09 Days: Great Viceregal Cities

4.0 (6 reviews) Mexico City, Mexico
Duration9 days
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Group sizeUp to 20 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Enjoy a wonderful 09-day, 8-night tour from Mexico City to visit some of the most important viceregal cities in Mexico filled with culture and history.

See first the World Heritage Site of Morelia. Go at Patzcuaro, which is famous for its colonial beauty and its unique traditions. Taste tequila in the town of Tequila when you visit Guadalajara, and with a little of luck you could meet the famous “Rancho Los 3 Potrillos”. Stop at Guanajuato and learn about its subterranean avenues. Moreover, see San Miguel de Allende and its historical downtown. This trip includes breakfast, a professional guide and transport.

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Hampton Inn o Similar

Hampton Inn or Similar: Hotels on Route are 4* or similar and will be confirmed according with the travel date
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What's included

  • Eight nights accommodation. Local bilingual English- and Spanish-speaking guide
  • Breakfast
  • Round-trip shared transfer from airport, City Tour, land Transportation Mex– Patz—Gdl-Gto—Sma -Mex.
  • Food
  • Gratuities for the guide and driver
  • Drinks
  • Additional visits
  • Souvenirs

What to expect

Day 1: Arrival Transfer Airport - Hotel
  1. 2h · Admission ticket included
    Arrival tranfer from the airport to the hotel of your choice
Day 2: Mexico / Morelia / Patzcuaro
  1. Centro Historico de Morelia
    6h · Admission ticket included
    Continue on to Morelia, a Cultural and Historic Heritage site,

    worldwide known for its student habitat and its magnificent colonial buildings of “pink cantera”: such as the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Clavijero Palace, the Major Plaza, the market of typical candies, the Aqueduct, and the Guadalupita Temple at San Diego Convent with its majestic Indian baroque décor. Continue to Patzcuaro.
Day 3: Patzcuaro / Guadalajara
  1. Guadalajara Cathedral
    6h · Admission ticket included
    In the morning you will visit the Casa de los Once Patios, the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Salud, the Gertrudis Bocanegra Library with its murals painted by Juan O'Gorman, the Don Vasco de Quiroga square and its typical market. At the appointed time you will leave for Guadalajara, visiting the Rancho of Vicente Fernandez, “Los Tres Potrillos”; you will visit its restaurant for lunch on your own and its store considered “the largest cowboy store in the world”. Continue to the city of Guadalajara, also called “The Pearl of the West” for its beauty. Arrival and accommodation.
Day 4: Guadalajara / Tequila / Tlaquepaque / Guadalajara
  1. Plaza Principal Tequila Jalisco
    6h · Admission ticket included
    Departure to the “Tequila” region, that is also a cultural and

    historic heritage site; at the Amatitlán village visitors will go to one of the country’s best Tequila distilleries, to see the whole manufacturing tequila process. After this visit, we continue to San Pedro Tlaquepaque, where its inhabitants are dedicated to glassblowing manufacturing and all kinds of handicrafts.
  2. La Casa Historica de Tlaquepaque
    6h · Admission ticket included
    Departure to the “Tequila” region, that is also a cultural and

    historic heritage site; at the Amatitlán village visitors will go to one of the country’s best Tequila distilleries, to see the whole manufacturing tequila process. After this visit, we continue to San Pedro Tlaquepaque, where its

    inhabitants are dedicated to glassblowing manufacturing and all kinds of handicrafts.
Day 5: Guadalajara / Guanajuato
  1. Instituto Cultural Cabanas
    6h · Admission ticket included
    The day starts at the historical district visiting the Degollado

