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All 6 of San Luis Potosí's Pueblos Mágicos on one printable page. Free when you sign up for our weekly email.
- All 6 Pueblos Mágicos, with a photo and what makes each special
- A map of San Luis Potosí 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
- Made to print or save as a PDF
The 6 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.
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Real de Catorce
A former silver-mining boomtown high in the desert mountains of San Luis Potosí, reached through a long one-lane tunnel. Partly abandoned for decades, its stone streets and ruins give it a ghost-town feel. It is also a pilgrimage site and lies near Wirikuta, sacred land of the Wixárika people.
When to go: Feb, Mar, Apr, May
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Aquismón
Aquismón is a small town in the Huasteca Potosina, the green, humid eastern edge of San Luis Potosí, where about a third of residents identify as Indigenous. It is the starting point for the Sótano de las Golondrinas, the enormous pit cave where flocks of birds spiral out at dawn, and for other natural sites in the surrounding municipality. The town itself is compact and unhurried, a place to arrange guides, eat, and sleep before an early start.
When to go: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
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Santa María del Río
Santa María del Río is a small town about 46 km from the city of San Luis Potosí, known across Mexico for its rebozos. Local weavers make fine shawls by hand, and they are traditionally sold with a rebocera, a small wooden box decorated with inlay work. Visitors come to watch the weaving, shop in the workshops, and walk a quiet town where trade, crafts and farming still set the pace.
When to go: Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov
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Ciudad del Maíz
Ciudad del Maíz is a small, unhurried town in the east of San Luis Potosí and the seat of the municipality of the same name. It was named a Pueblo Mágico in 2023. Life here moves around the central plaza and the parish church, and the town serves as a starting point for exploring the surrounding countryside of hills, ranchland and rural communities.
When to go: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
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Xilitla
A small town in the rainy mountains of the Huasteca Potosina, famous for Las Pozas, the surrealist sculpture garden that Edward James built in the jungle. Concrete staircases, arches, and columns rise among waterfalls and pools.
When to go: Feb, Mar, Aug, Nov
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Tierranueva
Tierranueva is a small, quiet town in the south of San Luis Potosí, about 65 km from the state capital and close to the Guanajuato line. People come for its flagstone-paved streets, its main plaza and the nearby La Muñeca reservoir. The calendar is full of religious fiestas, led by the celebration of patron saint San Nicolás de Tolentino in early September.
When to go: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
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