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    Satellite view of San Ciro de Acosta, San Luis Potosí

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    San Ciro de Acosta

    Town San Ciro de Acosta, San Luis Potosí

    A former 1851 military colony south of Rioverde on the road to the Sierra Gorda, with a regional fair January 22-31 and basalt molcajetes.

    From Rioverde: about 40 min by road (~45 km) How to get there ↓

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    Day trips around Jalpan sometimes stop in San Ciro de Acosta; a tour is the easy way to see it without a car.

    Tours from Xilitla Surrealist Garden of Edward James, Castle of Health and Xilitla Nativity ★ 4.3 (10) · From US$100
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    How to get to San Ciro de Acosta

    • From Rioverde: about 40 min by road (~45 km)
    • Nearest airport: Querétaro (QRO), 2 h 51 min by car to Jalpan
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    Tours from Xilitla, near San Ciro de Acosta

    Surrealist Garden of Edward James, Castle of Health and Xilitla Nativity ★ 4.3 (10) 9–10 h From US$100
    Swallow Show, Tamul Waterfall by canoe and Cenote Cueva del Agua ★ 4.1 (7) 12 h From US$120
    two days valley trek in the Atlas mountains ★ 4.7 (3) 2 days From US$171
    Bridge of God and Tambaca Waterfalls ★ 5.0 (2) 13 h From US$120
    Waterfalls of El Meco and El Salto ★ 5.0 (2) 14 h From US$130

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    About San Ciro de Acosta

    San Ciro de Acosta, a municipal seat, sits about 900 metres up in the Zona Media of San Luis Potosí, on the highway that runs south from Rioverde toward Jalpan de Serra. Roughly 7,400 people live here, growing maize, beans, watermelon and melon or raising cattle.

    The town was born out of a revolt. In 1848 Eleuterio Quiroz rose up in the Sierra Gorda, and the following year he issued a land-reform plan in Rioverde. Once federal troops had crushed the uprising, the government chose to settle the sierra with three military colonies. One was laid out in 1851 on land of the Amoladeras hacienda and named San Ciro de Albercas, after three reservoirs west of town that catch the summer rain; in 1853 it became a villa. Tradition says the saint was picked because the colony's commander was named José Ciro.

    The second half of the name came with the Revolution. In April 1911 Miguel Acosta rode in with his band and freed the prisoners, one of the first revolutionary victories in the state.

    The parish church keeps an oil painting of Saint Cyrus from 1852. The regional fair, January 22 to 31, brings traditional dances, charreadas, dance nights and fireworks. Local craftsmen carve molcajetes and bowls from black basalt and weave palm, and the kitchen runs to nopales, pitayas, tamales, red mole and sweets of piloncillo, biznaga cactus and sweet potato. To the south the foothills of the Sierra Gorda rise to 1,500 m, and the Santa María river marks the border with Guanajuato and Querétaro.

    How to get to San Ciro de Acosta

    San Ciro lies on federal highway 69, the paved Rioverde–Jalpan de Serra road, which enters town as Calle Hidalgo. From Rioverde it is 40 min and 38 km by road heading south; carrying on along the same highway into Querétaro's Sierra Gorda, Jalpan, the nearest Pueblo Mágico, is 1 h 15 min and 69 km away by road. We found no published bus or colectivo timetable between Rioverde and San Ciro; ask at the Rioverde bus station for services toward San Ciro and Jalpan.

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    Before you go to San Ciro de Acosta: hours, prices and tips

    Best time of day
    The hottest months run from March to October; November to February is the cool season. INAFED, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: San Ciro de Acosta · checked Oct 2026
    Best season
    Regional fair January 22-31, with dances, charreadas and fireworks; feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe on December 12. INAFED, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: San Ciro de Acosta · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting San Ciro de Acosta: what to see and do

    The parish of San Ciro and its 1852 painting of the patron saint
    The main square, laid out when the town was a military colony
    The regional fair, January 22-31, with charreadas and dances
    Molcajetes and bowls carved from black basalt in the municipality
    The Sierra Gorda foothills to the south, with Cerro Bola, Jalapa and Chontel

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    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Querétaro (QRO), about 2 h 51 min by road from Jalpan, the base for San Ciro de Acosta.

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    When to go to San Ciro de Acosta mild

    San Ciro de Acosta shares the climate of Jalpan, 60 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Jalpan

    Carved baroque facade and bell tower of the Mission of Santiago de Jalpan, Querétaro mild
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