    Theater, the Cathedral, the main square, the Government Palace and the Cabañas Orphanage with their famous murals painted by Orozco, which are cultural and historic heritage sites. Continue to Guanajuato and accommodation at your Hotel.
Day 6: Guanajuato / San Miguel de Allende
  1. Parroquia de Basilica Colegiata de Nuestra Senora de Guanajuato
    1h · Admission ticket included
    The tour starts at the world’s cultural and historic heritage town

    of Guanajuato, visiting the Basílica, the University, its mansions, its temples, its picturesque and narrow Colonial streets, its underground streets (former riverbeds) and the famous Callejón del Beso (The Kissing Alley). Continue to San Miguel de Allende, arrival and visit to the city recently named a world cultural and historic heritage site by UNESCO, which has beautiful Colonial

    mansions, colonial streets and alleys, impressive colonial churches and its new Gothic style Parish church at the main square, symbol of this beautiful City.
  2. University of Guanajuato
    1h · Admission ticket included
    The tour starts at the world’s cultural and historic heritage town

    of Guanajuato, visiting the Basílica, the University, its mansions, its temples, its picturesque and narrow Colonial streets, its underground streets (former riverbeds) and the famous Callejón del Beso (The Kissing Alley). Continue to San Miguel de Allende, arrival and visit to the city recently named a world cultural and historic heritage site by UNESCO, which has beautiful Colonial

    mansions, colonial streets and alleys, impressive colonial churches and its new Gothic style Parish church at the main square, symbol of this beautiful City.
  3. The Alley Of The Kiss
    30m · Admission ticket included
    The tour starts at the world’s cultural and historic heritage town

    of Guanajuato, visiting the Basílica, the University, its mansions, its temples, its picturesque and narrow Colonial streets, its underground streets (former riverbeds) and the famous Callejón del Beso (The Kissing Alley). Continue to San Miguel de Allende, arrival and visit to the city recently named a world cultural and historic heritage site by UNESCO, which has beautiful Colonial

    mansions, colonial streets and alleys, impressive colonial churches and its new Gothic style Parish church at the main square, symbol of this beautiful City.
  4. Zocalo
    3h · Admission ticket included
    The tour starts at the world’s cultural and historic heritage town

    of Guanajuato, visiting the Basílica, the University, its mansions, its temples, its picturesque and narrow Colonial streets, its underground streets (former riverbeds) and the famous Callejón del Beso (The Kissing Alley). Continue to

    San Miguel de Allende, arrival and visit to the city recently named a world cultural and historic heritage site by UNESCO, which has beautiful Colonial mansions, colonial streets and alleys, impressive colonial churches and its new Gothic style Parish church at the main square, symbol of this beautiful City.
Day 7: San Miguel de Allende / Queretaro / Mexico
  1. Historic Center of Santiago de Queretaro
    5h · Admission ticket included
    Departure to Querétaro, which is also a cultural and historic

    heritage site to visit its cathedral its convents, its mansions, its streets, squares and the alleys, and the world famous convent of the crosses. Return to Mexico City, arrival at your hotel.
Day 8: Mexico city tour
  1. Palacio Nacional de Mexico
    30m · Admission ticket included
    We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or "Zocalo", the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the "Pink Zone"
  2. Zocalo
    1h · Admission ticket included
    We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or "Zocalo", the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the "Pink Zone"
  3. Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico
    1h · Admission ticket included
    We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or "Zocalo", the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the "Pink Zone"
  4. Chapultepec Forest
    1h · Admission ticket included
    We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or "Zocalo", the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the "Pink Zone"
  5. Zona Rosa
    30m · Admission ticket included
    We will start our city tour visiting the Cultural and Historic Heritage downtown district where we will find the National Palace and its beautiful murals painted by the great muralist Diego Rivera, the constitution square or "Zocalo", the Main Aztec Temple and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as some of the main avenues. Later, we will visit Chapultepec Park and one of the most important Residential areas of Mexico City, and the "Pink Zone"
Day 9: Departure transfer hotel - Airport
  1. 2h · Admission ticket included
    Departure transfer hotel - airport

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Departure Point: Tour departs after arrival at Benito Juarez International Airport.

Additional information

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • Note: Five-star hotel options are in Mexico City only. Hotels in the rest of the towns all four-star.
  • Hotels on Route are 4* or similar and will be confirmed according with the availability
  • Each traveler is allowed a maximum of 2 standard suitcases. Oversized or excessive luggage (e.g. surfboards, golf clubs or bikes) may have certain restrictions, please inquire with the operator prior to travel to confirm if your excess luggage is acceptable
  • Sanitary Protocols against Covid-19

Cancellation policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.<br>If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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