The Guanajuato Travel Guide is a free, online guide to everything you need to know, see, and do in Guanajuato, Mexico. The Guanajuato Travel Guide is provided for the guests of La Casa de Doña Ana , a Bed and Breakfast in the historic center of Guanajuato, Mexico, but is publically available to all visitors to this Colonial Gem City.
The Guanajuato Travel Guide is a new project (beginning November, 2007) that will take several months to complete, so please check back often to get the lastest updates. The Guanajuato Travel Guide is authored and copyrighted by Michael, Ana and Sean Anderson; you may freely link to it from other web sites, or print it for your personal use, but you may not copy any part of it to other web sites or publications of any type. Please respect the authors' work.
In the Table of Contents below, the links will be activated as work begins on each subject or chapter - some chapters may only have photos initially. For the moment, only the Survival Tips, Maps, and Recommendations links are active. Thanks for your patience.
| Topic | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Survival Tips | Where, when, how. |
| Chapter 2 | Plazas and Parks | El Jardín Unión, Plaza de la Paz, Plaza San Fernando, Plazuela de San Roque, Plaza de Mexiamora, Plaza del Baratillo, Plaza Hidalgo, Plazuela del Quijote (Cata), Plazuela del Ropero, Patio de San Cayetano, Plazuela de los Ángeles, Jardín del Cantador, Jardín Embajagore, Jardín Reforma, Plaza de Allende, Parque Florencio Antillon. |
| Chapter 3 | Monuments and Buildings | Teatro Juárez, Teatro Principal, Teatro Cervantes, El Pípila, Casa de los Condes de Rul y Valenciana, Casa de los Leones, Escuela Normal Primaria y Superior, Mercado Hidalgo, Mesón de San Antonio, Presidencia Municipal, Palacio Legislativo, Estación Ferrocarril |
| Chapter 4 | University of Guanajuato | Edificio Central, Escuela de Arquitectura, Escuela de Música |
| Chapter 5 | Churches and Temples | La Basílica Colegiata de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato, El Santuario de Guadelupe, Templo de la Asunción (Capilla de la Presa), Templo de Santa Casa, Templo de la Valenciana, Templo de los Hospitales, Templo de Belem, Templo de Cata, Templo de Pardo, Templo de San Francisco, Templo de San Javier, Templo de San Roque, Templo de la Compañia, Templo de San Juan de Rayas, Templo de San Sebastián |
| Chapter 6 | Other Attractions | Callejón del Beso, Mercado Hidalgo, Mercado de Embajadores, Presa de la Olla, Presa de San Renovato, El Cubilete (Cristo Rey), Ex-hacienda San Gabriel de Barrera |
| Chapter 7 | Museums | El Alhóndiga de Granaditas, Diego Rivera, Museo del Pueblo, Museo de Momias, Museo Iconográfico del Quijote, Museo Olga Costa |
| Chapter 8 | Subterrean and Tunnels | Calle Subterránea Miguel Hidalgo y Belaunzarán, Tunel del Coajín, |
| Chapter 9 | Mines | Mineral de Rayas, Mina de Cata, Mina de Mellado, Mina de la Valenciana, Mina el Nopal, Mina la Aparecida, Mina de la luz, Mina del Grupo de "El Cedro", Mina de Tepeyac, Mina la Sirena, Mina Nueva Luz |
| Chapter 10 | Events and Festivals | Festival Internacional Cervantino, December 12 - Dia de Guadalupe |
| Chapter 11 | Guanajuato History | NNN |
| Chapter 12 | Three Walking tours of the Historic Center | NNN |
| Chapter 13 | Walking tour of Embajadores and Pastita | NNN |
| Chapter 14 | Walking tour of La Presa de la Olla | NNN |
| Chapter 15 | Walking tour of El Cantador and Plaza de Allende | NNN |
| Chapter 16 | Walking tour of La Calzada de Guadelupe | NNN |
| Chapter 17 | Walking tour of La Valenciana | Church and silver mines |
| Chapter 18 | Driving tour of the Silver Mines | Rayas, Cata, Mellado, Valenciana |
| Chapter 19 | NNN | NNN |
| Appendix A | Recommendations | Publications, Restaurants, Bars & Clubs, Shopping, Sights and Events |
| Appendix B | Guanajuato Maps | JPEG and PDF maps of varying usefulness |
| Appendix C | Spanish Schools | El Falcón, Don Quijote, Escuela Mexicana, NNN |
| Appendix D | Nearby Attractions | Marfil, Santa Rosa, Dolores Hidalgo, San Miguel de Allende, Silao, León |
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