Guanajuato Things to Do

This is Museum of Diego Rivera, the house were he was born. Paintings from 1920-1956. The house was restored and converted to this museum There is also some work by Frida Kahlo's work. This is a small entrance fee. There are two floors to this museum and there are some excellent paintings of his early work.

There are several museums in town, but the Museo Iconografico del Quijote, (Don Quixote) was fantastic. Don Quioxite is a favorite subject of a large number of artists and they are all here. This is a fantastic collection of art based on Don Quixote. The museum is spotless, the cleanest one we have ever been in. The bathroom is excellent. The price to go in - free. A must stop. There are paintings, murals, and sculptures. Unbelievable array of Don Quixote.

Built (1765-17880) by the owner of the nearby mine. The interior is unbelievable, acoustics are fantastic, and there are numerous carvings.
This area has several things are worth the trip up. Across the street from the church is a great restaurant La Casa del Conde de la Valenciana, there is also a couple of crafts shops in the area and there is a mine. One of the craft shops Ojo de Venado in the area also took Visa cards
This church and area is high above Guanajuato, there is a bus that goes to the area, and it is also the road the ceremist Capelo.

Is is facinating, or just gross. Mummified remains are in showcases or glass caskets. Stranger than fiction. Not enough room at the cemetary, so bodies had to be exhumed to make room for the new ones. Apparently the earth's gases and minerals have caused these bodies to stop decompositing. So now out of the grave to make room for the new bodies, (between 1865-1985) these bodies are put on display at the Museo de Los Momias (Mummy Museum) The bus will get you there, look for the bus that has Momias on it. There is a cost to go in. But you got to see it to believe. it. Some of the bodies still have their burial clothes on, but others are just skin and bones, looks like leather.

This is one of the ancients Theaters in Mexico.
Porfirio Diaz (Dictator 1910) traveled from Mexico city to Guanajuato city to present the main plays that were showed at this theater. Most of the the plays camed from Europe specially France.

If you enter at the theather you will find that is ancient and some interesting stories about the plays, public figures and the first time when a homosexual play was showed into the town during Diaz's dicator.

Also you will find at the second floor a dance floor, when ladies and gentlemans used to dance having an special flirting with tobbaco.

It's preatty intesteing and the architecture is definitly interesting.

It's easy to find, it's over a mountain.
Pipila is the meaning of the freedom that Mexico owns.
Indpendence fighter

I recomend you to go there, becuase you can have a great view from the city, also you can excersise a bit if you take the ladder =)

Each year, in mid-october, Guanajuato hosts an international cultural festival, which lasts for some 2-3 weeks. It all stared in 1950s when students performed some sketches from Cervantes works. The festival gained on importance and nowdays is an event that attracts artists from all over the world (I even met a group from my Slovenia :-)).
Events are taking place all over Guanajuato. In many theaters Guanajuato has, and also on the streets. Many of performances are entrance free. Only keep in mind
that you have to come early to get a seat.

A quaint little 2 story museum with only Don Quijote images - of EVERY kind.
( Check out the room whih is totally painted, floor to ceiling.)

I enjoyed it, did you know Cuba issued a stamp with the man on it ?

20pesos entrance