Querétaro Travel Guide

 JessieLang Says:  Convento de la Santa Cruz is a 17th Century monastery, built on the hill where the Spanish defeated the Chichimeca Indians in 1531. Construction started in 1610 and finished 150 years later. The aquifer was built by then, and they ran clay pipes from it to the monastery.... 

 JessieLang Says:  The aqueduct is an engineering marvel, built between 1726 and 1738 to bring fresh drinking water to the city. There are 74 big sandstone arches, with a canal that ran across the top. The tallest one, toward the hills, is 69 ft. high, and the others are just enough lower for... 

 JessieLang Says:  The giant Santa Clara church, just a block from Jardín Guerrero, has a miniature plaza in front of it—a paved area with a few more trees trimmed into square shapes, some benches, and an elaborate marble fountain. The interior of the church is supposed to be incredible (no... 

 JessieLang Says:  Plaza de Armas (Independence Square) is older—it was built in the 18th Century, and is surrounded by beautiful colonial buildings. Its fountain has a large statue in the center, and a dog at each corner on the base. The water comes out of the dogs’ mouths. The Casa de la... 

 JessieLang Says:  The Plaza de la Corregidora has a monument to the woman (the magistrate’s wife) who risked her neck to warn the resistance army about Spanish military plans. Her husband had her locked in her room at the time, but she managed to pass a note through a keyhole. Her statue was... 

 JessieLang Says:  Jardín Guerrero is a paved city block with a large fountain in the center, ringed by trees and wrought iron benches. The trees are close together with their foliage touching, and they trim the top and bottom branches in a straight line. The effect is like looking at a big... 

 JessieLang Says:  Jardín Zenea is one of the main plazas, built in 1874, and it is really beautiful. There are lawns, masses of flowers, ornate benches and a nice bandstand. The trees in this plaza are trimmed into more of a mushroom shape instead of squares, and the fountain has a statue of... 

 anagrettel Says:  This monument located at the entrance of Queretaro, this is the statue of Conin,the chief of Jilotepec, also known as Fernando de Tapia. He was a native Mexican of the Otomi people, who helped the Spanish conquer territories in the central part of Mexico during the 16th... 

 anagrettel Says:  This small church is located at the Historic centre, between Corregidora and Ave. Peralta, it's small, not really an historic place but is really beautiful, the interior it's worth of a visit, I only could take pictures of exterior because they were celebrating mases at the... 

 JessieLang Says:  The House of the Five Patios was originally a very elegant home, built in the 18th Century by one of the richest men in Mexico. (He owned a silver mine.) And, yes, Maximilian was here! He was a guest once in 1867. Later, in the 1920s, the house was a Catholic girls’ school.... 

 JessieLang Says:  The food is Mexican, and very good, but the atmosphere is New Orleans. The night we were there, they had a combo—two Mexicans and a Russian—playing American jazz. The music was outside, and it had to compete with the clowns performing on the other side of Constitution Plaza. 

 skyhopper Says:  We walked almost everywhere in Queretaro. It is very safe. We walked way out of the historic area to the Statue of Benito Juarez and never felt uneasy. There were times we did take taxis if we were going to a restaurant not within walking distance at night. Taxis in the city... 

 skyhopper Says:  Sorry - I will find the name somewhere and add it!Our wheel broke on our suitcase and we had to buy a new one. First I tried Sears in the center - of course the cheapest would've cost me $169 US. I searched store to store, then finally wandered in the huge department store...