When we travel, we want to experience the best that our chosen destination has to offer.
And Mexico is the perfect place to walk around a lot and not miss any detail of its incredible colonial cities. And look, one is cooler than the other.
I could suggest many (many indeed!!!), but I chose 10 cities full of history and with wonderful places for you to explore on foot, a cheap tour that will add a lot of culture to your travel resume.
Just one last observation: they are all considered World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
1 – Puebla, charm in the baroque style
Located about 100 kilometers east of Mexico, at the foot of the Popocatépetl volcano , the city of Puebla has been a World Heritage Site since 1987, thanks to its great architectural and majestic value, considered one of the best examples of Spanish urban life in the New World.
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2 – Tlacotalpan, fascination and mystical colors
Located on the Gulf Coast of Mexico, the port city of Tlacotalpán was founded by the Spanish in the mid-16th century and has since admirably preserved its colonial-era urban style with wide streets, houses with columns of great diversity of styles and colors, and numerous venerable old trees that adorn public spaces and private gardens.
Since 1998, it has been considered a world heritage site by UNESCO due to its excellent state of conservation.
3 – Guanajuato and its mines
Founded by the Spanish in the early 15th century, Guanajuato became the world's leading center for silver mining in the 18th century.
Its mining past is captured in the underground streets and impressive Boca del Infierno mining shaft, which is 600 meters deep.
It was registered with UNESCO in 1988 for its enormous historical value, as well as for its architecture.
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4 – San Miguel de Allende: Walk through its fascinating monuments
Founded in the 16th century to protect the royal road through the interior of the country, the city of San Miguel de Allende reached its peak in the 18th century, when many religious and civil buildings in the Mexican Baroque style were constructed.
Its architectural and urban value, as well as the artistic merit of its great buildings, have made San Miguel de Allende a World Heritage Site since 2008. In recent years, the city has been named “The best city in the world to live in”. It is definitely worth a visit!
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5 – Querétaro, a luxury route that enchants
Due to its indigenous-Spanish urban origins and its immense architectural wealth, Querétaro has been listed by UNESCO since 1996.
This old colonial city offers the uniqueness of having preserved its original indigenous core of winding streets, together with districts designed according to a geometric plan of the Spanish conquerors.
6 – Campeche, a historic fortified city
Campeche is a port city from the Spanish colonial era that earned it UNESCO World Heritage status in 1999, thanks to its value as a Baroque port city and its famous forts, which are an excellent example of 17th and 18th century Hispanic-American military architecture.
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7 – Historic center of Morelia
Built atop a hill in the 16th century, Morelia features an urban plan that blends concepts from the Spanish Renaissance and the Mesoamerican experience.
Its architectural history can be read in its more than two hundred historic buildings, all built with the pink stone characteristic of the region.
Morelia was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 for its historical value as a city of New Spain and as a center for the dissemination of libertarian ideals in the early XNUMXth century.
8 – Historic center of Mexico City
Built by the Spanish in the 16th century on the ruins of Tenochtitlán, the ancient Aztec capital, Mexico City is currently one of the largest and most populous capitals in the world.
In addition to having the remains of five Aztec temples, the city has the largest cathedral on the continent and beautiful public buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The city was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1987 for its wealth of colonial architecture and the testimony of Aztec culture present in the ruins of the Templo Mayor.
9 – Historic center of Oaxaca
It has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1987 and is a clear example of a XNUMXth century Spanish city.
The city of Oaxaca , with its checkerboard layout, is an excellent example of Spanish colonial urbanism.
The solidity and volume of its buildings, true architectural works of art, attest to the fact that their construction was adapted to the seismic characteristics of the region.
10 – Zacatecas: So much beauty in one place
Founded in 1546 and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993, Zacatecas was built on the steep slope of a narrow valley, preserving numerous ancient buildings, both religious and civil, dominated by the silhouette of the cathedral, built between 1730 and 1760.
This temple is an exceptional architectural work, thanks to the harmony of its layout and the profuse baroque ornamentation of its facades, which combine European decorative motifs with native ones.
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