Until Highway 85 came to Ciudad Valles, the place was just a sleepy little village. One of the oldest cities in the state, Ciudad Valles was founded as a Spanish outpost in 1533. Located near the Sierra, it provides an ideal shipping point for the products of the region: cattle, sugar cane, citrus fruits, and coffee. Most of the products are distributed to other cities within Mexico by railroad.
Until the opening of Highway 57, Ciudad Valles was the most popular tourist town between Monterrey and Mexico City, and its hotels were filled to capacity every night. Now, with many tourists taking the other, faster route to Mexico City, the
hotels along Highway 85 have far fewer customers which accounts for the slightly bedraggled, dusty appearance of most of them.
From Ciudad Valles, Highway 70 goes west through well engineered Sierra Madre passes to a little oasislike citrus town called Rioverde, and on to San Luis Potosi.
From Ciudad Valles, Highway 70 also leads east
to Tampico. Just off this road, about 10 miles east
of Ciudad ' Valles, is the well known resort of
Taninul, a popular spa for many years. Not far
away are the ruins of important Huastecan archaeological sites.
Until Highway 85 came to Ciudad Valles, the place was just a sleepy little village. One of the oldest cities in the state, Ciudad Valles was founded as a Spanish outpost in 1533. Located near the Sierra, it provides an ideal shipping point for the products of the region: cattle, sugar cane, citrus fruits, and coffee. Most of the products are distributed to other cities within Mexico by railroad.
From Ciudad Valles, Highway 70 also leads east
to Tampico. Just off this road, about 10 miles east
of Ciudad ' Valles, is the well known resort of
Taninul, a popular spa for many years. Not far
away are the ruins of important Huastecan archaeological sites.
