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Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal
Opened in 1999, this top-notch museum is housed in the 16th-century Hospital de San Pedro. Galleries display excellent contemporary art and a fascinating permanent exhibit on the hospital’s history.
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Mercado Morelos
This covered market, on the south side of the central plaza, is worth a look any day of the week, and contains several comedores (food stalls) serving bargain Oaxacan food for M$25 to M$40 per dish.
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Parque Morelos
Parque Morelos is an ecological reserve and the largest park in Tijuana. Bring the kids and enjoy the spacious recreation areas, pool, lake, botanical garden, playground, BBQ areas and snack bar.
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Centro Cultural Jesús Reyes Heroles
The Centro Cultural Jesús Reyes Heroles is a colonial estate hosting art and book presentations. Take a wander around the grounds, where yuccas and jacarandas spring from carefully tended gardens.
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Pinacoteca de Nuevo León
This art museum, in the gorgeous Colegio Civil building, displays paintings and sculptures from local leading contemporary artists, including Julio Galán (1958–2006), once part of Andy Warhol’s circle.
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Quinta Fernando Schmoll
If you have your own wheels, on the east edge of the village of Cadereyta, is this extraordinary botanic garden with over 4400 varieties of cactus. Its located 38 kilometers from Tequisquiapan.
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Portales de Santo Domingo
In the Plaza Santo Domingo are these archways that have been used by scribes since the 18th century. Over the decades they have been used for trade in everything from clothes to stolen metalwork.
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Capilla de la Tercera Orden
Built in the early 18th century, this chapel, like the Templo de San Francisco, was part of a Franciscan monastery complex. The main facade shows St Francis and symbols of the Franciscan order.
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Centro Cultural Chan Santa Cruz
On the plaza, the cultural center has art exhibitions, workshops and the occasional exhibit on the Caste War. Be sure to check out the mural outside, which highlights accomplishments of Maya culture.
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Jardín Botánico
Highlighting Mexico’s plant diversity, this 4-hectare complex is divided into sections that reflect the country’s varied climatic zones. The garden also features a greenhouse full of rare orchids.
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Museo Loyola
Located in the Rarámuri village of Cusárare , the Museo Loyola holds an exceptional collection of religious paintings from the colonial era, saved from decay in missions around the Sierra Tarahumara.
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Museo de la Memoria
This modern history museum looks at folklore through a multimedia lens and has well-presented exhibits on indigenous government, agriculture and contemporary festivals. Explanations are only in Spanish.
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MUSAS
This landmark museum, 1.5km south of the center, has edgy displays (there were superb poster art, Sonoran desert and contemporary Mexican art exhibitions when we dropped by), cultural events and films.
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Playa El Negrito
At Bahía de Chamela, Playa El Negrito is an isolated, relaxing beach with a couple of restaurants but no hotels. The nine islands in the expansive bay are beautiful to see in silhouette at sunset.
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Playa del Panteón
On the west side of the bay, this is a small, shallow and calm beach, with several rather overpriced beachside restaurants, and its waters are cleaner than those near the fishing pier across the bay.
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Playa Bruja
North of the Zona Dorada and marinas, Witch Beach was once serene but has seen a flood of high-rise development in recent years. Still, its one of Mazatláns most appealing stretches of sand.
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Museo Nacional del Tequila
Set in an old colonial building just off the main plaza and spread over five rooms, this museum does a reasonable job of illustrating the history of tequila-making with photos and distillery apparatus.
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Museo Arqueológico de la Costa Grande
This small, rather faded museum houses exhibits on the history, archaeology and culture of the Guerrero coast. Most displays are in Spanish, but you can get by with the free English-language handout.
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Museo de la Lucha para la Tierra
In Anenecuilco, 6km south of Cuautla, what’s left of the adobe cottage where Zapata was born (on August 8, 1879) is now the Museo de la Lucha para la Tierra. There is an impressive mural here of Zapata.
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Centro Cultural Cuauhtémoc
The Centro Cultural Cuauhtémoc , in hilltop Parque Mirador , has a café, stores specializing in products of Cuauhtémoc’s three cultures (Mennonite, Rarámuri, mestizo ) and hosts art exhibitions.
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