Perhaps the charm and distinguishing characteristic of Agua Prieta is that it is not a tourist town. When you cross the border into Agua Prieta, you will find people going about their daily lives, working, shopping, lining up to buy bread or tortillas, and not catering to tourism.

At times, people may stop and wonder what it is you are find so interesting as to photograph. To the people of Agua Prieta, this is their daily way of life. Most of the stores in Agua Prieta sell to the locals or shoppers visiting from the nearby Mexican towns.

Pan American Avenue:

(Historic Downtown) As soon as you cross the border, you are on Pan American Avenue. The historic downtown area has undergone the same transformation of many major cities, with the majority of new business relocating to new commercial shopping malls. There are some remains of the vibrant past of Pan American street.

Aduana Fronteriza:

The old customs building “Aduana Fronteriza” is the first building you will see on the right hand side of the street as you cross into Mexico. Across the street is one of a Bank where you may exchange dollars and a popular drugstore.

Church of our Lady of Guadalupe:

It is easy and safe to walk the length of Pan American Avenue to Sixth Street where you will see on your left the Church of our Lady of Guadalupe and the Plaza Azueta, built in 1929. You can barely make out the date on some of the concrete benches still surrounding the main Plaza kiosk.

Plaza Azueta:

Plaza Azuetaon Sixth Street and Fourth Avenue.

Sixth Street Businesses:

If you are driving, you can head east on Sixth Street from the Plaza. This is where many businesses have moved to ranging from clothing stores, boot and hat stores, drugstores, beauty salons and several popular taco places, restaurants and even Domino’s Pizza. Stayin g on Sixth Street, when you reach Fiveteenth Avenue, you will see City Hall on your right, the Gymnasium, theAuditorium and on your left the Agua Prieta Fire Department. If you circle around City Hall, you will see the Church of the Sacred Heart in front of the Plaza Municipal. Across the street from the Plaza is a wonderful bakery “Chatita’s Bakery” and La Reina Bakery will be on 20^th Avenue.

Church of the Sacred Heart:

Church of the Sacred HeartSixth Street & 15^th Avenue

Head east again for a few more blocks until you reach Twentieth Avenue, which is another hub of small businesses, bakeries and steak, taco and typical Mexican restaurants. You can head north on Twentieth Avenue until you come to a dead end which is the International Street that leads directly to the US Border crossing and back to the USA.

Bakeries	Restaurants	Mexican Arts and Crafts

There are several other special places in Agua Prieta including the Multiplex Movie Theatre, which shows just released first run movies in English with Spanish subtitles. The state of the art 20 lane bowling alley and upstairs bar and billiard area, where young people congregate on weekends.

Agua Prieta’s Multiplex Cinema	Agua Prieta’s Baseball Stadium	Agua Prieta’s Baseball Stadium