 San Miguel de Allende is one of the favorite and more visited tourist places in the state of Guanajuato. Declared National Monument by the mexican government due to its attractive and enchantment, this colorful colonial city invites us to walk by its old buildings, their stones streets, their cultural celebrations, their traditions and its infinity of artisan products that attract artists and intellectuals from all the world.
In its walls and architecture a calm atmosphere is breathed, ideal for the great variety of cultural and religious events that are celebrated every year, like the Festival of Music of Chambers (August), the International Jazz Festival (November), the short film festival "Expresion en Corto", the celebrations of the "Day of the Deaths" and the traditional "San Miguelada" (September) with bulls running at the streets as the Pamplona style.
San Miguel is famous for his baazars where Mexican crafts and folcklore are waiting for you in each corner: copper, textiles, rustic furniture, maché paper, art objects and great relics that you will only find in this place.
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 At only
5 minutes from San Miguel de Allende there is a place for nature lovers, the
Botanical Garden "Charco del Ingenio", a conservation area of natural resources.
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 Visit this bastion of the novohispanic baroque where Miguel Hidalgo took
the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the Independence of Mexico.
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The
celebrations of San Miguel Arcángel, saint of San Miguel de
Allende, are the most important of the city. They are celebrated after the
celebrations of Independence, the following weekend to the 29 of
September. Originally it was the indigenous population that celebrated
them, but they became acquiring fame by all the country, and now a great number
of people comes to be part of these spectacular celebrations.
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 The International Jazz and Blues Festival of San Miguel de Allende
2006 presented musicians of: Mexico, Cuba, Chile,
Venezuela, England and the United States.
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