What to do and see in Guanajuato, Guanajuato: The Best Things to do

Built in 1683, this pastel pink church is the city's most recognizable landmark.

The birthplace of Mexico's most famous painter has been preserved as a museum featuring some of his original works and a collection of artifacts from his house.

This popular plaza is the center of social activity in the city.

This early 20th-century building is part Moorish, part Roman and part Greek and is one of the city's more noticeable landmarks.

This prestigious university was constructed to blend in with the rest of the city.

The origin of the Hacienda San Gabriel de Barrera corresponds to the stage of mining exploitation at the end of the XVII, stage focused on the discoveries of rich betas of gold and silver. At the beginning of the 19th century, with the arrival of Independence and Consummation, the mines were suspended and some mining production estates were abandoned, leaving them in ruins. In 1947, the Mexican Francisco Armida Cabrera, acquired the property and dedicated his time to the conservation of what can be seen today as a Museum and the restoration of the old town. The style that is observed inside the House Museum is the Spanish Colonial Viceroyalty on the ground floor level and the French style of the Maximilian era on the top floor. So, you can see decoration and furniture of these stages in the Treasury. In 1975 the State Government acquired the Treasury and in September of 1979 it is given the appointment of a Historic Monument and is opened to the public as a Museum.

This monument, which sits above the city atop a large hill, is dedicated to Pipila, an Indian miner who was killed after taking up arms against the Mexican government in an Indian revolt.

Federally Protected Sanctuary (ANP) ~~ Certified Organic Ranch ~~ Outdoor Gourmet Food Experiences ~~ Organic Grass-Fed Beef ~~ Eco-Tourism (We do not offer tours of the Pyramid, please see other page) Canada de la Virgen is a vast, rugged and historic piece of land located near the Laja River basin on the western perimeter of San Miguel de Allende, in the Mexican State of Guanajuato. It boasts high mountain ranges, ancestral pyramids, natural springs and the winding Virgen River, with its numerous canyons, which our cattle, horses, indigenous wildlife and flora call home. We offer gourmet Mexican countryside dining experiences, with or without horseback rides, as well as full-service Mexican/Argentinean Asados at our historic Hacienda. We also produce organic, grass-fed, grass-finished beef, available at our office store and at various stores and restaurants around San Miguel de Allende, and throughout Mexico.

This picturesque alley is so named because it is narrow enough for two lovers to kiss from opposite sides of the street.