Guanajuato

This UNESCO World Heritage-listed city is filled with ornate colonial buildings, bustling plazas, and brightly colored homes. Guanajuato is famous for its underground streets and tunnels, which you can explore on a walking tour or on your own time. After admiring the city's cobblestone streets and charming architecture, stop by the bustling Mercado Hidalgo for a souvenir or a bite to eat.

Guanajuato grew as a result of the abundant minerals in the mountains surrounding it. The city is home to the Mummy Museum, which houses naturally mummified bodies discovered in the municipal cemetery between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also hosts the Festival Internacional Cervantino, which attracts artists and performers from around the world as well as Mexico. Guanajuato was the site of the first battle of the Mexican War of Independence, which took place at the Alhóndiga de Granaditas between newly assimilated Mexican insurgent warriors and royalist troops.