Bus Travel

Cancun is the main bus hub for the Yucatan peninsula. ADO runs from the downtown bus terminal to every major destination in the region. If you are bypassing the hotel zone and heading to Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Valladolid, Merida or anywhere else on the peninsula, the bus terminal is your first stop. From the … Read more

Mexico City has four major bus terminals, each pointing in a different compass direction. Figuring out which terminal you need is half the battle. Get it wrong and you are facing a crosstown taxi ride that could take an hour in traffic. Terminal Norte The biggest and busiest. Handles everything heading north — Queretaro, San … Read more

Crossing the US-Mexico border by bus is straightforward once you have done it. I have crossed at Nogales more times than I can count, and a few times at Laredo and Ciudad Juarez. The process is basically the same everywhere. Nogales: The Western Gateway Nogales is the easiest border crossing for anyone coming from Arizona. … Read more

Tufesa is the bus line that crosses the US-Mexico border. If you want to ride a bus from Tucson or Phoenix all the way to Guadalajara, Tufesa is how you do it. They are the only major line running scheduled cross-border service on the western corridor. The route starts in the southwestern US — Tucson, … Read more

Chihuahuenses and Omnibus de Mexico are the bus lines for the far north of Mexico — Chihuahua state, the Copper Canyon region and the routes connecting the northern border cities. If you are heading to Copper Canyon, Creel, Batopilas or anywhere in the Sierra Tarahumara, these are the buses. Chihuahuenses is part of the Estrella … Read more

Estrella Blanca is the big bus group for northern Mexico and the Pacific coast. If ADO owns the south, Estrella Blanca owns the north. Their network of subsidiary lines — Futura, Turistar, Chihuahuenses, Elite, Transportes del Norte — connects the border cities, Guadalajara, the Bajio and the northern Pacific coast. The main Estrella Blanca terminal … Read more

Primera Plus is the luxury bus line for western and central Mexico. They run modern coaches with leather seats, WiFi, and individual entertainment screens on routes between Mexico City, Guadalajara, Leon, Aguascalientes, Morelia and the Bajio region. Primera Plus is owned by Flecha Amarilla, which also runs a separate economy service under its own name. … Read more

ADO is the bus company you will use most in southern and eastern Mexico. They run first-class and luxury coaches between Mexico City, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Villahermosa, Palenque, Merida, Cancun and everywhere in between. If you are heading south of Mexico City, ADO is probably your ride. The full name is Autobuses de Oriente, but nobody … Read more