colonial Mexico Archive

A Luxury Banyan Tree Hotel Opens in Puebla, Mexico

Puebla is the fourth-largest city in Mexico and has one of the largest colonial centers. It’s the major center for talavera tile so closely associated with the Spanish Colonial decor and some of that tile adorns the grand buildings from centuries past. In 2017 a new hotel marched in now with a grand entrance: The [&hellip

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Hidden Gems in Mexico: Heading Off the Beaten Path

Mexico is no secret to North American travelers. The Cancun airport became the second-most-popular in the world in 2021 for arrivals and Mexico City’s moved up into the top-10. The beach resort areas of Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos barely missed a beat in attracting tourists last year and Chichen Itza had to put in [&hellip

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Two of the Best Queretaro Hotels for Luxury Travelers

The city of Queretaro, the capital of the state of the same name, is on the list of Mexico’s 10 largest cities. It’s an industrial powerhouse with a relatively wealthy population and even has an airline based in the city. If you are a luxury traveler headed there for leisure, however, you will find that [&hellip

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Video Tours of Two Luxury San Miguel de Allende Hotels

We have recently posted two new reviews of San Miguel de Allende hotels here on the magazine side of Luxury Latin America. If you don’t know much about San Miguel, here’s the basic story. It’s a key city in the history of Mexican independence, it’s a UNESCO World Heritage site with miles of Spanish colonial [&hellip

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Visiting San Miguel de Allende During the Holidays

San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato state may be best-known to Americans as the pretty Mexican city that often tops “best in the world” lists in glossy magazines. Others know it as the place where some friend or relative moved to for a sunny climate away from cold winters. At many times of the year [&hellip

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The Best Restaurants in Guanajuato, Mexico

The restaurant situation in most cities is an ever-shifting canvas and there’s high turnover always. This post on the best restaurants in Guanajuato was updated in November of 2023 and will be revised when the scene changes again. Though Guanajuato City probably receives 98 Mexican tourists for every 2 foreign ones, the local population is [&hellip

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