'''Sonora''' is a desert state in Northern Mexico. While it is not near the top of most people's travel plans, it is not without charm.
Regions
Cities
Alamos - a fine colonial town
Agua Prieta
Guaymas - fishing and resort city
Hermosillo - a bustling city of nearly a million people
Puerto Penasco - called "Rocky Point" by gringos, it is the nearest beach resort to Arizona
Ciudad Obregon - a quite new and nice city
Bahia de Kino - a small but nice beach community near Hermosillo. Bahia de Kino has really nice beaches in a really calm enviroment
San Luis Rio Colorado - a border town
Nogales
Desemboque
Other destinations
Altar Desert - the desert spanning Sonora and Baja California
Isla Tiburon -- one of the premier wildlife refuges and sanctuaries in Mexico.
Understand
Talk
Get in
Get around
See
The '''Pinacate Nature Reserve''', just south of the U.S. border, a stunning example of desert landscape.
Do
Eat
If you are a meat eater, you must look out for '''carne asada tacos'''. The residents of the region are justifiably proud of their beef industry.
In Hermosillo you can have lots of different "night food", ranging from tacos de carne asada, sonoran style hotdogs, burro percheron (a burrito on steroids, by this meaning huge), traditional "fondas" and even sushi wagons in some places.
In Ciudad Obregon everybody should try "tacos cebositos", one of the cities specialties or having a cocunut by "la laguna del Nainari" as well as Horchata de coco.
Drink
The local brandy is cheap and good.
Just like Jalisco has Tequila, Sonora has Bacanora, another drink made out of the destillation of agave. It's a quite famous drink among the northwest of Mexico. It is produced mainly on the Bacanora region on the Sierra region of Sonora
Sleep
Get out