Entertainments include bullfights, dog- and horseraces, nightclubs and restaurants. In the state of Chihuahua, Ciudad Ju rez has a commercial and cultural centre with modern buildings based on traditional styles of architecture.
Restaurants serve international and Mexican food.
The remarkable Copper Canyon Railway passes through Chihuahua on its way from Ojinaga on the Rio Grande to the Gulf of California. It is an engineering miracle in itself and also provides a good way of seeing the canyons, mesas and bare peaks of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The journey lasts about 13 hours. Monterrey is Mexico's industrial powerhouse, standing beneath the highest peaks of the Sierra Madre Oriental in a setting of great natural beauty. Tijuana claims to be 'the world's most visited city', receiving more than 20 million visitors every year, many of them day-trippers from California.