Calexico

Calexico is a city in Imperial County in California, located just across the U.S.-Mexican border from Mexicali.

Get in

By car

Calexico is located at the southern end of Highway 111, and in the middle of Highway 78 E-W. From San Diego, take I-8 to Highway 78; the trip lasts about two hours.

By plane

• 🌍 Calexico International Airport (CXL  ^IATA). For private pilots is a common place for traveling to and from Baja to file customs and entry forms.  

Imperial Airport (IPL ^IATA) offers a few commercial flights, but is primarily general aviation; most commercial passengers would travel through San Diego or Yuma and rent a car.

By bus

Calexico is served by Greyhound from Los Angeles (around 6 hours) or San Diego (around 4 hours).

Get around

See

Do

• Most visitors to Calexico arrive on foot from the sister city Mexicali. From downtown Calexico it's a short walk to the border crossing and several tourist areas on the other side. U.S. citizens do not require a passport, only proof of citizenship, for short trips to the border area of Mexico, but you will need a passport, passport card, or enhanced driver's license to reenter the U.S.

Buy

Eat

• Mount Signal Cafe (A few miles west of Calexico on Highway 98). This small cantina is owned by a woman who used to be a professional bullfighter. 
• Rubin No. II. Five to six blocks south of 98 and one block west of Imperial (CA 111) lies a small hole in the wall Mexican and Chinese restaurant on Emerson Street. 

Drink

Sleep

• 🌍 Best Western John Jay Inn, 2421 Scaroni Rd, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Holiday Inn Express, 2501 Scaroni Rd, ☎ [phone]. 

Cope

Former Calexico City Hall, now the Mexican consulate.

Consulates

• Mexico, 408 Heber Ave, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 

Go next

Routes through Calexico

Palm Springs ← El Centro ←

N  S

→ → becomes → Mexicali