The 39th Cervantes Festival (Festival Cervantino)takes place from October 12 through 29, 2011, in Guanajuato, Mexico. The theme: “Los Dones de la Naturaleza.” (The Gifts of Nature.)
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The 39th Cervantes Festival (Festival Cervantino)takes place from October 12 through 29, 2011, in Guanajuato, Mexico. The theme: “Los Dones de la Naturaleza.” (The Gifts of Nature.) Continue reading 39th Cervantino Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico Overview of Tabasco state: festivals, crafts and places of interest. Attractions: Villahermosa, Tabasco’s state capital, the ruins and statues of La Venta, Centla Biosphere Reserve Continue reading Tabasco State Mexico’s Tierra Caliente region in Guerrero, Michoacan and Mexico state is the cradle of Calentano Music, a lively melding of music, poetry and dance to the strains of violins, guitars and drums. Continue reading Music of Tierra Caliente Ambulante is a traveling festival of documentaries with the aim of promoting the production, viewing and appreciation of documentary films in Mexico, founded by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna. Continue reading Festival of Documentaries, Mexico Xochimilco and its floating gardens, located at the southern edge of Mexico City, offers one of the city’s most magical outings with its criss-crossing of canals and chinampas, matted and root-bound floating islands on which horticultural products have been and still are raised. Continue reading Xochimilco Floating Gardens What today is the city of Campeche, Mexico, capital of the Mexican state of the same name and situated on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, was founded as the Puerto de San Francisco de Campeche in the year 1540 by the Spanish conquerors who came to these shores under the command of Francisco de Montejo y León. Continue reading Historical Campeche About the wines of Baja California, Mexico. Some of Baja wineries are Monte Xanic, Chateau Camou, Casa de Piedra and Bodegas Santo Tomas. Continue reading Baja California Wines The charming colonial gold and silver producing city of Guanajuato, located in a region of central Mexico known as El Bajio, was in 1988 declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its attractions include the “Alhondiga de Granaditas” regional museum, the Mummy museum, Quijote museum, the Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato and numerous other colonial era churches, the Mercado Hidalgo crafts market and the La Valenciana Silver Mine. Every year in October Guanajuato hosts the renowned Festival Internacional Cervantino – International Cervantes Festival, Mexico’s most well-known and attended cultural festival. Continue reading Guanajuato City Taxco de Alarcón, founded in 1528 as Tetelcingo, was an important silver mining center during the colonial era. Its attractions include the incredibly beautiful and ornate Santa Prisca church, the Hacienda de El Chorrillo, the Spratling Museum, the views of Taxco from the Christ monument overlooking town, and simply walking the narrow, cobblestone streets and browsing the fine silver crafts of Taxco’s shops and market. Continue reading Taxco de Alarcon Ixtapa Zihuatanejo is a twin beach resort situated on La Costa Grande (Great Coast) of the Pacific Ocean north of Acapulco on what is also known as the “Mexican Riviera”. The fishing community of Zihuatanejo is located on the gorgeous and protected Zihuatanejo Bay while Ixtapa, a touristic resort developed by the government, lies some 5 kms to the north on the open ocean. Continue reading Ixtapa Zihuatanejo The village of Santa Clara del Cobre is located about 20 miles from and above Patzcuaro, Michoacan. The town is in what used to be a major copper producing area and its craftspeople specialize in the production of copper wares. Continue reading Santa Clara del Cobre Capital of the state of Oaxaca, this city presents a treasure trove of cultural and artistic stimuli to the visitor, from its ornate colonial architecture to its colorful market with native textile and clay crafts and typical local produce. Take in the majesty of the nearby Monte Alban and Mitla ruins, or plan on enjoying the pageantry of Oaxaca’s Guelaguetza festival in July. Continue reading Oaxaca City |
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