Zacatecas Profile





WalkingNice town to walk around in

Good FoodSome very good restaurants

ArtMany fine art museums

MuseumsSeveral great museums including a mask museum .

SightseeingCan visit a mine, the museums or take a cable car to a historical mountain top.

DesertSet in a dry hilly desert area

MountainsHilly

ColonialOnce a silver mining capital

RanchGood ranch areas surrounding town

CityFairly large, but the old part is separated from the suburbs by mountains

DryDry climate

CharmThe old part of town is totally colonial with many beautiful plazas and fascinating museums.

EnglishSpeakingFew foreigners or tourists

Gringos-mixed Very few gringos

BorderNot too far from Texas

RemoteSeems like the middle of nowhere but in a good way.

Expensive HotelsJust a few

Museo Rafael Colonel  
The Mask and Puppet Museum i shoused in an attrractive monestary build in 1567.
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Hotel Quinta Real  
The hotel was constructed in and around the Plaza de Toros San Pedro, the second oldest bull ring in the western hemisphere.
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492/922-9104

http://www.quintareal.com.mx/livebrochure/
Las Morismas de Bracho  August 24--27, 2008
Recreating a battle between Moors and Christians (but really representing indigenous and European conflict), this mock battle has been held annually for the last 300 years.
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Muestra Nacional de Teatro  mid-November
More than two dozen productions of theater from throughout Mexico are presented
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