Guanajuato
Posted by Valerie D on January 20, 2020, 2:54 pm
Dorothy and i are looking for some recommendations for a place to stay and any outstanding attractions we should plan on seeing. Thanks in advance. | ----------------Re: Guanajuato
Posted by jon on January 20, 2020, 9:48 pm, in reply to "Guanajuato"
try asking on the Chapala web board
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Posted by jon on January 20, 2020, 9:57 pm, in reply to "Guanajuato"
if you go to Chapala Web Board, or just Google Guanajuato, you will come up with a wealth of information. I went to the Chapala web board since you will find the same sources of information but maybe a lot of personal comments and recommendations as well. Best of luck!
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Posted by Brandon on January 20, 2020, 10:14 pm, in reply to "Guanajuato"
I first visited Guanajuato city in 2002. It was on the advice of some Mexican tourists in the US I met. I came in October during the Cervantino festival. If you can ever make plans to attend I highly recommend based on my experience. Amazing performers from all over the world - when I was there ...Canadian ballet; German Opera; Japanese Bunkaru/puppetry I was amazed to learn about all of the history in the city. A visit to the Alhóndiga is helpful to start to understand the beginnings of the revolution against Spain. I went on a regional tour that took us to the church in Dolores Hidalgo where the "cry (gritó)for independence" was made, and nearby town square more people were rallied. Muralist Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato city and there is a museum of his childhood home. The rivers /streams used to be tunneled under the town but now they are used for traffic. I recommend taking a local bus that goes through one of these tunnels just to get a feel. I recall some buses had to make multi point turns to deal with the tight quarters of the tunnels. Try walking the downtown streets for 15 or 20 minutes without any map or GPS. See if you can find your way back – but keep a map or phone with google maps in your pocket when you fail. Oddly, I never got around to visiting the mummy museum, but if you like curiosities it gets good reviews.
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Posted by Jo Anna on January 20, 2020, 11:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Guanajuato"
I did visit El Museo de las Momias and was fascinated; my travel pal, however, was creeped out. It's kind of like the crocodiles; you are either intrigued or repelled. | ----------------
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