Wandering Well · Country

Mexico.

Less-touristed places, sorted by Wander Well Score.

Moroleon, Mexico
Gold

Moroleon

Moroleón · Mexico

Moroleón, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, is one of Mexico's leading textile cities, with clothing stores lining its streets and drawing shoppers from ac…

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Catemaco, Mexico
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Mountain villages

Catemaco

Mexico

A town on the shores of Lake Catemaco in southern Veracruz, known across Mexico for a pre-colonial tradition of sorcery and witchcraft — practiced largely by…

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Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, Mexico
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Bustling market & commercial towns

Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro

Mexico

The original San Juan Parangaricutiro was buried under ash and lava when the Parícutin volcano erupted in 1943, and the top of its church still protrudes fro…

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San Carlos, Mexico
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Coast & island escapes

San Carlos

Mexico

On the Sea of Cortez coast in Sonora, Mexico, San Carlos is a tiny beach town designated a Pueblo Mágico in 2023, known for clear, warm water in its shallow…

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Victoria de Durango, Mexico
Gold
Charming old-world towns

Victoria de Durango

Durango · Mexico

Founded in 1563 by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Ibarra, Victoria de Durango is the highland capital of Mexico's Durango state, set in the Valley of Guad…

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Cholula, Mexico
Gold
Charming old-world towns

Cholula

San Pedro Cholula · Mexico

Cholula's Great Pyramid — the largest pyramid by volume in the world, with the colonial Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios built on its summit — ancho…

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San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico
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Desert & arid landscapes

San Luis Río Colorado

San Luis Río Colorado · Mexico

This border city in Mexico's Sonoran Desert, San Luis Río Colorado sits at the northwestern corner of Sonora where it meets both Baja California and the Unit…

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Zamora de Hidalgo, Mexico
Silver
Charming old-world towns

Zamora de Hidalgo

Zamora · Mexico

The Santuario Guadalupano, a neo-Gothic church said to be the tallest in Mexico and among the tallest in the Americas, dominates the skyline of this mid-size…

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Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Toluca de Lerdo

Toluca · Mexico

The highest capital city in Mexico and North America, Toluca de Lerdo sits well above sea level in the State of Mexico, giving it a temperate climate year-ro…

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San Andres Tuxtla, Mexico
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Coast & island escapes

San Andres Tuxtla

San Andrés Tuxtla · Mexico

Since the 19th century, San Andrés Tuxtla in southern Veracruz has been the centre of Mexico's fine tobacco and cigar production, a distinction that still sh…

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Zacapoaxtla, Mexico
Silver
Mountain villages

Zacapoaxtla

Zacapoaxtla · Mexico

A lively central plaza in Mexico's Sierra Norte de Puebla region anchors this upland town, where two ornate colonial-era churches face a monument column agai…

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Valladolid, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Valladolid

Valladolid · Mexico

Walkable Yucatán town with a dense food-and-drink scene, a concentration of historic churches, and strong photographic appeal, Valladolid sits in the eastern…

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Xalapa, Mexico
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Coast & island escapes

Xalapa

Xalapa · Mexico

A mountain capital in central Veracruz state with one of Mexico's densest café and restaurant scenes and the oldest symphony orchestra in the country, Xalapa…

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Tenosique de Pino Suárez, Mexico
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Inland waterside towns

Tenosique de Pino Suárez

Tenosique · Mexico

Sitting on the banks of the Usumacinta River in the southeastern corner of Tabasco, Tenosique de Pino Suárez is a photogenic riverside town with mountain vie…

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Tonaya, Mexico
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Mountain villages

Tonaya

Tonaya · Mexico

Agave distilling has given Tonaya its regional and national reputation, with around a dozen producers operating in this little Jalisco town in the Sierra de…

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Guanajuato, Mexico
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Guanajuato

Guanajuato · Mexico

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 alongside its adjacent silver mines — one of which once supplied two-thirds of the world's silver — Guanajuat…

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San Miguel del Milagro, Mexico
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Ancient & archaeological sites

San Miguel del Milagro

Natívitas · Mexico

This small village in Tlaxcala, Mexico, San Miguel del Milagro is home to the Santuario Nacional de San Miguel Arcángel, one of the two most visited Catholic…

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Córdoba, Mexico
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Coast & island escapes

Córdoba

Córdoba · Mexico

Founded in 1618 by thirty Spanish noblemen — earning it the nickname "City of the Thirty Knights" — Córdoba is a colonial city in the highlands of Veracruz,…

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El Oro de Hidalgo, Mexico
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Hiking & national-park bases

El Oro de Hidalgo

El Oro · Mexico

Designated a Pueblo Mágico by Mexico's tourism authority, El Oro de Hidalgo is a small colonial-era town in the State of Mexico whose architecture bears the…

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Acambaro, Mexico
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Inland waterside towns

