Guanajuato, Guanajuato: 7 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

7 places with their own page in the municipality of Guanajuato, in the state of Guanajuato.

Map of Guanajuato

Guanajuato · City
Silver-mining state capital squeezed into a ravine: pink and green stone churches, alleys, underground roads and the Cervantino festival.

Marfil · Town
The old Real de Santiago de Marfil: silver-refining haciendas on the Guanajuato River, the Gene Byron house museum and a 17th-century church.
Santa Rosa de Lima · Town
A cool mountain village in the oak forests on the road to Guanajuato, known for homemade fruit preserves.

Presa de la Olla · Lake
An 18th-century reservoir at the top of Paseo de la Presa in Guanajuato city, with gardens, a boat dock and the yearly opening of its floodgates.

Mineral de la Luz · Landmark
Old mining town in the hills 22 km from Guanajuato, by the San Bernabé mine found in 1548; the state's first Barrio Mágico, since January 2024.
Jardín Reforma · Landmark
A 19th-century garden square in central Guanajuato with a green-stone fountain and an Ionic colonnade, steps from Plaza de San Roque.
Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato · Landmark
Guanajuato's famous and macabre museum of naturally mummified bodies, exhumed from the municipal cemetery of Santa Paula next door.