Colonial Mexico

Beautifully preserved, Mexico’s colonial cities offer inspiring leisure and lifestyle experiences; many are also important World Heritage centers

Beautifully preserved, Mexico’s colonial cities offer inspiring leisure and lifestyle experiences; many are also important World Heritage centers

Olmec Stone Head, Villahermosa, Mexico

Experience Villahermosa

Villahermosa is best known for its famous museum featuring basalt stone heads; it's also the prime gateway city to visit the breath-taking Maya ruins of Palenque

Patzcuaro Lake Villages: Guide to Puacuaro

About Puacuaro Also Read: About Patzcuaro’s Lakeside Villages Puacuaro is about 45 minutes from Patzcuaro in either direction around the lakeside, although it may be a bit closer driving clockwise.  There aren’t a lot of signs in Puacuaro and many of the locals speak...

Patzcuaro Lake Villages: Guide to Tocuaro

About Tocuaro Also Read: About Patzcuaro’s Lakeside Villages Tocuaro is just a 20-minute drive around the lakeside (clockwise around the Lake) from Patzcuaro, on the left hand-side of the roadway. Although Tocuaro appears to be just another sleepy village along the road around Lake...

Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

Experience Cholula

Cholula is known for its archaeology park, host to Mexico's largest pyramid, and also offers charming colonial attractions and breath-taking views of volcanoes

Patzcuaro Lake Villages: Guide to Jaracuaro

About Jaracuaro Also Read: About Patzcuaro’s Lakeside Villages Jaracuaro is credited with the creation of the Baile de los Viejitos (Dance of the Old Men) which is a masked-dance mocking the weak (and white) conquistadors. Usually performed by children, it is danced at least...

Puebla Historic Center, Mexico

What Keeps Me in Mexico? The Enchanting City of Puebla

When I arrived in Puebla in August 2007 to study Spanish, I’d planned to stay for four months. Four years later, I’m still here, happily, with no plans to leave anytime soon. I recently traded-in my tourist visa for an immigrant one and even...

Veracruz, Mexico

Carnaval, Veracruz

The sea port city of Veracruz is situated south east of Mexico City on Mexico’s Gulf coast. The Spanish conqueror, Hernan Cortes landed at Veracruz in 1519 and made it the first Spanish settlement in Mexico, and later conquered the Aztecs.

Colonial Rooftops in Patzcuaro, Mexico

A Month in Patzcuaro – Conclusion

Although Patzcuaro has distinct features and characteristics, it is also much like many other provincial Mexican towns, and the daily routines and challenges you may encounter living here are similar in nature to those you’ll encounter in other places across Mexico . . .

Colonial Rooftops in Patzcuaro, Mexico

A Month in Patzcuaro – Property

Just a few years ago, Patzcuaro was a town that few foreign expatriates had heard of, and much less considered as a place to settle in Mexico. Today, the town is attracting an increasing amount of...

Colonial Rooftops in Patzcuaro, Mexico

A Month in Patzcuaro – Expatriates

There are no official figures published showing the number of expatriates living in Patzcuaro, full-time or part-time, although when asked, most resident expats guess with a number ranging between 150 and 200. Some foreigners live here full-time, others share their life’s spaces between...

Colonial Rooftops in Patzcuaro, Mexico

A Month in Patzcuaro – Commerce

Last Friday, December 12th, was Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe, one of Mexico’s most important religious events. In the evening, many of Patzcuaro’s townsfolk headed for the basilica to attend the special mass...