WHAT TO DO IN SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE

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Day 7: What to do in San Miguel de Allende

Tonight has been a bit cold. Nothing to do with the feeling we had yesterday when we discovered the city at the stroke of places to visit in San Miguel de Allende and from what we have been told in the same hotel, something not usual at this time, so they were not prepared to the situation and they had left us no blankets or stove.
So although breakfast at the Hotel Posada María Luisa, which is our accommodation in San Miguel de Allende, starts at 8:30 in the morning, the cold has caused us to go out to the street to sit in a cafeteria that we have right in front of us, which opens at 7:30 in the morning, where we can warm up with a good coffee and thus start this day with energy and take advantage of the hours with all things what to do in San Miguel de Allende We have planned for today.

At 8:30 we go up to the second floor of the hotel, to enjoy a breakfast in which we include green chilaquiles again and when it is approximately 9:30 we decide to start the city tour, making all the visits what to do in San Miguel de Allende that we have planned and that will lead us to discover one of the essential places to visit in Mexico.

Breakfast in San Miguel de Allende

Yesterday we saw that the streets of the city, from mid-morning, are filled with people, so we decided to start the visits soon what to do in San Miguel de Allende and thus take advantage of these first hours of the day to take pictures and enjoy the color of the streets practically alone.

Historical Center. What to do in San Miguel de Allende

We had read countless opinions of San Miguel de Allende, from those who told us about the wonderful city, to those who warned us that we would meet a kind of theme park for tourists. The truth is that we cannot say that we have been here for a long time, what we can confirm is that for us, San Miguel de Allende is a city that falls in love and in which we would not mind spending a season.
Upon arrival you find an incredibly charming and photogenic city, where every street and every corner seems to be there waiting for you to approach it with your camera. In addition to this, in virtually the entire historic center you can find quality restaurants and shops with a lot of charm, both souvenirs and local crafts, which today and after the whole trip to Mexico in 45 days, we can say that they are the best next to San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas.

As we mentioned yesterday, the visits what to do in San Miguel de Allende They are not many, since the attraction itself is the city itself. A perfect place to know Mexico that does not usually appear in the news, where you sit on a bench in the Main Square and enjoy the incredible feeling of seeing the life pass.

What to do in San Miguel de Allende

Temple of the Conception

For us this is the most beautiful church in San Miguel de Allende, where you can see an impressive altar and an incredibly ornate interior, as well as a dome that stands out among the rest of the city's buildings.

Temple of the Conception. What to do in San Miguel de Allende

Temple of the Conception

San Miguel Arcangel

Located on the side of the Main Square of San Miguel de Allende, also known as the Garden, the parish of San Miguel Arcángel is another of the most beautiful churches in the city, which according to the locals, imitates wedding cake.

San Miguel Arcangel

Main Square (The Garden)

Neuralgic center of the historic center of San Miguel de Allende, this is one of the meeting points of the inhabitants of San Miguel de Allende, at whatever time it is, you will surely find someone enjoying the colorful city, passing a while sitting or just watching how daily life goes by.

Main Square (The Garden)

Oratory of San Felipe Neri

This is another of the most beautiful corners of the city, from where you can take some photographs, in our opinion, impressive. With very characteristic towers, the Oratory of San Felipe Neri is one of the visits to do in San Miguel de Allende.

Oratory of San Felipe Neri. What to do in San Miguel de Allende

Inside the church there are several paintings showing the life of Felipe Neri, who founded the order of the Oratory.

Cuna de Allende Street

For us, one of the most beautiful streets of San Miguel de Allende, from where you have unique perspectives of the Parish of San Miguel Arcángel, which we are sure, you will have seen in one of the many paintings that are in the shop windows from the city.

Postcards of San Miguel de Allende

Cuna de Allende Street

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San Francisco Temple

In the Civic Square we find the Temple of San Francisco, another of the places that you can not miss in San Miguel de Allende and that in addition to its architecture is known for the statue of Saint Francis of Assisi that is located in the upper part.

San Francisco Temple

Chapel of the Third Order / h3>Right next to the Temple of San Francisco and also in the Civic Square is the Chapel of the Third Order of the 18th century, which once belonged to the monastery.Temple of Health

Also located in the small Civic Square, the Temple of Health is known for the peculiar shell shape that can be seen at the top of the entrance, in addition to its yellow and blue tile dome, also visible from many points of the city.

Temple of Health

San Miguel de Allende Market

Although we cannot say that the San Miguel de Allende Market is one of the visits what to do in San Miguel de Allende Essential, yes it is a stop that we believe is highly recommended, especially if you are on your way to the Handicraft Market, as it is still passing through.
Here you can see the most authentic life in the city and even buy something to eat.

San Miguel Market

Artisan market

In an alley between Loreto Street and College is the Handicraft Market, one of the most complete markets we have been lucky to know and where we can assure you, you will find anything you are looking for.
The first part is a covered area, in which you can visit practically 30 stores, in which there are stands with more commercial crafts, from which you access a second area, many more colorful and with a much more handmade atmosphere, in which At least to us, we found it much more attractive.

Artisan market

Stroll through San Miguel de Allende

Another thing what to do in San Miguel de Allende that we recommend you not to get lost and for which it is convenient to leave a few hours free, it is for something as important and basic as strolling through its streets.
San Miguel de Allende, as we mentioned yesterday, is a city in which to walk through its limes and get lost, without a map or a fixed course, it should be something obligatory and we are sure that much of the charm of this city is in those streets and in their colors

San Miguel de Allende

That is why we advise you to spend a few hours enjoying these walks, since we are sure that you will not regret knowing this city from that point of view in which the tranquility and relaxation of not having any planned visit, make you savor it Another way.

