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Ciudad Obregon

The city of Obregon is the second largest city in the state of Sonora, which shares border with Arizona. Situated in the Yaqui Valley, named for the indigenous tribe that lives there, the Obregon area preserves theYaqui legacies with a variety of cultural festivities. There are eight, thriving Yaqui communities in the vicinity, including the picturesque town of Cocorit, which has museum of native artifacts.

This city is known for the high-tech irrigation systems that have turned the dry plains around it into one of Mexico´s breadbaskets. These vast plains attracted the attention of the visionaries and pioneers who settled the area a century ago and made it one of the most prosperous agricultural regions of the country.

Ciudad Obregon has 35 hotels and 1,268 guestrooms, the city offers visitors a variety of accommodations for large groups. The Holiday Inn Obregon with 89 guestrooms and suites and 2 halls that hold up to 50 individuals for events. Another is the Hotel Valle Grande Obregon with 135 guestrooms and 7 event halls that can accommodate up to 500 people.

Ciudad Obregon International Airport has direct flights to Cabo San Lucas, Guadalajara, Mexico City and Tucson.

Air Flight Connection

	DOMESTIC	INTERNATIONAL
Flight / Month
194	194	0

Passengers / Month
11,400	11,400	0

Connection Cities

Mexico City
Guadalajara
Hermosillo

Tijuana
Monterrey

Airlines

Aeromexico
Interjet

Hotel Capability

593 (rooms / night)

Convention Center Capability

144,235 (sqft)

Venues

Venue	sqft	Rooms	Website
YAQUI FORUM	21,370	• 2 EXHIBITION AREAS •2 SESSION AREAS	www.ocvobregon.com.mx/recintos
ARENA ITSON	21,370	• 2 EXHIBITION AREAS •2 SESSION AREAS	www.itson.mx/Empresas/Servicios/Paginas/arena-itson.aspx

CVB Contact

Contact	Mail	Telephone

Lic. Ramon Arturo Esquer Vazquez	resquer@ocvobregon.com.mx	(644) 415-10-68

Lic. Viridiana Frajio Rodriguez	hzavala@ocvobregon.com.mx	(644) 415-10-68

Website

www.ocvobregon.com.mx

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Things to do

Party at the Edge of the Sea

At the afternoons and nights, walking through the jetty provides the perfect opportunity to feel the sea breeze, contemplate the horizon and enjoy a tasty dinner. Recently remodeled, the main tourism corridor of Rocky Point gathers souvenirs shops, restaurants, bars, cantinas and other establishments of tourism interest. It is a cultural space where natives and visitors attend to have fun, take a drink, eat some seafood dish or just for a walk with a unique landscape as background: the Sea of Cortez. Along 450 meters, establishments where local craftsmanship is sold open their doors, ideal to buy a souvenir of the trip; traditional food restaurants, which mainly consists in seafood prepared in different ways.

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A Taste of Paradise

Adventurers will find here a real paradise; desert, islands, semi-virgin beaches, caves and endless wonders to be discovered. If something turns Rocky Point in such a special destination it would be its exceptional natural wealth. Adventurers will find here a true paradise; desert, islands, semi-virgin beaches, caves and endless wonders to be discovered. Without doubt, the best option to know the natural treasures of the zone is to attend to the Intercultural Center of Desert and Ocean Studies. These visits allow knowing the vast dunes, volcanoes, and sarahuales of the Reserve of the Biosphere of El Pinacate, lodged in the core of the Great Desert of Altar.

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Fantasy Beaches

Rocky Point draws visitors for its fine beaches, water sports, fishing, and desert-by-the sea beauty. Calm, warm water conditions are ideal for swimming and boating. Unique tidal conditions characterize many area beaches, creating some incredible tide pools filled with aquatic marine life. Windsurfing conditions are ideal from December through April. Fishing is best during summer months, but something is biting year-’round. If you enjoy eating seafood more than chasing it, the city's seafood market, near downtown on the seafront, Calle Alcantar, attracts visitors packing coolers and ice. Prices for fresh fish and shellfish are very reasonable. Diving options are somewhat limited to a few rocky outcroppings, plus a popular island with a sea lion colony.

