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]