This 16th-century fort once served as the palace and home of Hernán Cortés and includes a collection of Diego Rivera murals.

This hot spring makes for relaxing baths.

This club located in the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel features a mariachi show.

This bucolic park has a long history dating back to the era when it served as an Aztec marketplace.

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

The larger of the two major downtown plazas in Patzcuaro.

17 gardens of three acres located on the grounds of an old 16th-century hacienda, which still includes some original furniture.

Built in the early 19th century, the chapel is famous for a series of murals painted by José Clemente Orozco.

The Ministry of Education is a large office complex only a short distance from the Zocolo.  The building stretches a long block from Republic of Brazil to Republic of Argentina and has entrances on...

This busy market is one of the country's best known produce markets.

A research facility and museum dedicated to the cochineal, which is used for dying things red.

The former home of Ramón López Velarde has been transformed into a museum dedicated to the life of this famous poet.

This famous monument built in 1906 for the people who died in the Mexican fight for independence stands 150 feet tall.

This top-notch anthropology museum displays the diversity of Mexican cultures.

This popular photography institute includes exhibits and classes on the subject.

This closed mine, extremely prosperous in colonial times, offers tours of the old mining facilities and an underground nightclub.

Over 3,000 exotic animals roam free in this nature park.

This huge baroque-style cathedral dominates the town's main square and is one of Puebla's most recognizable landmarks.

This neighborhood is known for its narrow cobblestone streets and is an oasis in otherwise bustling Mexico City.

The plaza's "place of scribes," where specialists in reading and writing have gathered for centuries, evokes the spirit of yesteryear.

This museum has its entrance just to the north of Sto Domingo churchs entrance. It is on the same plaza as the church and part of the same building, the attached old convent building. You might not...

Tequila factory where tours are given by appointment.

Located in a 16th-century Spanish hospital, this museum features a large collection of colonial art.

The signature of this 16th-century convent is an abundance of stone carvings of flower petals.

A large pine forest with a 17th-century Carmelite convent.

Young boys honing their bull-fighting skills are sometimes seen in this large lush garden.

The life and death ritual played out in this small bullring is colorful but not for the faint-hearted.

Formerly known as the Museum of Viceregal Art, this early 18th-century convent located in Guadalupe, a small suburb of Zacatecas, is now a museum with an impressive collection of religious art.

This popular seven-block-long plaza is always crowded and is ringed with interesting stores.