Nuevo Laredo travel guide

Bus

The Nuevo Laredo bus station is not near the border; take a bus to the border, then walk across. You cannot get a bus from the Laredo Greyhound terminal to the Nuevo Laredo terminal unless you have an onward ticket. Connecting tickets from Houston via Laredo to Monterrey are available, 14 hrs. Some buses to Laredo connect with

Greyhound

buses in the USA.

All buses crossing into Mexico from Laredo have a mandatory 2-hr stop in Nuevo Laredo for processing.

Grupo Senda and Estrella Blanca manage all regional buses in and out of Nuevo Laredo. To Guadalajara, 13 daily, 18 hrs, US$28, executive class US$61. To Mexico City, 18 daily, 16 hrs, US$40-65. To Monterrey, every 30 mins or more, 4 hrs, US$8-11. To San Luis Potosí, Estrella Blanca, 13 daily, US$23. To Tampico, Estrella Blanca, 1445, 1745, 1915, 2045, 17 hrs, US$40.

Car hire

Johnson’s Mexico Insurance, Tepeyac Agent, Lafayette y Santa Ursula (59 and Interstate 35), US$2 per day, open 24 hrs, recommended. Sanborn’s, 2212 Santa Ursula (Exit 16 on Interstate 35), T867-723 3657, http://www.sanbornsinsurance.com. Expensive, open 24 hrs.

Banks

UNB, Convent y Matamoros, charges 1% commission on TCs, Mon-Fri 0830-1600. IBC, no commission under US$500.

Embassies and consulates

Mexican Consulate, Farragut y Maine, 4th traffic light on the right after leaving Interstate 35, Mon-Fri 0800-1400, helpful.