Tijuana: the busiest border crossing in the world

The Cultural Center of Tijuana, recognizable by its cement sphere resembling a planet, hosts art exhibits, a museum, and one of Mexico's oldest IMAX theaters.

Just steps away, Avenida Revolución, the historic downtown avenue, mixes traditional crafts shops with a lively contemporary street art scene on surrounding walls.

Moving forward, one visits the Hidalgo Market, where spices, traditional sweets, and local products sell among colorful stalls, animated from early morning.

As evening falls, the city's gastronomic zone, known for giving birth to the Caesar salad, proposes a culinary scene in strong growth in recent years.

The border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego remains the world's busiest, with tens of millions of passages yearly by both pedestrians and vehicles.

The Caesar salad was invented right here in Tijuana in the 1920s by an Italian-American restaurateur—a surprising origin for those accustomed to considering it a purely American dish.