Potosi Colonial
What is a beautiful, culturally rich Mexican town/city to visit?
My criteria is:
1) Low elevation (below 5000′)
2) A colonial/historical/cultural location rather than a touristy beach location (cities like San Luis Potosi or San Miguel de Allende)
3) Inexpensive to fly from Houston, TX (I’m working with ~$500 – $600 budget for air and hotel)
4) Preferably Central or Southern Mexico.
Even though Guadalajara is a very nice city, it’s the second or third biggest city in Mexico (before or after Monterrey, aguably), and not cheap.
I would suggest you to consider Oaxaca, in the south which has a very rich culture and traditions, and is very cheap. It was declared human heritage by UNESCO.
Depending on how long you want your trip to be you can go to the beach, there still are some “virgin” beaches as mazunte and chacagua where the turtles hatch and with amazing landscapes. (Eco-turism)
Flights to Oaxaca might be a bit more expensive than to Guadalajara, but in the end all your trip will be a lot cheaper because of the money you’ll save in accomodation, food and going out.
Here are two links to Oaxaca and mazunte, hope this helps!
Continental has a regular flight from Houston to Oaxaca.
(Oh and obviously you don’t have to worry about the elevation)
“Potosi: fabulous colonial wealth & extreme poverty” Annetdragavon’s photos around Potosi, Bolivia
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