Traveling in Mexico: Getting Around in Orizaba

By: Larry M. Lynch
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:42:23
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GETTING AROUND ORIZABA: Well you have feet, don’t you?

Getting around the city of Orizaba couldn’t be easier. Taxis are readily available and very cheap, fares are only a few pesos from anywhere to anywhere in town. The cheapest way to get around of course, is to walk. The compact size of the city allows you to stroll casually between many locations in a matter of minutes, especially in and around downtown.

The city is divided into quadrants by MADERO, a street which runs North and South and COLON, a street which runs East and West. The streets to the West of Madero, paralleling Colon are named Ponientes. The ponientes to the north (the northwest quadrant) have even numbers; two, four, six, eight, etc.; while the ponientes to the south (the southwest quadrant) have odd numbers, three, five, seven, nine, etc. When the ponientes cross Madero they become Orientes. The orientes have odd numbers north of Colon and even numbers to the south of Colon. In the other direction (North and South) are the streets named Norte, that have odd numbers to the West of Madero (the northwest quadrant), and even numbers to the East of Madero (the northeast quadrant). The streets called Norte become Sur when they cross Colon, and have even numbers in the southwest quadrant, but odd numbers in the southeast quadrant.

The Parque de Castillo, marking the city’s hub, contains the Parish Church of San Miguel, while the Rio de Orizaba (Orizaba River) ambles serpent-like through the city’s western half. A ten-block square area encompasses more than 90% of Orizaba’s majesty, excepting volcano-related places and activities. If the city layout sounds complicated, relax, about five seconds with a city map and you’ll be all clear. A decent map will be found in the telephone directory at your hotel. It’s all you’ll need. Some hotels have simple ones that you can take with you.

For English language teaching leads see the companion articles;

“Teaching English in Mexico: Orizaba Language Institutes”
“Teaching English in Mexico: Orizaba Jobs”

Additional aspects of living and working in Orizabab can be found in the series;

“Traveling in Mexico: The City of Orizaba”
“Traveling in Mexico: Hotels in Orizaba”
“Traveling in Mexico: Picture Yourself Living in Orizaba”
“Traveling in Mexico: The Food in Orizaba”

Prof. Larry M. Lynch is an ELT Teacher Trainer, English language learning expert author and university professor in Cali, Colombia. He has published more than 350 articles and academic papers and presented at numerous EFL teacher training and TEFL conferences throughout North America, South America and Europe. For comments, questions, requests, to receive more information or to be added to his free TESOL articles and teaching materials mailing list, e-mail: lynchlarrym@gmail.com

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