Colonial Treasures: San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Zacatecas and Guadalajara
Enjoy a wonderful 10-day, 9-night tour from Mexico City to visit some of the most important colonial cities in Mexico filled with culture and history. See San Miguel de Allende and its historical downtown. Stop at Guanajuato and learn about its subterranean avenues. Go to Zacatecas and head to La Bufa Hill, taste tequila in the town of Tequila when you visit Guadalajara and see the World Heritage Site of Morelia. This trip includes breakfast, a professional guide and transport.
ItineraryDay 1: Arrival transfer Mexico CityStop At: Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juarez, Av. Capitán Carlos León S/N, Peñón de los Baños, Venustiano Carranza, 15620 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Arrival tranfer from the airport to the hotel of the route
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at the hotel of the route
Day 2: Queretato - San Miguel de AllendeStop At: Historic Center of Santiago de Queretaro, Queretaro City 76000 Mexico
This morning you will be picked up at your hotel and depart for Querétaro, The city of Queretaro is an excellent point to begin your visit of Colonial Mexico. The city has preserved its historic downtown and taken steps to beautify many areas. The Historic Monuments Zone of Queretaro was named a UNESCO
World Heritage site in 1996. The historic city center is filled with lovely colonial mansions, immaculate pedestrian walkways and quaint plazas little changed since colonial days. You will visit not only the historic downtown district but the aqueduct and the Convent of the Crosses
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: San Miguel Allende Monument, 37886 San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Afterwards you will continue to San Miguel de Allende, also declared as cultural and historic heritage site, where many intellectuals and artists live. Here you will visit San Miguel’s iconic parish church, the Parroquia de San Miguel de Archangel, with its Holy House Chapel. In the afternoon you can enjoy a great variety of handicrafts stores, restaurants and bars.
Overnight.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of the route
Day 3: Dolores hidalgo - GuanajuatoStop At: Parroquia Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, Plaza Principal S/N, Zona Centro, Dolores Hidalgo 37800 Mexico
Today you will depart for a brief visit to the small and beautiful colonial town of Dolores Hidalgo, the cradle of Mexico’s Independence. Here in 1810, the father Don Miguel Hidalgo, began the Independence war. Also José Alfredo Jimenez, one of the most famous musician composers, was born here.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Parroquia de Basilica Colegiata de Nuestra Senora de Guanajuato, Calle Ponciano Aguilar 7, Centro, Guanajuato 36000 Mexico
Later you will continue to spectacular Guanajuato, another cultural and historic heritage site of humanity. In the afternoon you will visit this fabulous city, full of beautiful colonial alleys and plazas. Highlights will be the University, the Juarez Theater, the Museum of Don Quixote the Museum of the Mummies, the “kissing alley” and the Diego Rivera’s house, amongst others attractions. Guanajuato’s streets and subterranean avenues are one of a kind in the country. Other attractions are the Alhóndiga de Granaditas, the Regional Museum of Guanajuato. Overnight
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of the route
Day 4: ZacatecasStop At: Catedral de Zacatecas, Avenida Hidalgo 617, Zacatecas 98000 Mexico
This morning you will head to Zacatecas, a World Cultural and Historic Heritage Site. Zacatecas is a city of enormous beauty and unabashed Mexican pride. At 8,100 feet above sea level (making it Mexico’s second highest city), Zacatecas will quite literally take your breath away. The city’s stunning architecture includes many religious and civil buildings from the colonial era. The cathedral clearly dominates the center of town. There is an outstanding Mexican baroque style found in the Cathedral and other monuments at the historical district.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Mina El Eden, Cerro Grillo, Zacatecas Mexico
As an added attraction you will descend in an aerial cable car to visit el Eden Mine.
Overnight.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of the route
Day 5: GuadalajaraStop At: Guadalajara Cathedral, Av Alcalde 10 Zona Centro, Guadalajara 44100 Mexico
Now it’s on to Guadalajara, where both tequila and mariachis were
born! You will take a tour of this city full of culture, history and traditions. Your tour will include its historic center, the Plaza Tapatia, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Government Palace and the Degollado Theater. Overnight.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of the route
Day 6: Guadalajara - TequilaStop At: Tequila, Tequila
You will continue to the World Heritage Site and Pueblo Magico (Magic Town) of Tequila, a charming town, where you can find a large number of tequila factories, you can observe the whole elaboration process and also have a tasting of the distilled beverage. Afterwards you will return to Guadalajara. Overnight.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of the route
Day 7: PatzcuaroStop At: Centro, Pátzcuaro, Mich., Mexico
Today the tour will continue to Pátzcuaro, which is famous for its
colonial beauty and its unique traditions. A Magic Town, full of colonial charm, it also is an important craft center. Its artisans, of Purepecha origin, are famous for their beautiful creations in wood, wrought iron, basketry and embroidery. At Patzcuaro the attractions are the Basilica of Our Lady of Health, the “House of the Eleven Patios” and the historic colonial district. In the afternoon you will enjoy a wide variety of bars and restaurants which offer typical dishes and typical music at the portals of Pátzcuaro´s downtown square. Then you will continue to Morelia.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of the route
Day 8: Morelia - Mexico cityStop At: Centro Historico de Morelia, Morelia 58000 Mexico
Your tour continues on to Morelia, another Cultural and Historic Heritage site, known worldwide for its magnificent colonial buildings of pink cantera stone. Your tour here will include visits to as the magnificent Morelia Cathedral, the Government Palace (originally the Tridentine Seminary of Valladolid), the Clavijero Palace, Plaza de Armas (the city's largest square), the Guadalupita Temple at San Diego Convent with its majestic Indian baroque décor, the Aqueduct and the market of typical candies, the Mercado de Dulces, also known as the Sweet Market, famous for its many sugary delights including candied coconut and sweetened fruits and vegetables, as well as traditional local handicrafts. Continue
to Mexico City. Overnight.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of the route
Day 9: Mexico city tourStop At: Historic Center (Centro Historico), Avenida Juarez 66, Mexico City 06000 Mexico
Today is devoted to a tour of the highlights of this world class metropolis. The tour begins visiting the UNESCO designated Cultural and Historic World Heritage Site with the National Palace and its beautiful murals, painted by the famous muralist Diego Rivera, the Constitution Square or “Zocalo”, the Aztec Templo Mayor and the Metropolitan Cathedral. Touring continues with visits to Chapultepec Park and the “Zona Rosa”, a rich and vibrant district with restaurants and shops. Overnight in Mexico City.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of the route
Day 10: Departure transferStop At: Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juarez, Av. Capitán Carlos León S/N, Peñón de los Baños, Venustiano Carranza, 15620 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
At the appropriate time you will be transferred to the Mexico City airport in time to board your return flight home.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
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No accommodation included on this day.
Informacion Adicional
"A minimum of 2 people per booking is required"
"Note: Five-star hotel options are in Mexico City only. Hotels in the rest of the towns all four-star."
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Near public transportation"
"Infants must sit on laps"
"Most travelers can participate"
"Sanitary Protocols against Covid-19 at https://youtu.be/PhV16OsNkOk"
"This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers"
"Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability"
Start Time:
09:00 AM
Duration: 10 Days
Start location: Traveler pickup is offered
Departure Point: Tour departs after arrival flight at Benito Juarez International Airport
Airports- Juarez Intl Airport, Mexico City Mexico
Cancellations and refunds:
If you cancel at least 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
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