Acambaro

Acámbaro · Mexico

Acámbaro, on the banks of the Lerma River in the southeastern corner of Guanajuato, is the oldest municipality in the state and the origin of a nationally fa…

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Taxco, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Taxco

Mexico

Taxco, a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero southwest of Mexico City, has been synonymous with silver for centuries — first as a major mining centre durin…

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Alamos, Mexico
Silver
Mountain villages

Alamos

Alamos · Mexico

Designated a Pueblo Mágico for its colonial architecture — and the first town in Sonora to receive that title — Álamos is a small city in the foothills of th…

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Villahermosa, Mexico
Gold
Big-city explorations

Villahermosa

Centro · Mexico

Founded on 24 June 1564 by the Spanish colonist Diego de Quijada, Villahermosa is the capital of Mexico's Tabasco state and one of the country's older cities…

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Amatitan, Mexico
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Amatitan

Mexico

Home to the Herradura distillery — one of the world's largest tequila producers — Amatitán is a small town in Jalisco's Tequila Valley with centuries of agav…

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Parras de la Fuente, Mexico
Silver
Wine country

Parras de la Fuente

Parras · Mexico

Home to Casa Madero, the oldest winery in the Americas, Parras de la Fuente is a wine-producing town in southern Coahuila, Mexico, with vineyards spreading a…

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Atlacomulco de Fabela, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Atlacomulco de Fabela

Atlacomulco · Mexico

A lively Mexican town in the State of Mexico highlands, where a stone kiosk anchors a well-kept central plaza ringed by arcaded colonial-style buildings, bac…

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San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico
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Sacred & spiritual destinations

San Juan de los Lagos

San Juan de los Lagos · Mexico

One of Mexico's most visited pilgrimage destinations, San Juan de los Lagos in Jalisco's Los Altos region draws millions of visitors each year to the Basilic…

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Valle de Bravo, Mexico
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Inland waterside towns

Valle de Bravo

Valle de Bravo · Mexico

A lakeside town in the State of Mexico, Valle de Bravo sits on the shore of Lake Avándaro — a reservoir created in 1947 — with a walkable colonial centre ful…

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Guadalupe, Mexico
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Mountain villages

Guadalupe

Guadalupe · Mexico

Founded on 4 January 1716 and formally named in 1756 as the Pueblo de la Nueva Tlaxcala de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Horcasitas, this large city in Nuev…

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Real de Catorce, Mexico
Gold
Mountain villages

Real de Catorce

Catorce · Mexico

Once a booming silver-mining settlement high in the Sierra de Catorce of northern San Luis Potosí, Real de Catorce has reinvented itself as a destination aft…

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Ciudad Serdan, Mexico
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Ciudad Serdan

Chalchicomula de Sesma · Mexico

This high-altitude Mexican town in Puebla state where colorful colonial church domes rise above low rooftops, all framed against two snow-capped volcanic pea…

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Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico
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Ciudad Guzmán

Mexico

A lively highland city in Jalisco, Ciudad Guzmán centers on a broad colonial-style plaza with a stone bandstand, fountain, and forested hills rising close be…

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San Francisco de Campeche, Mexico
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Coast & island escapes

San Francisco de Campeche

Campeche · Mexico

San Francisco de Campeche, on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, is one of the few cities in North America with most of its historic colonial walls still intac…

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Orizaba, Mexico
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Inland waterside towns

Orizaba

Orizaba · Mexico

This Pueblo Mágico city in Veracruz, Orizaba sits along rivers and parks in the highland mountains between Mexico City and the port of Veracruz, with a walka…

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Yelapatapa, Mexico
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Coast & island escapes

Yelapatapa

Mexico

This small Mexican beach village where colorful houses and palm trees spill down a forested hillside to a calm blue bay, with boats along the shore and a han…

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Matehuala, Mexico
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Matehuala

Matehuala · Mexico

Founded in 1682 on what was then a contested frontier between several colonial jurisdictions, Matehuala is a highland city in the northern part of San Luis P…

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Santa Clara del Cobre, Mexico
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Inland waterside towns

Santa Clara del Cobre

Mexico

Copper craftsmanship rooted in the pre-Hispanic Purépecha tradition defines this compact Pueblo Mágico in Michoacán, Mexico, near the shores of Lake Pátzcuar…

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Tepetlixpa, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Tepetlixpa

Tepetlixpa · Mexico

A pocket-sized Mexican highland town where a bold terracotta-domed church, a stone-arched gateway, and cobblestone plazas form a compact colonial religious c…

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Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Dolores Hidalgo

Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional · Mexico

Declared by the Mexican Congress as the Cradle of National Independence, Dolores Hidalgo is a colonial town in the highlands of Guanajuato where, in the earl…

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San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

San Cristóbal de Las Casas

San Cristóbal de las Casas · Mexico

A highland city in Chiapas with an exceptionally dense café and restaurant scene, cobblestone streets, and a well-preserved Spanish colonial centre of red-ti…

