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- All 5 Pueblos Mágicos, with a photo and what makes each special
- A map of Sinaloa 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 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.
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El Fuerte
A colonial town on the El Fuerte River in northern Sinaloa, and a common starting point for the Chepe train into the Copper Canyon.
When to go: Jan, Mar, Nov, Dec
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Cosalá
Cosalá is an old silver-mining town in the foothills of the Sierra Madre in Sinaloa, a couple of hours from Culiacán. Its cobbled streets and low colonial houses lead to the 18th-century church of Santa Úrsula and a small Museum of Mining and History with old photographs, tools, carriages and mineral samples. Outside town are the Vado Hondo waterfall and swimming holes, the Gruta México cave with its stalactites, and reservoirs known for largemouth bass fishing.
When to go: Jan, Feb, Dec
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El Rosario
El Rosario is a small former mining town in southern Sinaloa, about an hour south of Mazatlán on Highway 15. Its main sight is the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, whose gilded Baroque altarpiece reflects the silver and gold that came out of the ground here. You can also visit the museum dedicated to singer Lola Beltrán, who was born here, walk the old center and the Spanish cemetery, and continue to the beaches of El Caimanero.
When to go: Jan, Mar, Nov, Dec
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San Ignacio
San Ignacio, also called San Ignacio de Loyola, is a small riverside town in southern Sinaloa, about 100 km from Mazatlán. It grew up beside the Piaxtla River as a Jesuit foundation and a supply point for the mines in the nearby sierra. Visitors come for the early nineteenth-century church, the central plaza, the Cristo de la Mesa sculpture, the river itself, and the natural hot springs at Aguacaliente.
When to go: Jan, Feb
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Mocorito
Mocorito is a small colonial town in northwestern Sinaloa with old mansions, narrow lanes full of ghost stories, and a church whose facade mixes rough quarry stone and brick. It is known across the state for its food, especially chilorio, chorizo, machaca and jamoncillo, and for banda music. Visitors stroll the plazuela, cool off under the old poplars along the Mocorito River, and time trips for Carnival or the week-long Purísima Concepción fair in December.
When to go: Jan, Feb, Dec
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