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City in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Photo: Felipe Alfonso Castillo Vázquez, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
San Luis Potosí is the state capital of the San Luis Potosí state in the Bajío in Mexico. Its position along the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, one of the "royal" roads that led all the way up to Santa Fe, New Mexico, has given the city UNESCO World Heritage status. The city has colonial architecture, churches, government buildings, modern museums and attractions to explore.
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Possibly one of the foremost known Mexican cathedrals by sight, its construction started in 1670 and was completed in 1730. It has a baroque architectural design not unlike the basilica in Mexico City.
18th-century Baroque church with notable paintings.
Baroque specimen built around 1692. Its stature before the San Francisco garden foreground can be quite appealing.
Art museum specializing in contemporary sculpture, especially the works of sculptor Federico Silva, who employs cubist techniques with a strong Aztec influence. The museum frequently presents temporary exhibits featuring both Mexican and international artists.
Museum highlighting regional dance masks and culture from pre-Colombian times to the present.
A place to further your knowledge about San Luis Potosi. Also, don't miss Plaza de Aranzazu adjacent.
Train museum.
Labyrinth Museum of Sciences and Arts
Museum showcasing art, technology, and science exhibits.
Museo Othoniano
Birthplace of one of Mexico's most famous poets, Manuel José Othón, who lived from 1858 to 1906. The home is furnished with 19th century decorative arts and furniture as well as many of the poet's personal effects.
Museum holds the largest collection of work by surrealist artist Leonora Carrington including many bronzes. Located in a former panopticon prison.
It's a pedestrian street nice lightened after sunset. Worth to walk along. There are also many benches along the street.
Extends from the center to Parroquia Basílica Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. A city tourism sign in Spanish and English claims it is one of the longest pedestrian boulevards in the Americas.
1894-ish building that used to be a convent and that has quite a facade, as well as an acoustically-styled interior.
Place for art and cultural exhibits and gardens.
A statue that is the pride of the townspeople, it alludes to how precious water used to be stored and allocated from a nearby spring.
It is the city's largest urban park with many attractions: a lake, garden, zoo, water park, planetarium, theater, auditorium, motocross area, model aircraft zone with runways, museum, small castle, park train and a lagoon-type waterfront from which to view the city skyline. From Alameda goes bus line 10 to near the northern entrance. The entry to the park is for free. It's open Tu-Su 6am-10pm, Mondays only in the morning. The whole park is closed, when it's too windy.
Atletico San Luis is a top-tier professional soccer team in the Liga MX. They are 50% owned by and have managerial alliances with Atlético Madrid. The stadium is a modern facility built in 1999 to seat 25,700 fans.
– 30 km. A tequila distillery. Tours are also offered in English. You can taste some tequila.
Have a look on the menu card. There are more dishes shown than on the signs inside. They offer for example:
The ultimate taco and beer joint. Lunch, dinner or to soak up the alcohol this place is always great.
This street is packed with about 20 different small restaurants, all with their own version of gorditas, some offer soups and other typical dishes. A rule of thumb is to walk around, take a look and get in the one with more customers. But since the competition is tight, the quality is generally good and you will hardly go wrong making a choice.
Sophisticated elegance with live piano music at lunch and dinner. The menu is heavy on Spanish classic dishes (including an outstanding paella, loaded with seafood and redolent with saffron). They also have a smattering of exciting nouveau Mexican fusions, equally well prepared, and their cream of artichoke soup is a culinary delight.
With cable, for a bit of a more raw/organic stay in San Luis Potosí
A pretty sensible lodging choice downtown. The center atrium has a nice ambience.
This establishment has a pleasing courtyard with palm trees and swimming pool.
It has a super modern look like a piece of slate standing vertically complete with a rooftop atrium pool.
Shopping mall, food court, movie theater.
Another mall with theater and food court.
Movie theater complex with Plaza Tangamanga shopping mall across pista. Pretty chic.
A not too exciting mall out in the southeast 'burbs. Has a theater though also.
By carpooling
There are shared rides offered on Blablacar, which are about 30-50% cheaper than intercity buses.
By bus
The Bus station (Terminal Terrestre Potosína) is fairly large with frequent service to major destinations, including Mexico City to the south and Monterrey to the north, both about 5 hours away.
By public transport
To go from A to B, Moovit covers the city. Most of the city bus lines are yellow, the other ones are blue (operated by Transporte Tangamanga). Buses must be flaged down at dedicated bus stops.
By e-hailing
By taxi
By sightseeing tour
The city has trollies at very inexpensive prices.
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