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San Miguel de Allende is located at one hour from Guanajuato. The city is considered a jewel of the colony since it was founded in 1542. San Miguel de Allende offers a nostalgic Mexico of peculiar beauty and nobility. The City is valued as a National Monument. An intelligent perception of the quality of life, allows the preservation of its architecture, its stone-paved streets, its traditions and its culture.

San Miguel de Allende is a natural refuge of talented craftsmen and national and international artists, who exhibit their pieces in numerous art galleries. Due to its wonderful magnetism, San Miguel de Allende is one of the favorite destinies of the international tourist. Its colonial architecture and the atmosphere of its streets turn it into a cosmopolitan city. Today it appears as a magnificent bazaar with galleries and art and craft stores located between stately buildings from the Viceregal period, such as the Allende House-Museum, the House of the Count de la Canal, the Temple of the Concepcion or The Nuns and the Oratory of San Felipe Neri.

Best Western Monteverde Express The main square is embellished with the San Miguel Arcangel Parish and few steps forward, you find El Nigromante Cultural Center, the Allende Institute and the San Francisco Temple. In addition, the city is enriched with Chamber Music and Jazz Festivals or its renowned Wool and Brass Fair. The city is recognized by its national and international gastronomical quality and its splendid leisure places. In this cosmopolitan city and along with the beauty of its streets, you can perceive the enchantment of cafeterias, high-level international kitchen restaurants, bars and glamorous venues for night entertainment. At night, San Miguel de Allende reveals its magnificence and turns into a place full of entertainment. Another wonder of the magic San Miguel de Allende is that you may enjoy a candle light dinner with live music, to dance until dawn.

San Miguelada
The “Sanmiguelada” is a celebration carried out every September in San Miguel de Allende. This celebration only compares with the “Mardi Gras” in New Orleans or the “Spring Break” in Daytona Beach, Florida. The “Pamplonada” (name derived from Pamplona, Spain, where the traditional bullfights were born) of San Miguel de Allende, began since 1973 and it is also called “Sanmiguelada”. Held on the third Saturday of September, it falls between the Mexico´s Independance Day celebration, the traditional “Grito” (September 16), and the festival of the city's patron saint, San Miguel Arcangel (September 29). This annual celebration attracts more than 20 thousand national and foreign tourists, reason why it is a long weekend full of celebration and excitement.
Saturday noon, at 12:00 p.m., hundreds of brave men, dressing white t-shirts and brightly red scarves, go ahead the central zone of San Miguel which is protected with fences. Between the fences usually a dozen of bulls or more, especially reared for the occasion, are released while hundreds of spectators observe, safe, behind the metal fences.

San Miguel Arcangel Parish
The San Miguel Arcangel Parish is the most representative building in this beautiful city. Its construction was carried out during the 18th century. The interior has a neoclassic style. The neogothic style facade was built one century later by the Master Builder Zeferino Gutierrez, who was inspired by postcards of European buildings. Located in the heart of San Miguel de Allende, the Parish calls the attention of all visitors.

Museo Casa de Don Ignacio Allende (Allende's House or the Historic Museum of San Miguel)
It is located at the right side of the San Miguel Parish. It was built during the middle of the 17th century. It has doors and windows of quarry sculpted in baroque style. It was property of the family Allende and Unzaga. It was the birthplace of the insurgent hero General Ignacio Allende. He was one of the organizers and promoters of the conspirators committees.
The historical museum installed here, exhibits an archaeological collection, weapons, documents and other objects which were property of the leader.

Jardin Principal (Main Garden)
One of the most frequently visited places of San Miguel is the Plaza Principal (Main Square) with its kiosk and its gardens full of rosebushes and laurels. At the North side, a modest building of the 18th century is the seat of the Town Hall; at its right and left the gates of Guadalupe and Allende respectively are located, occupied by convenience stores and restaurants; and at the South side, you find the San Miguel Parish and the building that once was the Aldama Market, where the Tourism Department is now located.

San Miguel de Allende is a beautiful colonial city, totally tourist orientated due to its narrow streets, craft works, youthful atmosphere, bullfights, "pamplonadas", restaurants and typical bars of the place. This is one of the most visited colonial cities, by national and foreign tourists.

Mild climate, with average temperature of 18° C.