The phone # is 682-9570. If you are calling from the US dial 011-52-(664) 682-9570 first. You can call the American cellular (323) 574-9197 when near the border or in Tijuana.

DIRECTIONS:

If you are walking
"Colonia Federal" is a neighborhood at the border. If you are coming from the USA on Highway #805 or #5, take the last exit before Mexico, "Camino de la Plaza." Go past the first light and park in the UETA parking lot. Once in the lot, after exiting your car, face south and you will see the border fence and on the other side a building with a sign that reads "EL ARTE TUMBARA ESTE MURO," "ART WILL KNOCK THIS WALL DOWN." That site is La Casa del Túnel: Art Center. Walk to the left end of the lot until you see a revolving steel door. Go in and you will see a long mural to your right, at the end of the mural, turn right to another revolving door and you are in Mexico. Turn right again and walk three blocks on Padilla St. and you will be on Calle Miguel Mendoza, in front of a wall on a side street called "Avenida Internacional." Turn left, go one block to #133 Chapo Márquez "La Casa del Túnel: Art Center" looks like the bow of a ship. The phone # is 682-9570. If you are calling from the US dial 011-52-(664) 682-9570 first. You can call the American cellular (323) 574-9197 when near the border or in Tijuana.

If you are driving
If you are driving to 'La Casa del Túnel": When you enter Mexico, take the right lane and follow the sign HOTEL PUEBLO AMIGO, after that there is another sign with 3 different directions: PASEO CENTENARIO with an arrow to the left, COL. FEDERAL with an arrow to the right and SAN DIEGO with an arrow to the left. Take COL. FEDERAL to the right, about 150 ft.; you will be in a roundabout, keep straight to COL. FEDERAL. After the roundabout the name of the street is CALLE DE LA AMISTAD, keep going straight and you will pass CALLE PASTOR RAMOS and CALLE ANGULO. The third street is MIGUEL MENDOZA and you will be in front of a wall with a side street called Avenida Internacional, turn left and in one block you will be at 133 Chapo Márquez La Casa del Túnel: Art Center which looks like the bow of a ship. Our phone # is 682-9570. If you are in the USA, dial 011-52-664 first. You can call the US cellular (323) 574-9197.

Via public transit
You can take the blue trolley line to the border. If you are coming from east San Diego you can take the orange line to downtown and transfer. If you are coming from the north there are several buses that connect with the blue line (the #41 at Fashion Valley, the #34 at Old Town) Go to www.sdcommute.com for an easy-to-use directory of public transit in the San Diego region that takes you to the border.