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Zacatecas Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Zacatecas, Mexico
Zacatecas,Guadalajara,Tequila,PVallarta,Guanajuato
This is a top pick! ... it's mother country Spain, tends to both start and wind down early, with this club closing at 2am. From Zacatecas, we head over to Guadalajara, Mexico's second city! and our stopping off point to visit Tequila. Yes, there really is a town called ...
Zacatecas
This is a top pick! Alex: Zacatecas was our stop on the way to Ciudad de Mexico and it is a very pretty colonial town - the Mexico we had been expecting, all cobbled streets and bright coloured buildings. We arrived at 7.00am on a Sunday after a night bus - bad timing, it ...
Rest Day At Last!
This is a top pick! ... . Then once we'd bought a few snacks for the journey, we were back on board another bus - this time en route to Zacatecas. Unfortunately we both finished our books on this trip and are fast running out of English reading material! So we had to settle ...
Ciudad de Amigos!
This is a top pick! ... joined the hostel margarita party and met some fellow hostel-dwellers evenly split between locals and foreigners. It seems Zacatecas is a popular holiday destination for Mexicans. Our main Christmas day meal was rather untraditional but oh-so-deeleecious ...
Shivering in the hills and underground
... mine as opposed to the top one and so avoid the millions of steps. Why can't girls ever work out North?! A fine Zacatecas tradition, although also involving traversing evil hills, is the Callejoneada which we were invited to by some students we met in ...
Zacatecas
... here in Zacatecas. I meet her for coffee the following day and she shows me around her city. Zacatecas is an elegant colonial city in central Mexico. In addition to it's fine colonial buildings, constructed of pink sandstone, it maintains a great ...
One Of My Favourite Towns in Mexico
... months and is housed in a fine restored colonial building. Their current rates are between 600 - 900 Pesos for 2 - 4 persons. Hotel Emporio Zacatecas, Av. Hidalgo 703, Tel: 01 (492) 925-6500, Web: www.hotelesemporio.com . This is one of the finest hotels ...
Las Cruces to Zacatecas
... to see Bolt. I'm sure they will get something out of it! We plan to leave in the morning to go to Zacatecas. Our fabulous guide book says there is an RV park with laundry facilities. We need it! Ok hopefully this will get sent ...
One more ring
... nbsp; And I would disagree with tripadvisor on this one… the El Eden Mine was a far more interesting attraction. Driving in Zacatecas’ centro is not unlike many cities; they do love their one-way street in Mexico. But just outside of the ...
The Escape and First ruins Encounter
... mission to establish their new civilization, the eagle rested at La Quemada before flying off to the present location of Teotihuacan (mexico city). The ruins are very impressive, granting a spectacular view into the vast valley of desert that lies below. ...
Army & Police swarm town for drug lords
... up a steep hill beyond Hotel Posada Sta Cecilia. Within five minutes of waiting while admiring the fine views over Zacatecas, a pleasant family pulled over in their people carrier to offer me a ride around town to the road that leads off to ...
A glorious former mining town, with colonial charm
... to the El Cubo viaduct and the Parque Enrique Estrada. The Quinta Real is by far the most expensive hotel in Zacatecas. Transport Mexico – 610km, Monterrey- 450km, Aguascalientes – 120km, Queretaro – 390 km, San Luis ...
We´re finally here
... Durango was pretty cool (what little we saw). Apparently they film lots of westerns there. Maybe on Mexico trip #2 sometime in the future... The good thing is Zacatecas is only 4.5 hours from Durango (hey at this point 4.5 is a cake walk). We ...
To Zacatecas
... 'S the one who bought the tequila, it wasn´t my idea...). One day we took a trip to some ruins that are close to Zacatecas called La Quemada. Becky, Joerg and I all went together and there was another girl on the trip from France, Celine. ...
The colonial trail
Sept 24-25 We arrived in Zacatecas in the rain, and it rained for the 2 days we were there. This is a colonial mining town, and has a large area of colonial buildings, including numerous churches (of course). The streets are and sidewalks ...
Melaque to Zacatecas
... ended up spending the night at a Pemex gas station. Today we visited the ruins of La Quemada which stands 45km south of Zacatecas. It was thought that these ruins were inhabited between 300 and 1200AD with a peak population of 15,000 ...
Cycling days 31-34: Durango to Zacatecas
... , stopping along the way to buy some birria for breakfast and some homemade cheese. The outskirts of Zacatecas have a lot of traffic and our first impression isn't great. We struggle with finding the historical center of town, an ...
Day trip to Delores Hildalgo
The inter city bus system in Mexico is great. You can take comfy first class buses with on board toilets, reclining seats, reserved seats, and TV movies (OK so you've seen Forest Gump--but in Spanish? And I bet you didn't see the Britney Spears movie ...
Viel Wasser / Much Water
Destination 270: km144'400 Ich breche auf und sogleich wieder im Regenschutz. Zum Glueck ohne viel Regen geht es auf relativ langweiliger Route bis nach Rodeo und mache endlich mal ein paar Kilometer Distanz. Nach einem Zwischenstop in dem ...
Zacatecas
... out to be a small mansion, with antiques, chandeliers, wide screen TV and lovely bedrooms - it was great being in a house! Zacatecas is famous for its street performers. On weekends musicians gather on street corners. Once there is a bit of a crowd they ...
Lazy sunny parks
... night I stayed out until 9.30!! There is a square here that has entertainment every evening - clowns, etc. Last night it was the Zacatecas basket ball team launching their season with live bands (one very good, the other a hip hop band that was OK - the ...
Zacatecas - Museo Rafael Coronel
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Zacatecas
... had to offer. Most of our stops prior were in more industrial towns which while friendly have problems with pollution. In contrast, Zacatecas is situated in the mountains with a beautiful city center, with clean streets and clean air. We made our way ...
Chicomostoc
This morning we drove to the old ruins at Chicomostoc, about 45 kms south of the town. This area was inhabited between AD 300 and 1200; at its peak it had some 15,000 people. It is also known as La Quemada from the charred remains of its fiery ...
Guadalupe (Zacatecas) - Are We in the Right Place?
... City! ....so much for our belief that we were in a special place in Guadalupe, Zacatecas. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/mexico/mexico-city-basilica-guadalupe.htm http://www.sancta.org/basilica.html The original "miraculous apron" ...
Zacatecas - Cerro de la Bufa - The View From Above
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Zacatecas - Jardin Enrique Estrada and Quinta Real
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The Full Monty
... and wine were brought to the table. A truly travelling community event - Happy Thanksgiving everyone. All in all we love Zacatecas, thanks to Peggy, Ernesto, Carl, Diana, Ben, Jonathon, Al, Polish Peggy and Paul and their weird alien drinking ...
A Rodeo And Its Aftermath
... . We walked downhill from the ruins to find Guillerme dozing in the van. In sleepy silence we travelled back towards Zacatecas. About halfway through the journey we passed some cowboys on horseback and shortly afterwards, a small open-air arena, its ...