Viceregal Mexico

Day 1: Mexico City

Arrival at Mexico City airport and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay.

Day 2: Mexico City- Teotihuacán

Departure for a tour of Mexico City, featuring the Plaza de la Constitución (or Zócalo), surrounded by buildings of great architectural, artistic, and historical value, such as the National Palace (exterior), the Metropolitan Cathedral, and the Aztec Templo Mayor (exterior). We will visit the main avenues with their monuments, as well as the Diego Rivera Mural Museum to admire his work "Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central." We will continue with a panoramic tour of the Plaza of the Three Cultures, located in Tlatelolco. This was the most important market in the Aztec empire, home to a wide variety of products. We will continue our excursion to the archaeological site of Teotihuacán, the mysterious city of the gods, where we will see the gigantic Pyramid of the Sun (built in the 1st century), the Pyramid of the Moon (built in the 2nd century), the Avenue of the Dead, the Citadel with the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, and the Palace of the Butterflies. Lunch. Upon returning to the city, we visit the modern Basilica of Guadalupe. The remainder of the afternoon is free.

Day 3: Mexico City - Tula - Querétaro - San Miguel de Allende

Departure to Tula, the Toltec city that flourished between 900 and 1200, where we can appreciate its pyramids and the Atlanteans. Continue to Querétaro, the "Pearl of the Bajío." A very important city during the struggle for independence, today considered a World Heritage Site. Visit the city to appreciate its numerous Baroque-style buildings, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, located in the historic center. Continue to San Miguel de Allende. Visit the city, where its beautiful viceregal mansions and the Neo-Gothic cathedral stand out. Accommodation.

Day 4: San Miguel de Allende- Atotonilco- Dolores Hidalgo- Guanajuato

Departure for Guanajuato, passing through the town of Atotonilco to visit its chapel, built in the 16th century, whose ceilings and walls depict the encounter and fusion of European and pre-Hispanic cultures. This place is of particular importance because at the beginning of the War of Independence, the insurgent troops gathered here to form the flag they carried as a banner, bearing the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Continue to Dolores Hidalgo, the birthplace of Mexican Independence and home to the tomb of the famous Mexican singer-songwriter José Alfredo Jiménez. In the late afternoon, we will arrive in Guanajuato. Visit the World Heritage site to see the Pípila Monument, the Juárez Theater, the Unión Garden, Baratillo Square, the University, the Hidalgo Market, the Alley of the Kiss, and the Alhóndiga de Granaditas. Overnight stay.

Day 5: Guanajuato- Tlaquepaque- Guadalajara

Departure for Tlaquepaque, undoubtedly the largest center for pottery and glassblowing in Mexico. Here you can admire the widest variety of traditional handicrafts, as well as its picturesque streets, where you can choose to have lunch at "El Parían," a large plaza with many traditional restaurants and where mariachi bands are a must. Free time. Continue to Guadalajara, arrival and overnight stay.

Day 6: Guadalajara-Tequila

Departure to the Tequila region, the origin of the oldest and most traditional beverage in Mexico, "Tequila," its designation of origin. We will visit one of the haciendas dedicated to the production of this beverage. We will take a tour of the processing plant and taste the tequila produced there. Return to Guadalajara for a panoramic tour of the city, founded in 1542. This city boasts numerous buildings dating from the Colonial period to the Porfiriato. Among the highlights are the Cathedral, the Cabañas Hospice, and the Government Palace. Return to the hotel.

Day 7: Guadalajara- Chapala- Tzintzuntzan- Pátzcuaro- Morelia 

Departure for Lake Chapala, the largest natural lake in Mexico, surrounded by mountains. Visit Chapala and continue to the state of Michoacán to reach Tzintzuntzan, the Purépecha capital, which we will visit briefly. We continue on to Pátzcuaro, one of the most beautiful towns in Mexico. Visit and free time. Its typical Vasco de Quiroga and Gertrudis Bocanegra squares invite you to stroll among folk scenes and a wide variety of handicrafts. In the late afternoon, depart for Morelia, a World Heritage city that welcomes visitors with its 253-arched aqueduct. Overnight stay.

Day 8: Morelia-Tepotzotlán-Mexico City

Visit Morelia, known as "The City of Pink Quarry," which boasts one of the most beautiful examples of 17th and 18th-century Spanish-American Baroque architecture. Evidence of this includes the Cathedral (Baroque exterior and Neoclassical interior), the Plaza de Armas, the Government Palace, the Clavijero Palace, and its monumental aqueduct. Departure for Tepotzotlán for a brief visit to this beautiful town with its Baroque-style church (now the National Museum of the Viceroyalty). In the afternoon, we continue to Mexico City, arriving and being dropped off at the hotel of your choice.