09 Days: Great Viceregal Cities

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Enjoy a wonderful 09-day, 8-night tour from Mexico City to visit some of the most important viceregal cities in Mexico filled with culture and history.

See first the World Heritage Site of Morelia. Go at Patzcuaro, which is famous for its colonial beauty and its unique traditions. Taste tequila in the town of Tequila when you visit Guadalajara, and with a little of luck you could meet the famous “Rancho Los 3 Potrillos”. Stop at Guanajuato and learn about its subterranean avenues. Moreover, see San Miguel de Allende and its historical downtown. This trip includes breakfast, a professional guide and transport.

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Duration: 9 days
Starts: Mexico City, Mexico
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours



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Enjoy a wonderful 09-day, 8-night tour from Mexico City to visit some of the most important viceregal cities in Mexico filled with culture and history.

See first the World Heritage Site of Morelia. Go at Patzcuaro, which is famous for its colonial beauty and its unique traditions. Taste tequila in the town of Tequila when you visit Guadalajara, and with a little of luck you could meet the famous “Rancho Los 3 Potrillos”. Stop at Guanajuato and learn about its subterranean avenues. Moreover, see San Miguel de Allende and its historical downtown. This trip includes breakfast, a professional guide and transport.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival Transfer Airport – Hotel

Stop At: Mexico City International Airport, 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 your choice
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel of your choice

Day 2: Mexico / Morelia / Patzcuaro

Stop At: Centro Historico de Morelia, Morelia 58000 Mexico
Continue on to Morelia, a Cultural and Historic Heritage site,

worldwide known for its student habitat and its magnificent colonial buildings of “pink cantera”: such as the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Clavijero Palace, the Major Plaza, the market of typical candies, the Aqueduct, and the Guadalupita Temple at San Diego Convent with its majestic Indian baroque décor. Continue to Patzcuaro.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel according to the route

Day 3: Patzcuaro / Guadalajara

Stop At: Guadalajara Cathedral, Av Alcalde 10 Zona Centro, Guadalajara 44100 Mexico
Visit the House of the Eleven Patios, the cathedral of our lady of

health, the Gertrudis Bocanegra Library –with its murals painted by famous muralist Juan O’Gorman–, the Don Vasco de Quiroga Plaza and its typical Indian market. At indicated time, we will continue to Guadalajara, visiting en route Vicente Fernandez Ranch called “Los Tres Potrillos”, the entrance is subject to availability and permission by their guards as it is a private property; we will visit the restaurant for lunch on your own and its store considered “the world’s largest cowboy store”. Continue to Guadalajara.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel according to the route

Day 4: Guadalajara / Tequila / Tlaquepaque / Guadalajara

Stop At: Plaza Principal Tequila Jalisco, Calle Albino Rojas 16, Tequila 46400 Mexico
Departure to the “Tequila” region, that is also a cultural and

historic heritage site; at the Amatitlán village visitors will go to one of the country’s best Tequila distilleries, to see the whole manufacturing tequila process. After this visit, we continue to San Pedro Tlaquepaque, where its inhabitants are dedicated to glassblowing manufacturing and all kinds of handicrafts.
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: La Casa Historica de Tlaquepaque, Calle Independencia 208, Tlaquepaque 45601 Mexico
Departure to the “Tequila” region, that is also a cultural and

historic heritage site; at the Amatitlán village visitors will go to one of the country’s best Tequila distilleries, to see the whole manufacturing tequila process. After this visit, we continue to San Pedro Tlaquepaque, where its

inhabitants are dedicated to glassblowing manufacturing and all kinds of handicrafts.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel according to the route

Day 5: Guadalajara / Guanajuato

Stop At: Instituto Cultural Cabanas, Calle Paseo Hospicio 8 Colonia Centro, Guadalajara 44100 Mexico
The day starts at the historical district visiting the Degollado

Theater, the Cathedral, the main square, the Government Palace and the Cabañas Orphanage with their famous murals painted by Orozco, which are cultural and historic heritage sites. Continue to Guanajuato and accommodation at your Hotel.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel according to the route

