phone works harder searching for a network and drains fast.
When to visit
To walk the lots, the best hours are early morning or late afternoon. Not only for the temperature: with the sun low you get a far better read on the slope of the land, the vegetation and the views from each lot.
And if you can, stay until dark. The sky here is one of those things that does not survive photography, and it tends to be what people remember most from a first visit.
To arrange a visit, write to us and we will coordinate it.