San Miguel de Allende

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This tour of the visits to do in San Miguel de Allende will take us to visit its historic center with incredible places such as the Temple of the Conception, the Main Square, the Oratory of San Felipe Neri, the Temple of San Francisco, the Chapel of the Third Order, the Temple of Health, the Sn Miguel de Allende Market and the Handicraft Market, in addition to the Allende Institute, the Benito Juarez Park and the Callejón del Chorro until reaching the Mirador.
After this tour, we recommend you go to the Sanctuary of Atotonilco, another of the visits to do in San Miguel de Allende that you can't miss

After a couple of hours touring the historic center of San Miguel de Allende and before continuing with the next visit what to do in San Miguel de Allende that we have programmed, we make a stop in the Corner of San Tomás where we take a natural juice and a decaffeinated American for 76 pesos for when it is almost 12 in the morning to go to the Sanctuary of Atotonilco, 11 kilometers from San Miguel de Allende.

How to go from San Miguel de Allende to the Sanctuary of Atotonilco

There are several ways to go from San Miguel de Allende to the Sanctuary of Atotonilco:
- Taxi: price of 200 MXN per way. The disadvantage is that in Atotonilco it is not easy to find taxis, so if you want to make a round trip, it is best to agree on a price for both routes plus the wait, which will not be more than an hour.
- UBER: 180 MXN per way. As with the taxi, the UBER service for the reverse route is not easy to find.
- Local bus "Atotonilco". You can take it on Calle La Luz and on the way back stay at any of the stops that it makes throughout the city. The price is 10 MXN per person and route.
- Book this tour with a guide in Spanish through San Miguel de Allende which also includes a visit to Atotonilco.

Although we know that the bus is the cheapest means of transport, we use our usual UBER again, to save some time and that for 180 pesos it takes us from San Miguel de Allende to Atotonilco in 20 minutes, time that we take advantage of to talk with the driver about the current situation of this service, in addition to this area of Mexico.

Sanctuary of Atotonilco

Founded in the year 1740 as a spiritual retreat and with a very curious history, Atotonilco is known for being the pilgrimage site of many penitents from all over the country who come here on Easter after making a pilgrimage of several days.
In addition to this pilgrimage, Atotonilco is known for its incredible murals, which is why it is known as the "Sistine Chapel"and that is one of the great reasons why we wanted to make this visit.

Sanctuary of Atotonilco

The Sanctuary of Atotonilco is very small, as is the town in which it is located, so if you come by taxi or UBER, as we said before, we advise you to negotiate the price for the round trip in addition to the time of wait for the visit, since in our case having only taken one UBER for the outward journey, for the return we have found that there were neither taxis nor any UBER services in the vicinity, having the great luck that just passed the bus to San Miguel de Allende and we were able to catch it, without having to wait long.
And so when it is 2 we take the bus to San Miguel de Allende for 10 pesos per person, which leaves at the corner of the Atotonilco, just before reaching the road and in 45 minutes leaves us again in the city, in full historical Center.
From here and being the time it is, we go directly to Baja Fish Taquito, one of the most recommended restaurants in San Miguel de Allende, where we order some shrimp with cheese, guacamole with tortilla chips, octopus and shrimp tacos, more beer and soda and coffee for 385 pesos.

Baja Fish Taquito

Incredibly good and also, with incredible views of the city from the terrace. After lunch and a most pleasant desktop, we continue with the visits to do in San Miguel de Allende that have remained pending, approaching us to the Mirador, one of the places that you cannot miss in the city.

To get there, we decided to take a little detour, touring again some of the most charming streets of San Miguel de Allende, which once again give us unique moments and unforgettable images, of one of the most beautiful cities that we have had the great luck of know.

San Miguel de Allende

As we gain in height, we are more aware of the views that await us in the upper part of the city and that are none other than those of San Miguel de Allende and the surrounding area, showing in all its splendor.
Although initially it may seem that the viewpoint is far from the historic center, it is not too much distance and in addition to being a most pleasant walk, it is one of the best ways to know some streets of the city farthest from the area tourist, that show you that other aspect that is often lost.

San Miguel de Allende from the Mirador

It's 5:30 pm when we start down again towards the historic center of the city, now through the Callejón del Chorro, a beautiful little alley that takes us to the Juarez Park, where we take a step to continue later to the historic center, where after getting lost again by its streets.

Alley of the Jet

Benito Juarez Park

Before calming our stomach and as in San Miguel de Allende practically everything is close, we decided to go to see the Allende Institute, on the Broad Street of San Antonio, which was the house of Count Manuel de la Canal, convent and school.

Allende Institute

After this last visit what to do in San Miguel de Allende that we had planned, we decided that today instead of dinner, we will have a snack in San Agustín, an entire institution in San Miguel de Allende, where you can not miss the chocolate tasting with churros.
We ordered a marbled chocolate, which is Spanish chocolate with white chocolate, plus a churro filled with dulce de leche and a lemonade with cheesecake for 147 pesos, which give us life after today's full day.

Snack in San Agustín

And so, when it is 9 pm and before we go to the hotel, we decided to go for a walk around the city, to enjoy it again illuminated, just as we did yesterday and return to travel its streets, at this special moment of the day, in which it seems that the city shows us its most incredible face.

What to do in San Miguel de Allende

Practically touching the 10 at night we return to the Hotel Posada María Luisa, where a heater awaits us that we ask this morning to accompany us during the cold night in which we will say goodbye to San Miguel de Allende, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

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