Destinations

Santiago de Querétaro, most commonly known as Querétaro, is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is part of the macroregion of Bajío. It is 213 kilometers (132 mi) northwest of Mexico City, 63 kilometers (39 mi) southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 kilometers (120 mi) south of San Luis Potosí. It is also the seat of the municipality of Querétaro, divided into seven boroughs. In 1996, the historic center of Querétaro was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Pinal de Amoles is a town located in the state of Querétaro. It is part of the Sierra Gorda region which stretches over northern Querétaro into Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí, with 88% of the municipality's land comprising the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve. The municipality contains large areas of forests and the highest peaks in the region, which separate the wetter areas of both the north and east from the drier areas of the south and west.

Founded in the 16th century, San Miguel de Allende is known for old world charm and first world amenities. The center of town is a time capsule of cobblestone streets lined with jewel tone colonial facades and stone colonnades, and overshadowed by La Parroquía, an immense neo-gothic church of pink stone. Today, an old section of the town is part of a proclaimed World Heritage Site, attracting thousands of tourists and new residents from abroad every year.

Bernal is a small and picturesque village with the world's 3rd largest monolith located in Ezequiel Montes Township, a few minutes from Colón and Cadereyta in the Querétaro state of Mexico. In 2005, Bernal was designated a Pueblo Mágico ("Magical Town") by the Mexican Secretariat of Tourism (SECTUR).

The colorful valley city that is the capital of the state of the same name. It is located in a narrow valley, which makes its streets narrow and winding. Most are alleys that cars cannot pass through, and some are long sets of stairs up the mountainsides. Many of the city's thoroughfares are partially or fully underground. The historic center has numerous small plazas and colonial-era mansions, churches, and civil constructions built using pink or green sandstone. The city historic center and the adjacent mines were proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.

Mineral de Pozos was founded in 1570 or thereabouts and was a silver mining community for many hundreds of years (some mines are still actively in use). In the early 1900's the population was about 70,000 before becoming an almost complete ghost town in the 1960s. A revival of sorts has been happening since the 1990s due to its spectacular location, and today's population is back to 3,500 with a lot of work being done to restore some of the old properties in a beautifully tasteful manner. The architecture is splendid and there are some top-quality boutique hotels in town. In 2012 it was declared a Magical Town with a tourism program and the tourist boom continues, although it is nowhere near a tourist place like San Miguel. Names a Pueblo Magico (Magical Town) by SECTUR in 2012