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    Street covered with a colorful flower carpet under papel picado, Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí

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    Pueblos Mágicos near you

    Pueblos Mágicos near Matehuala Day trips and tours from Matehuala

    8 within 3½ hours · 1 under 2 hours

    8 Pueblos Mágicos are within about three and a half hours' drive of Matehuala, 1 of them close enough for a day trip. The closest are Real de Catorce, Tula, and Arteaga.

    Best months for the area: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec (when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons)

    Day trips (under 2 hours) 1

    Close enough to drive there and back from Matehuala in a day. Closest first.

    Street covered with a colorful flower carpet under papel picado, Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí cool
    San Luis Potosí Real de Catorce

    1 h 15 min · 57 km

    Best: Feb, Mar, Apr, May

    Fiestas: Oct

    Weekend escapes (2 to 3½ hours) 7

    Worth a night or two. Closest first.

    Red-and-white bell tower of the Templo de San Antonio de Padua with a statue in front, Tula, Tamaulipas mild
    Tamaulipas Tula

    2 h 45 min · 183 km

    Best: Jan, Mar, Nov, Dec

    Fiestas: Mar, Apr, Jun, Dec

    Carved stone façade and bell tower of the Templo de San Isidro Labrador, Arteaga, Coahuila mild
    Coahuila Arteaga

    3 h · 241 km

    Best: Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec

    Fiestas: May, Sep

    Old whitewashed Iglesia del Pueblo with its stone dome and tower, Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí mild
    San Luis Potosí Ciudad del Maíz

    3 h · 195 km

    Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec

    Fiestas: Jan, Mar, Apr, Aug, Dec

    Wrought-iron bandstand with its red dome on the main plaza, Santa María del Río, San Luis Potosí mild
    San Luis Potosí Santa María del Río

    3 h 5 min · 227 km

    Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov

    Fiestas: Aug

    Plaza and cathedral of San Felipe Apóstol in Linares, Nuevo León warm
    Nuevo León Linares

    3 h 20 min · 231 km

    Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec

    Fiestas: Jul, Aug

    Carved baroque façade and bell tower of the main church of Pinos, Zacatecas cool
    Zacatecas Pinos

    ~3 h 25 min · 230 km

    Best: Jan, Mar, Apr, Nov

    Fiestas: Feb, Jul, Nov, Dec

    Row of red stone cabins with tiled roofs and palms at Antigua Santa Julia, Tierranueva, San Luis Potosí mild
    San Luis Potosí Tierranueva

    3 h 25 min · 251 km

    Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec

    Fiestas: Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

    Day trips and tours from Matehuala 6

    Every Pueblo Mágico and nearby place within about two hours of Matehuala, closest first, with tours that leave from the city.

    Under an hour away

    Cedral Town · near Real de Catorce 30 min · 23 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide

    1 to 2 hours away

    Wirikuta Nature reserve · near Real de Catorce 1 h 5 min · 50 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Real de Catorce Pueblo Mágico · San Luis Potosí 1 h 15 min · 57 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Cerro del Quemado Mountain · near Real de Catorce 1 h 20 min · 58 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Estación Catorce Town · near Real de Catorce 1 h 25 min · 73 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Estación Wadley Town · near Real de Catorce 1 h 35 min · 82 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide

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    Getting there

    Matehuala has no airport with scheduled flights; the usual one to fly into is San Luis Potosí (SLP).

    A car is the easiest way to reach most of these towns; the bigger ones also have direct buses from Matehuala. Each pueblo's page has its own getting-there notes.

    Drive times are from OpenStreetMap routing without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the distance and may run longer on mountain roads.

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