WHILE MANY DOWNTOWNS ACROSS AMERICA HAVE BECOME SLEEPY, BOARDED-UP RELICS OF THEIR FORMER SELVES, THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY DOWNTOWNS TEEM WITH SHOPPERS FROM THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.  THE BUSTLING NEWNESS OF OUR RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMY IS TEMPERED BY THE OLD WORLD CHARM ENGENDERED BY OUR NEARNESS TO MEXICO WITH ITS RICH HISTORY AND LAID BACK ATTITIUDE. 

OUR SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE WITH ITS MILD WINTERS ENTICES "WINTER TEXANS" FROM ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA.  TOURISTS AND DAY TRIPPERS FIND DOZENS OF POINTS OF INTEREST FROM LAREDO TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, INCLUDING BAYVIEW.  SHOPPING AND DINING IN MEXICO ARE LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY, AND THE MOUNTAIN'S OF MEXICO'S INTERIOR ARE ONLY A HALF-DAY'S DRIVE. 

BEACHGOERS WILL ENJOY THE EMERALD SURF AND GLISTENING SANDS OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT A FIFTEEN MINUTE DRIVE FROM BAYVIEW.