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    A free Puebloteca guide Chihuahua's Pueblos Mágicos

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    • All 5 Pueblos Mágicos, with a photo and what makes each special
    • A map of Chihuahua with each one on it
    • Road trips that join the pueblos close together
    • The best months to go
    • How far each is from the nearest city
    • The sights not to miss
    • The fiestas worth planning around
    • The fiestas month by month
    • Where to stay in each
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    The 5 Pueblos Mágicos in this guide

    Most visited first. The full guide adds the sights not to miss, the fiestas, how far each is by car, and a layout made to print.

    Casas Grandes5Batopilas4Hidalgo del Parral3Guachochi2Creel1
    1. 1 Railway platform and station building of Creel on a sunny day, Chihuahua

      Creel

      A small mountain town in the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua and the main base for exploring the Copper Canyon. It is a stop on the Chepe railway and is surrounded by pine forest, rock formations, and Rarámuri communities.

      When to go: Apr, May, Sep, Oct

    2. 2 Lookout hut on the rim of the Barranca de Sinforosa near Guachochi, Chihuahua

      Guachochi

      Guachochi is a highland town in the heart of the Sierra Tarahumara, and its name means "place of herons" in the Rarámuri language. It is the main trading center for the Rarámuri communities and ranchos scattered through the surrounding pine country. Travelers use it as the base for visiting the Sinforosa canyon nearby, and old Jesuit mission churches survive in villages such as Norogachi and Tónachi. Each year a festival of traditional music and dance marks the anniversary of the local indigenous-language radio station.

      When to go: Apr, May, Jun, Oct

    3. 3 Twin stone towers of the Templo de Guadalupe cathedral in Parral, Chihuahua

      Hidalgo del Parral

      Hidalgo del Parral, simply Parral to most people, is an old silver-mining city in southern Chihuahua that grew up at the foot of the La Prieta hill. Because houses were built as close to the mine as possible rather than on a grid, the center is a tangle of narrow streets and alleys that still feels colonial. Today it is a regional trading town where visitors come for the mining heritage and the historic core.

      When to go: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr

    4. 4 Pastel-colored colonial houses along a street in Batopilas, Chihuahua

      Batopilas

      Batopilas is a former silver town at the bottom of one of the Copper Canyon's deep gorges in Chihuahua, a few streets strung along the river between steep canyon walls. Getting there means a long, winding descent from Creel, and the remoteness is part of the appeal. Travelers come for the faded colonial streets, the ruins of mining magnate Alexander Shepherd's mansion, hikes in Rarámuri country, and the old Satevó mission eight kilometers downstream.

      When to go: Jan, Mar, Nov, Dec

    5. 5 Rooms and walls of the Paquimé archaeological zone, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua

      Casas Grandes

      Casas Grandes is a quiet town in the high plains of northwestern Chihuahua, a few kilometers from the larger city of Nuevo Casas Grandes. Most visitors come for Paquimé, the archaeological site next door, where the earthen walls of a large pre-Hispanic settlement still trace rooms, plazas and passageways. The town itself keeps a slow pace, with low adobe-colored streets and open desert light, and works well as a base for a day among the ruins and their museum.

      When to go: Apr, May, Oct, Nov

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