Cultural and Historic Mexican Explorer

Visit Coyoacan, one of the 16 boroughs (delegaciones) of the Federal District of Mexico City as well as the former village which is now the borough’s historic centre. The tour’s next stop is at Xochimilco, a delegaciones that is characterised by its system of canals and the small colourful boats that float on them among artificially created land called chinampas. These canals are internationally famous and are all of what is left of what used to be a vast lake and canal system.

Your private guide will meet you at your hotel to collect you for a full day’s private tour of the nearby UNESCO-protected colonial city of Guanajuato. A splendid day out enjoying some the country’s best museums (Mummy Musuem), or perhaps a trip to the old silver mines, to simply exploring this crooked jumble of a town on foot (cars cannot fit in the streets). Private transfer back to San Miguel de Allende at the end of the day.

Early today you will meet your guide at your hotel for a full day excursion to Teotitlan Del Valle, possibly the prettiest village in the east side of the Valley. Numerous families here are dedicated to weaving rugs and other woollen garments, you will spend some time visiting a family home/studio to see the process of how they are made. Many still use the traditional techniques of carding and spinning their own wool, then dying it with natural colours and finally weaving on solid-wood looms. Then, learn about the internationally famous cuisine of Oaxaca. Visit a Zapotec Family to discover the local people’s secrets to Oaxacan cuisine whilst enjoying learning more about their culture.