Itineraries

Here we can visit the Manuel Doblado Theatre, the "Templo Expiatorio" with its carved bronze door, the central plaza with its perfectly kept laurel trees and its arch erected to commemorate Mexico's Independence. After León, we make a side trip to the capital of the state, to visit San Francisco del Rincón, which in addition to its spas with thermal waters has an art gallery with more than 100 works by Hermenegildo Bustos. From León the motorway takes us, 32 kilometres on, to Silao, the junction with highway 110, to Guanajuato.

Guanajuato is one of the nation's most important cities in terms of its historical and architectural heritage. Its most important buildings are the churches of La Valenciana and of the Jesuits, the Juárez Theatre, the Granaditas Corn Exchange, the Basílica Colegiata and the churches of San Diego and of Cata. Other buildings that have become well known in more recent times are the University of Guanajuato, the monument to Pipila and the Garden of the Union. The International "Festival Cervantino" is the most important cultural event of the year. From Guanajuato we return to Silao in order to go on to Irapuato. (Dolores Hidalgo and San Miguel de Allende will be included in another route).