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Mahahual, Mexico
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Food scenes & café towns

Mahahual

Othón P. Blanco · Mexico

This pocket-sized Caribbean village on Mexico's Costa Maya in Quintana Roo, Mahahual has grown from a fishing settlement into a tourist centre with a café an…

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San Patricio, Mexico
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Coast & island escapes

San Patricio

Mexico

A coastal tiny town on Jalisco's Pacific shore, San Patricio — commonly known as Melaque — sits on Bahía de Navidad between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, f…

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Pachuca, Mexico
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Big-city explorations

Pachuca

Mexico

Credited as the birthplace of Mexican football — the sport introduced by Cornish miners who arrived in the 19th century — Pachuca is the highland capital of…

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Romita, Mexico
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Romita

Romita · Mexico

A terracotta-façaded colonial church with a tall ornate spire anchors Romita's open town plaza, offering a compact taste of Guanajuato's religious architectu…

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Tequila, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Tequila

Tequila · Mexico

Tequila, a town in Jalisco roughly an hour from Guadalajara, is the birthplace of the spirit that carries its name — distilled from the blue agave plant nati…

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Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Juchitán de Zaragoza

Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza · Mexico

A Zapotec city in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca, Juchitán de Zaragoza is a centre of indigenous Zapotec culture, known for its traditional fest…

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Tultepec, Mexico
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Tultepec

Tultepec · Mexico

Tultepec, just north of Mexico City in the State of Mexico, holds the title of Mexico's National Capital of Pyrotechnics — a designation it has carried since…

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Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico
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Inland waterside towns

Chiapa de Corzo

Chiapa de Corzo · Mexico

Sitting on the bank of the Grijalva River in the Chiapas highlands, Chiapa de Corzo is a walkable Mexican town with a centre full of cafés and restaurants.

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Tecalitlan, Mexico
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Bustling market & commercial towns

Tecalitlan

Mexico

This lively central plaza anchors this small Jalisco town, where a white colonial-era church towers above trimmed trees, colorful street vendors, and a fount…

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Yohualichan, Mexico
Silver

Yohualichan

Cuetzalan del Progreso · Mexico

A compact village in Puebla's upland country, Yohualichan draws visitors to its pre-Columbian stone pyramid complex, where tiered platforms decorated with ro…

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Acatzingo, Mexico
Silver
Charming old-world towns

Acatzingo

Acatzingo · Mexico

Sitting in highland terrain between the volcanoes Citlaltépetl and Malinche, this town in Puebla state is anchored by a main plaza that holds the former Fran…

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Tehuacán, Mexico
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Inland waterside towns

Tehuacán

Mexico

This city in the southeast of Puebla state, Mexico, Tehuacán sits near the rural scenery of the Balsas River Valley and within reach of mountains, with sever…

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Aguascalientes City, Mexico
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Spa & thermal wellness

Aguascalientes City

Aguascalientes · Mexico

Founded on October 22, 1575, near thermal springs that gave it its name — "hot waters" — Aguascalientes is a large city in north-central Mexico whose histori…

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Teuchitlan, Mexico
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Ancient & archaeological sites

Teuchitlan

Mexico

A small town in Jalisco, central-western Mexico, Teuchitlán sits close to Los Guachimontones, the pre-Columbian archaeological site associated with the ancie…

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Pluma Hidalgo, Mexico
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Mountain villages

Pluma Hidalgo

Pluma Hidalgo · Mexico

Pocket-sized Oaxacan village set high in densely forested mountain country, where ridge after ridge of green hills stretch toward the coast, rewarding visito…

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Celaya, Mexico
Gold
Big-city explorations

Celaya

Celaya · Mexico

Founded in 1570 as Villa de la Purísima Concepción de Zalaya — a Basque word meaning "flat land" — Celaya is a city in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, with…

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Atlixco, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Atlixco

Atlixco · Mexico

Flower production defines Atlixco, a city in the Mexican state of Puebla known informally as "the city of flowers," where ornamental plants and cut flowers a…

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Tzompantepec, Mexico
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Quiet rural escapes

Tzompantepec

Tzompantepec · Mexico

Spread across the slopes of La Malinche Volcano in the eastern part of Tlaxcala, Tzompantepec is a compact farming village on Mexico's Central Plateau with a…

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Navojoa, Mexico
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Inland waterside towns

Navojoa

Navojoa · Mexico

Mid-size Mexican city in Sonora's Mayo River Valley, Navojoa centers on a broad plaza anchored by a white colonial-style clock tower building, palm trees, an…

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Jerez de Garcia Salinas, Mexico
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Charming old-world towns

Jerez de Garcia Salinas

Jerez · Mexico

A Pueblo Mágico town in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, Jerez de García Salinas takes its full name from a 19th-century reformer and sits close to the state…

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More places in Mexico below the top of the list — pagination coming.

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