Day 6: Guanajuato / San Miguel de Allende

Stop At: Parroquia de Basilica Colegiata de Nuestra Senora de Guanajuato, Calle Ponciano Aguilar 7, Centro, Guanajuato 36000 Mexico
The tour starts at the world’s cultural and historic heritage town

of Guanajuato, visiting the Basílica, the University, its mansions, its temples, its picturesque and narrow Colonial streets, its underground streets (former riverbeds) and the famous Callejón del Beso (The Kissing Alley). Continue to San Miguel de Allende, arrival and visit to the city recently named a world cultural and historic heritage site by UNESCO, which has beautiful Colonial

mansions, colonial streets and alleys, impressive colonial churches and its new Gothic style Parish church at the main square, symbol of this beautiful City.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: University of Guanajuato, Calle Lascurain de Retana Centro 5, Guanajuato 36003 Mexico
The tour starts at the world’s cultural and historic heritage town

of Guanajuato, visiting the Basílica, the University, its mansions, its temples, its picturesque and narrow Colonial streets, its underground streets (former riverbeds) and the famous Callejón del Beso (The Kissing Alley). Continue to San Miguel de Allende, arrival and visit to the city recently named a world cultural and historic heritage site by UNESCO, which has beautiful Colonial

mansions, colonial streets and alleys, impressive colonial churches and its new Gothic style Parish church at the main square, symbol of this beautiful City.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Alley Of The Kiss, Patrocinio 58, Zona Centro Zona Centro, Guanajuato 36000 Mexico
The tour starts at the world’s cultural and historic heritage town

of Guanajuato, visiting the Basílica, the University, its mansions, its temples, its picturesque and narrow Colonial streets, its underground streets (former riverbeds) and the famous Callejón del Beso (The Kissing Alley). Continue to San Miguel de Allende, arrival and visit to the city recently named a world cultural and historic heritage site by UNESCO, which has beautiful Colonial

mansions, colonial streets and alleys, impressive colonial churches and its new Gothic style Parish church at the main square, symbol of this beautiful City.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Zocalo, San Miguel de Allende Mexico
The tour starts at the world’s cultural and historic heritage town

of Guanajuato, visiting the Basílica, the University, its mansions, its temples, its picturesque and narrow Colonial streets, its underground streets (former riverbeds) and the famous Callejón del Beso (The Kissing Alley). Continue to

San Miguel de Allende, arrival and visit to the city recently named a world cultural and historic heritage site by UNESCO, which has beautiful Colonial mansions, colonial streets and alleys, impressive colonial churches and its new Gothic style Parish church at the main square, symbol of this beautiful City.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel according to the route

Day 7: San Miguel de Allende / Queretaro / Mexico

Stop At: Historic Center of Santiago de Queretaro, Queretaro City 76000 Mexico
Departure to Querétaro, which is also a cultural and historic

heritage site to visit its cathedral its convents, its mansions, its streets, squares and the alleys, and the world famous convent of the crosses. Return to Mexico City, arrival at your hotel.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel according to the route

Day 8: Mexico city tour

Stop At: National Palace (Palacio Nacional), Avenida Pino Suarez, Corregidora esquina Guatemala Zócalo, Mexico City 06060 Mexico
We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or “Zocalo”, the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the “Pink Zone”
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Zocalo, Calle Plaza de La Constitucion S/N Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Mexico City 06000 Mexico
We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or “Zocalo”, the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the “Pink Zone”
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana), Avenida 16 de Septiembre Colonia Centro, Mexico City 06010 Mexico
We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or “Zocalo”, the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the “Pink Zone”
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bosque de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City Mexico
We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or “Zocalo”, the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the “Pink Zone”
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Zona Rosa, Mexico City Mexico
We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or “Zocalo”, the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the “Pink Zone”
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in the hotel according to the route

Day 9: Departure transfer hotel – Airport

Stop At: Mexico City International Airport, Av. Capitán Carlos León S/N, Peñón de los Baños, Venustiano Carranza, 15620 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Departure transfer hotel – airport
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.



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