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Templo de Santa Rosa de Viterbos
The 18th-century Templo de Santa Rosa de Viterbos is Querétaros most splendid baroque church, with its pagoda-like bell tower, unusual exterior paintwork, curling buttresses and lavishly gilded and marbled interior. The church also boasts what some say is the earliest four-sided cl
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Minas Viejas
Located 78km northwest of Ciudad Valles, the stunning cascades of Minas Viejas comprises a principal waterfall with a drop of 55m plus a stunning water pool. From here, a series of smaller cascades and pools drop over terraces. It’s a popular destination for adventure groups who ju
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Museo del Pueblo Maya
The modern, air-conditioned Museo del Pueblo Maya features artifacts from throughout the Maya regions of Mexico, including some superb colonial-era religious carvings and other pieces. Exhibits explaining Maya daily life and beliefs from ancient times until the present are labeled
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Iglesia Santa Bárbara
Designed and erected for Paris’ 1889 World’s Fair, then disassembled and stored in Brussels for shipping to West Africa, Gustave Eiffel’s (yes, of Eiffel Tower fame) prefabricated Iglesia Santa Bárbara was, instead, shipped here when a Boleo Company director signed for its delivery
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Isla de los Alacranes
A ticket booth at the pier’s entrance sells boat tickets to Isla de los Alacranes (Scorpion Island), 6km from Chapala, which has some restaurants and souvenir stalls but is not very captivating. A round trip, with 30 minutes on the island, costs M$390 per boatload; for one hour on
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Centro Cultural
Housed in a former schoolhouse, the Centro Cultural is home to some interesting nationalist and revolutionary murals dating from 1933. Also on display is an uneven collection of regional artifacts, fascinating old photos and a replica ranch house. Take note of the cradle cage hangi
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Poza Azul Visitors Center
This center has illustrated displays about the Cuatrociénegas nature reserve’s ecology in Spanish and English. The little Poza Las Tortugas , a good turtle-spotting pool, is right behind here, while 1.5km further back is the aptly named Poza Azul (Blue Pond), one of the reserve’s m
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Calle Alcalá
Alcalá is the dignified, mainly traffic-free street running north from the Catedral to the Templo de Santo Domingo, lined by colonial-era stone buildings which are now home to alluring shops, galleries, museums, cafes and bars, making for an always-interesting stroll and a lively n
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Museo del Palacio
The Palacio de Gobierno on the south side of the Zócalo houses the interactive Museo del Palacio, whose main displays, with a primarily educational purpose and in Spanish only, range over evolution, the pre-Hispanic ball game, geology, biodiversity and more, with a Oaxacan handle o
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Papalote Museo del Niño
Your children won’t want to leave this innovative, hands-on museum. Here kids can put together a radio program, channel their inner mad scientist, join an archaeological dig and try out all kinds of technological gadgets and games. Little ones also get a kick out of the planetarium
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Colegio de Sales
Once a college, founded in the mid-18th century by the San Felipe Neri order, the Colegio de Sales has regained its educational status; it currently houses part of the University of León. Many of the 1810 revolutionaries were educated here. Spaniards were locked up here when the re
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Park Center
Built over a gob-smacking fissure in the canyon walls, the Park Center has a restaurant (meals M$70-100) and souvenir shop. Rappelling and rock-climbing, both M$550 per person, can be arranged here. You can also organise hiking (M$50 to M$200) and spectacular downhill mountain biki
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Iglesia de Santo Domingo
This church is all that remains of the first Dominican monastery to be established in Mexico.
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Cuartel General de Zapata
Tlaltizapán is the site of the excellent Cuartel General de Zapata, the main barracks of the revolutionary forces. Here, see Zapata’s rifle (the trigger retains his fingerprints), the bed where he slept and the outfit he was wearing at the time of his death (riddled with bullet hol
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Soledad de Maciel Museum
This brand-new museum houses three rooms full of Spanish-language displays, which place the local archaeological finds in a broader historical context. The most important local artifact is the Chole King, a 1.5m-tall statue depicting deities of life and death, displayed in the cour
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Playa Palmares
About 6km south of Zona Centro, Playa Palmares – named not for the nonexistent palms but for the condo complex of the same name – is a narrow but ample stretch of white sand. These picturesque turquoise shallows are favored by locals for swimming as the beach is far from rivers, wh
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Hidalgo statue
The plaza beholds a statue of the man himself, Hidalgo (in Roman garb, on top of a tall column). Here, too, is a tree that, according to the plaque beneath it, was a sapling of the tree of the Noche Triste (Sad Night), under which Cortés is said to have wept when his men were driv
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Laguna Encantada
The ‘Enchanted Lagoon’ occupies a small volcanic crater 3.5km northeast of San Andrés in jungle-like terrain. A dirt road goes there, but no buses do. Some locals advise not walking by the lake alone as muggings have occurred in the past; check with the guides at the nearby Yambiga
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Palacio Clavijero
From 1660 to 1767 the Palacio Clavijero, with its magnificently minimalist main patio, imposing colonnades and pink stonework, was home to the Jesuit school of St Francis Xavier. Today the building houses exhibition spaces showing off high-quality displays of contemporary art, phot
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Town Square
Also known as Parque Amelia Wilkes this square is perfect for relaxing away from the partying throngs in Cabo. Take a breather neath the gazebo or in the shade of the poultry-shaped bush, or nurse your hangover on one of the benches. The square is surrounded by classy shops and can
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