Travel route: Laredo crossing to the Yucatan
We're planning on crossing the border in Laredo. Our goal is to get into the Yucatan but want to avoid the northeastern route (apparently boring and slow roads). Since I'd love to visit Teotihuaca...
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Most of the roads you mention are toll roads. To know how to answer regarding free roads I think we would have to know exactly which roads you mean and exactly where you want to go.
Laredo to Monterrey / Saltillo – 85 / 85D
Saltillo toward Mexico City - 57 / 57D
To Teotihuacan 5D to 132D
Teotihuacan to Puebla 40D Arco Norte or back road through Otumba de Gomez Farias toward Sahagun and then Arco Norte to Puebla.
From Puebla to Yucatan 150D takes you over high mountain passes and then to 145D.
These are all toll roads. You can figure out tolls with some practice by using the calculator on this website…….
http://aplicaciones4.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdEscogeRuta
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Crossing at Laredo we often stop at Matehuala with a side trip to Real de Catorce. Near Puebla at Cholula is the world’s largest pyramid by volume. There are things to see all along the way and we have been spending years trying to seem them all.
Most of the roads you mention are toll roads. To know how to answer regarding free roads I think we would have to know exactly which roads you mean and exactly where you want to go.
Laredo to Monterrey / Saltillo – 85 / 85D
Saltillo toward Mexico City - 57 / 57D
To Teotihuacan 5D to 132D
Teotihuacan to Puebla 40D Arco Norte or back road through Otumba de Gomez Farias toward Sahagun and then Arco Norte to Puebla.
From Puebla to Yucatan 150D takes you over high mountain passes and then to 145D.
These are all toll roads. You can figure out tolls with some practice by using the calculator on this website…….
http://aplicaciones4.sct.gob.mx/sibuac_internet/ControllerUI?action=cmdEscogeRuta
I highly recommend Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 with GPS on your laptop or a good Garmin GPS such as the new 7” models that sell for around $220. I go nowhere without a GPS these days and I much prefer S&T 2013 for planning.
Crossing at Laredo we often stop at Matehuala with a side trip to Real de Catorce. Near Puebla at Cholula is the world’s largest pyramid by volume. There are things to see all along the way and we have been spending years trying to seem them all.
