Guide Exploring Laredo, Texas | SolarTravels.com

<body> Destination Guides Search for a City Destination Guides > North America > USA > Texas > Southern Texas and the Gulf Coast > Gulf Coast > South toward Mexico > Laredo Laredo Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars • Laredo • Hotels in Laredo LAREDO BE THERE NOW Hotels in Laredo • Rio Grande Plaza Hotel Laredo from $64.00 USD • Rialto Hotel Downtown Laredo Laredo from $75.00 USD • Days Inn Laredo Tx Laredo from $70.00 USD More Hotels in Laredo >> READ IT HERE LAREDO , over one hundred miles from the coast, has seen greater days even though it's the fastest-growing city in the state. Santa Anna marched his troops through in 1836, and in 1840 the city was the center of Zapata's Mexican separatist protest. The capitol of Zapata's short-lived republic still stands on Zaragoza Street in the historic district, now housing the small Republic of the Rio Grande Museum (TuesSat 9am4pm, Sun 14pm; $1). San Agustin Plaza, the site of the original Spanish settlement, has been restored with cobbled streets and Victorian buildings, as has El Mercado, on San Agustin Avenue, the former hub of downtown activity. Greyhound arrives at 610 Salinas St. The visitor center is at 501 San Agustin Ave (MonFri 8am5pm, Sat 9am3pm; tel 956/795-2200 or 1-800/361-3360). Toos , 1202 E Del Mar Blvd (tel 956/717-4999) is especially popular at lunch for its Tex-Mex standards, and Cotulla-Style Pit Bar-B-Q , 4502 McPherson St (tel 956/724-5747), serves a regional spicy type of barbecue as well as other Mexican dishes. </body>