Gaze across the banks of the Rio Grande anywhere in this Texas region, and you’ll see Mexico. In the South Texas Plains, two cultures blend into one colorful, exciting Tex-Mex fusion. Today, you find a little bit of Texas and a little bit of Mexico, blended into what visitors come to enjoy as the flavor of South Texas. The crown jewel of South Texas is Laredo, long known as the Gateway to Mexico, since Mexico is really just a few steps away. Take a walk across and be transported a world away.