Matehuala



Matehuala is a town in San Luis Potosí. It's the second most important city of the state.

Understand[edit]

The city has about 180,000 inhabitants and the elevation is 1580 m.

Get in[edit]

There are intercity buses from Monterrey, Saltillo and San Luis Potosí. Serving bus companies are for example Senda and Frontera.

1 Central de Autobuses. It's 2.5 km south of the city center.

Get around[edit]

See[edit]

  • Centró Histórico
  • Catedral de Matehuala
  • Vicente Guerrero - “El Pueblo” Park
  • Plaza De Armas
  • Álvaro Obregón - “PAO” Park

Do[edit]

Festivals, dances and traditions[edit]

  • Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Fiesta de La Inmaculada Concepción). From November 29 to December 8.
  • Feast of the Lord of Matehuala (Fiesta del Señor de Matehuala). From December 28 to January 6.
  • Regional Fair of Matehuala (Feria Regional de Matehuala). From December 26 to January 10.
  • Feast to San Antonio (Fiesta a San Antonio). June 13.
  • Commemoration of the foundation of Matehuala (Conmemoración de la fundación de Matehuala). From July 8 to 16.
  • Traditional festival of Kings (Fiesta tradicional de Reyes). From the 1st to the 6th of January, the traditional festival of Kings.
  • Charamusca Fair (Feria de la Charamusca). Good Friday of each year, in Vicente Guerrero Park (popularly known as "El Pueblo")
  • Fiesta San Judas Tadeo in different neighborhoods of the city, mainly in "La Dichasa".

Out of town trips[edit]

You can do a day-trip to the ghost-town Real de Catorce. Have a look into to the Get in section of the town's article.

Buy[edit]

Eat[edit]

Regional food and dishes are:

  • Asado de boda
  • abuches preparado
  • picadillo
  • tamales
  • queso de cabra.

Drink[edit]

Typical drinks are pulque and mezcal.

Sleep[edit]

A few hotels can be reserved on hotel websites like booking.com. More hotels finds Google Maps.

Budget[edit]

in the city center:[edit]

  • Hotel Blanca Estela
  • Hotel Maria Esther
  • Hotel Posada Real

around the bus station:[edit]

  • Nuevo Hotel Sol y Luna

Mid-range[edit]

  • El Mesón Hotel y Descanso
  • Hotel del Parque. Popular hotel from M$1,285 per night (April 2022). Two blocks from the historical center.

Splurge[edit]

Go next[edit]

Your next destination for staying can be:

in the west[edit]

  • Real de Catorce. It's a ghost town. Still it has several hotels to stay there.

in the north[edit]

in the south[edit]


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