The Beautiful City of Guanajuato, Mexico, Guanajuato, Mexico

OK, this is it. We’ve come to the end of the road. This is the final series of photographs from our trip to Mexico way back in May. In my last post, I shared several photographs from our time spent in the enchanting city of Guanajuato, the loveliest city (by far) we visited in Mexico (sorry, San Miguel de Allende and the folks at Travel + Leisure magazine). Put this city on your Bucket List of places to visit - you can thank me afterwards.

As I stated in the previous post, Guanajuato’s historic city center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It was the last city on our four city trip through central Mexico, starting in Mexico City. So, if you want to see some of the best that Mexico has to offer, you can follow our itinerary and start in the historic center of Mexico City (making a stop in Teotihuacán), head west to the historic centers of Querétaro, NW to San Miguel de Allende (making a stop at the Sanctuary of Atotonilco), then continue west to Guanajuato before returning to Mexico City. Why? Because every location we visited have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, that’s why.

Why does that matter? A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area which is chosen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties. Moreover, to be selected, a World Heritage Site must be an already-classified landmark, unique in some respect as a geographically and historically identifiable place having special cultural or physical significance. There are thirty-five World Heritage Sites in Mexico - you can visit five of them with this itinerary alone. That’s a good thing. You can learn more at www.unesco.org. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).