El Fuerte, Mexico Travel Blogs

Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway
Sep 23, 2005 (14 photos)

The Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway was started in 1850 something and wasn´t finished until 1961, if you look at the terrain that it goes through you´ll understand why, it´s crazy that they even attempted it. The railway runs from Chihuahua, up through the ...

The awe-inspiring train ride - the world's finest
Dec 14, 2008

Just accommodation for now............. Accommodation El Fuerte offers some excellent mid-range accommodation but very little in the way of budget accommodation. All the hotel's that are mentioned are within a five minute walk of the plaza. Whilst here I ...

Tourism fortified
Oct 2, 2008

... the train to Chihuhaha over the famous Barranca del Cobre we went for the next best thing and headed for the town of El Fuerte at the very beginning of the route. A pretty town filled with elderly Canadians and, not surprisingly considering it´s name, ...

El Fuerte
May 28, 2006

We spent a lovely day here wandering around the cobbled streets of this pretty town. As seems to be the tradition in all Mexican towns the 'Governors Palace' had a mural showing the history of the place...involves lots of men on horses with belts of ...

El Fuerte
Jul 25, 2004 (4 photos)

The pre-inca ruins of El Fuerte are among Bolivia's most important archaeological sites. It's a shame they were not that interesting! The museum in Samaipata had given us a lot of information about the ruins so were able to know what was what. The cold, ...

Cowboy Country
Oct 12, 2006 (12 photos)

I immediately liked this quaint little town; grand old buildings with peeling paintwork, worn cobble stoned streets, cowboy hats & boots, and the smell of fish around the river. I wandered for a couple of hours after arriving, which is all there really ...

Starting up Copper Canyon
Apr 22, 2008 (1 photos)

Didn't know what to expect.... fist hours across the plain quite boring and THEN..... up intospectacular scenery

Creel to El Fuerte on "El Chepe"
Jan 10, 2008 (68 photos)

Wow ! Today I travelled on the truly spectacular railway from Creel down to El Fuerte. The "El CHePe" train (Chihuahua-Al Pacifico Railway) runs through the "Barranco Del Cobre" (Copper Canyon) and is scheduled to take about 7 hours to do my particular ...

A foreigner in El Fuerte
Jan 11, 2008 (34 photos)

Staying for a couple of nights in El Fuerte a charming little Spanish colonial town which is the second to last stop on the Copper Canyon railway. I decided to stay here rather than the end of the line in Los Mochis which is a more modern and I'm told ...

El Fuerte - The birthplace of Zorro
Jun 18, 2008 (16 photos)

... a taxi to the Los Mochis airport as we had been advised that we would be picked up there and transferred to our hotel in El Fuerte, the Rio Vista. After waiting 30 minutes for someone to show up we then rang the tour company that had organized our Copper ...

El Fuerte, Mexico
Mar 29, 2009 (10 photos)

... quick stop and they allowed us on our way after we told them we were 'turistas' on 'vacaciones'. We only stayed in El Fuerte for one night, intending to head to Copper Canyon the next morning.  After talking with the visitor information center the ...

El Fuerte
Mar 3, 2006 (2 photos)

... , when a taxi driver delivers a guest the hostel is apparently charged for the delivery as well as the passengers. Hmmm, nice one El Fuerte council - that policy is encouraging tourism! The Fuerte (fort) was OK, but really not worth stopping for. I'd give ...

Los Mochis and the Copper canyon
Jul 26, 2008

... unexpectedly we found that this place was far more luscious in vegetation than we'd ever imagine. We caught the train from El Fuerte and spent 8 hours slowly chugging through an overwhelming green canyon, with some quite serious drops a foot or two away ...

Into the Canyon
Dec 2, 2006 (4 photos)

El Fuerte
Sep 3, 2007

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Photos from Sinaloa
Oct 6, 2007 (22 photos)

Photos from our last days in the mountains and then the town of El Fuerte on the coastal plain. I´ve started just using the photo text to tell the story so read through that as you view the pictures.  Today´s are in order from Oct 3.