Colonial Town of Zacatecas – World Heritage Site

Zacatecas is a city of enormous beauty and unabashed Mexican pride. This fabled silver city lies 4.5 hours north of Guanajuato and is a detour into history no visitor will regret. At 8,100 feet above sea level (making it Mexico’s second highest city), Zacatecas will quite literally take your breath away. The city’s stunning architecture includes many religious and civil buildings from the colonial era: the cathedral, clearly dominates the center of town.

Since its establishment as a mining camp in the 16th century, Zacatecas has long been valued for its rich deposits of silver and . . .