MEXICO INFORMATION

THE RICHNESS OF MEXICO MAKES OUR COUNTRY A TOURIST DESTINATION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. THE VARIETY OF CULTURAL, HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC ATTRACTIONS COMBINED WITH NATURAL BEAUTY AND DIVERSITY OF CLIMATE, ATTRACTS EVER MORE VISITORS.
THIS INFORMATION IS VALUABLE FOR TOUR OPERATORS WHEN STRUCTURING THEIR TOURS. OUR COLONIAL REGION IS AT CENTER OF MEXICO AND HAS SIX STATES: AGUASCALIENTES, SAN LUIS POTOSI AND ZACATECAS IN THE NORTH, QUERETARO, GUANAJUATO AND MICHOACÁN IN THE SOUTH, WHICH IS THE REGION WE SELL.

THE COLONIAL CITIES OF MEXICO

QUERETARO, GUANAJUATO & MICHOACAN
IT IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE CENTER OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE ZONE KNOWN AS THE BAJIO WHICH IS MADE UP THE STATES OF QUERÉTARO, GUANAJUATO AND MICHOACÁN. THIS WAS THE HEART OF COLONIAL MEXICO, ITS SOUL. ITS CITIES HOUSED THE COUNTRY´S CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL LIFE FOR THREE CENTURIES. THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT, WHICH PUT AN END TO SPANISH DOMINANCE ORIGINATED HERE. NOWADAYS, THIS REGION IS HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE IN CATTLE RISING, AGRICULTURE AND MINING. SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN MEXICO CAN BE FOUND NESTLED IN A LANDSCAPE OF VALLEYS, LAKES AND LAGOONS. UNHURRIED VILLAGES WITH RICH ART AND CRAFTS TRADITION WHICH ARE PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT PRACTICED AT HOME.  THESE CITIES HAVE AN IMPORTANT NUMBER OF COLONIAL MONUMENTS.  IT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF MODERN AND STATELY CITIES WHOSE COLONIAL PAST DEFINES ITS URBAN LAYOUT AND THE MONUMENTAL RICHNESS OF ITS HISTORIC CENTERS. THERE ARE PRETTY HOTELS AND IS THE WINDOW TO THE PACIFIC COAST.

Querétaro State.  Querétaro Capital.
Major cities: Tequisquiapan, San Juan del Río, Peña de Bernal.
Guanajuato State. Guanajuato Capital.
Major cities: San Miguel de Allende, León, Celaya.  
Michoacán State. Morelia Capital.
Major cities: Pàtzcuaro, Uruapan, Zamora, Zitàcuaro, Lázaro Cárdenas.

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NORTHAMERICA
MEXICO
COLONIAL REGION

MAPA & TABLE DISTANCES (kms)