Mexico City Trip Overview
Mexico is to a great extent the resulting ecuation of spanish catholic principles locally adapted put to practice by silver mining as economic engine. Guanajuato stands out by its architecture, goegraphy, legends and more merging its history with San Miguel de Allende’s present day lifestyle
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Mexico City, Mexico
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Mexico City, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, Mexico
Mexico is to a great extent the resulting ecuation of spanish catholic principles locally adapted put to practice by silver mining as economic engine. Guanajuato stands out by its architecture, goegraphy, legends and more merging its history with San Miguel de Allende’s present day lifestyle
Itinerary
Day 1: Queretaro San Miguel de Allende
Stop At: Templo y ex-convento de la Santa Cruz de los Milagros, Independencia s/n Jardin de los Fundadores. Barrio La Cruz. Centro, Queretaro City 76000 Mexico
XVIth century conventual facilities and lifestyle
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Palacio de Gobierno Casa de la Corregidora, Plaza de Armas, Queretaro City 76000 Mexico
Colonial buildings ranging from administrarion and government passing by private miner and landowner property to religious commonly sorrounding a square ornamented by fountains
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Plaza de la Soledad, c/ Mesones, San Miguel de Allende 37700 Mexico
Former city center enclosed by SMA’s former hospital, university institutions both related to the clergy
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: El Jardin, San Miguel de Allende Mexico
SMA’s mexican Gothic cathedral curious example of indigenous understanding of western forms, Ignacio Allende independence military house museum, Centro Cultural el Nigromante ornamented by David Alfaro Siqueiros and other monuments and buildings
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Guanajuato and drive back
Stop At: Museo Casa Diego Rivera, Calle Positos 47, Guanajuato 36000 Mexico
Formally known as Mexico’s art history main artist birthplace and house museum
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Monumento al Pipila, Cerro de San Miguel, Guanajuato 36000 Mexico
Mirador and monument oveelooking Guanajuato city next to a funnicular connecting with city center
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Alley Of The Kiss, Patrocinio 58, Zona Centro Zona Centro, Guanajuato 36000 Mexico
Archaetypical alley featuring Guanajuato’s architectural design and geography where house balconeys approach so that people line up for a chance to kiss from one to the other
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Guanajuato School of Mines, Guanajuato Mexico
Colonial life stired around two worlds that of silver mining and religion. Guanajuato’s university is a key example of the former
Duration: 20 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
