Tourist Attractions & Monuments Mexico

The hotel was very clean and friendly.

If you only stay a few days in the city, the agency is ideal for planning a tour of the city. Silvia and Claudia have been managing this agency for nearly three years and also offer a myriad of excursions around and around the area (Xochimilco, Teotihuacan, Oaxaca).

Enlace Civil is an association that channels assistance to indigenous communities. They also sell handicrafts. The Barrio Mexicanos is located in the northwest of Santo Domingo Convent.

This museum of archaeology, ethnography, history and art recounts the history of San Cristóbal.

A few kilometres south of Loreto, this source is an oasis in the implacable climate of the peninsula. It was known to the Spanish from the time of the missionaries.

Santa María, 1 km north of the city, where the El Morro hotel-restaurant is located. However, to take full advantage of beach tourism, it is advisable to go further south, to Mulegé, which is only 60 kilometres away. This is where you will find the most beautiful beaches in the region (see Mulegé section).

A retrospective rétrospective of exotic tequilas with 130 different brands.

A chic gallery presenting the great names of the country's plastic arts, mainly the artists of Oaxaca (Abelardo Lopez, Alejandra Villegas, Amador Montes, Enrique Flores, Francisco Toledo, etc.), from Baja California (Alejandra Phelts de Mexicali, Alejandro Martínez-Peña of Tijuana and Alfonso Arámbula, a local). Some international works also.

This Science Museum has been under construction for several years. At the time of our visit in April 2013, it had not yet opened its doors. The museum must include three halls, one dedicated to heaven and astronomy, the other to the sea and to marine fauna (aquarium), and the last to the earth. 

This building is currently home to the school of letters and philosophy as well as the Mathematics museum for enthusiasts. The beautiful patio was built in the late th century.

Maison de la culture where one teaches painting, literature, dance and music. Located in a park that is very pleasant to visit, close to the public laundry and the parque Benito Juárez.

In Clavijero Palace, today called the Centro Cultural Clavijero, also an office of tourism.

It is a baroque building built in 1774. A colonial institution whose mission was to control the purchase and sale of the grains and then prison in 1847 before becoming the seat of the State's judiciary.

Less expensive than the previous ones and recommended by the Tourist Office for the quality of its services.

There, Don Manuel Villalongín released his wife detained by the Spaniards in the prison of Las Animas who was in this place.

A church built between 1680 and 1690, its architectural simplicity gives it its beauty.

Currently occupied by offices of the Ministry of Public Education. The Sierra Gorda is located in the north of the state of Colonial.

He was the first to sign the Decree on the Abolition of Slavery on 10 October 1810. Currently seats the legislative power of the government of the State. The house was influenced by the French styles of the time.

Now, the Banamex Bank! It was in this house that the tithe products were stored. It also served as a starting point and arrival to the efforts that link Morelia in Mexico City.

We will note the baroque blend of the construction and neoclassical of the facade, the house was bought by the city councillor in 1781. At the current headquarters of Bancomer bank, it was here that in 1809, several figures were secretly gathered in the city to prepare for Mexico's independence.

Former diocese. Former residence of the Bishop of Valladolid in 1732.

This little, almost unusual, didactic museum presents a slide show with its light and light and photos. In the national hall: retrospective of the police from the pre-prehispanic to the present day. In the Chiefs of Police Hall: photos of chiefs of police from 1921 to date. In the International Hall: uniforms of the world's different fonts.

Appointed in honour of the Cuban poet and revolutionary (1853-1895), this museum is devoted to foreign, French and American interventions in particular in Latin America (the expression «intervention» was used by Napoleon III to justify his action).

More than Mexican paintings from the th to the th century. Baroque and San Carlos Academy. Many temporary exhibitions (photos, paintings).

The School of Plastic Arts resides in a beautiful colonial building filled with sculptures. Temporary exhibitions.

The foundation ([email protected]) offers a different vision of the city, with cycling hikes, observation of wildlife and flora. If the observation you are interested in is more celestial than terrestrial, the University of Guanajuato & & (473) 732 9548 - Fax (473) 732 0253 - www.astro.ugto.mx invites you to its astronomical observatory. With its cuvette location, Guanajuato offers the possibility of many points of view. It is enough to climb up the heights to dominate the city and enjoy a pretty grandiose overview. One of the most famous places is the Pípila Monument: this huge statue holding a hand-torch is Juan José de los Reyes Martinez. You can walk from the Callejón del Beso, a signposted trail, or via the funicular.

Officially the Museo Galeria de la Lucha del Pueblo Mexicano por. In fact, the museum is named because of the spiral shape of the building. The vicissitudes of Mexican history echo the word Díaz: " So far from God, so close to the United States. "