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Cet Mar Aquarium, a Diversity of Sea Life

CET MAR Aquarium, an excellent choice to spend a day in family, allows to know the rich marine fauna of the region. Coasts of Rocky Point, are an important refuge of sea life. Its calm waters house a large variety of species of flora and fauna, for which these have been declared as an ecological reserve in order to preserve the aquatic diversity that, nowadays, is endangered. In the beaches El Mirador, La Cholla, Las Conchas, Playa de Oro and Playa Bonita, besides of natural reserves such as Estero Morua, it is possible to find tiny crabs, colorful sea shells, snails and sea cucumbers under the rocks or dragged by the waves.

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A Marine Touch at Costa Brava

Delicacies prepared with fresh seafood and meat are served in the tables of Rocky Point... do you feel like eating some shrimps au gratin? After swimming in the calm waters of the sea, explore its depths or taking the sun in the soft sand, what about calming the hunger with some fresh shrimps, oysters in their shell or a tasty zarandeado fish? At Rocky Point, the most popular dishes are those prepared with freshly harvested seafood. Costa Brava shrimps are offered in the restaurants; these are covered with cheese, wrapped in strips of bacon and fried. They are served with a sweet apple sause, butter, honey and wine, and accompanied with salad or rice.

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Just for Adrenaline Lovers

Calm and war waters of the Sonora beaches are the ideal scenario to practice aquatic activities such as swimming, diving and sailing. Rocky Point, a site of exceptional natural wealth, is the favorite destination of many practitioners of aquatic sports. Annual events of sportive fishing tournaments, triathlons (sportive competitions comprising three stages: swimming, running and biking and to which attend athletes from all over the world), sailboat races and other activities practices on the ground, such as desert motorcycle races are carried out here. As a tourism destination that began from sailing and fishing, Rocky Point has the entire infrastructure to enjoy the sea and explore its corners.

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Estero Morua, Premises of Biodiversity

Estero Morua, where oysters are produced in an organic manner, is the shelter of a large variety of species of birds, crustaceans and reptiles. There are so many options of eco-tourism tours that hardly can be covered in a single trip to Rocky Point. An alternative consists on visiting Estero (estuary) Morua, a beautiful lagoon of 1 103 hectares of extension which is the home of birds, fishes, crustaceans and other aquatic animals. On exploring the land surfaces and crystalline waters of the estuary, it is common to find colorful birds, either resident as well as migratory, in this place. The trip can be performed aboard of a boat or a kayak.

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Desert: Vastness and Life in El Pinacate

A tiring journey but extremely enriching is the one that makes us get deeper in the Sonora desert, which landscape is formed by volcanoes, large sandy surfaces, and a clear night sky. In no other place of the Mexican territory reigns the silence with such deepness; for this reason and for many other, thousands of visitors from all over the world gather here to live an experience out of the ordinary. El Pinacate –which takes its name from a black beetle which lives here–, is a natural protected reserve which is found in the core of the Great Desert of Altar, a fraction of the huge Sonora Desert. With a surface dominated by more than 500 craters, it was here where NASA tested the lunar vehicle that it would use in the Apollo space program.

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Color and Tradition

Numerous establishments open their doors on the jetty where craftsmanship made of sea shells, carved wood and vegetable fibers are sold. On returning home, why not taking a small piece of paradise with us? We can choose among a large variety of creations elaborated by the craftsmen of the region and which are sold in stores, markets and galleries. A large number of stores open their doors on the jetty, but it is possible to find open establishment practically in any corner. In these spaces we can find decorations made of sea shells and snails, pieces of ceramic, hardware, jewelry and figures carved in hard wood (dolphins, sheep and turtles, among other animals).

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Adventure in Sonora

Sonora's deserts, expanding north from the shores of the Sea of Cortez, make for once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Get ready for mind-blowing cactus tableaux, golden sunsets and swirling sand, in and around towns and villages suffused with a self-reliant, yet open and friendly vibe. It's a welcome like few others in Mexico. One of the most appealing things about Sonora is its closeness to the US boarder, where you can experience a desert or Sea of Cortez coastal view, with a few hour drive into Mexico.