Entrance
Ogarrio Tunnel
2.3 kilometers bored through solid rock. It is the entrance to town and an attraction in its own right: few destinations are reached this way.
The town is walked in a morning; the mountain villages ask for a full day on horseback or in a 4x4. These are the essentials.
What to see
Everything is walkable: the historic center is compact and every corner keeps a piece of its mining past.
2.3 kilometers bored through solid rock. It is the entrance to town and an attraction in its own right: few destinations are reached this way.
The main church keeps an image of Saint Francis of Assisi, deeply venerated every October 4 by hundreds of pilgrims who climb up to the town.
The mansion that served as the Mint from 1865 to 1866, steps from the Main Square.
Its council chamber was built in the 19th century and keeps the solemn air of the silver boom era.
With seats carved into stone, it evokes the theaters of the Greek world. One of the town's most singular corners.
The remains of the old Bullring and the frontons (rebotes) are the perfect postcard: bare stone with the sierra in the background.
Around the town
The classic adventure: riding horseback or in a Willys 4x4 (rented in town) along the dirt roads that link small settlements full of history, legend and tradition.
Landscapes covered in poplars (álamos), ideal for mountain biking.
Seat of old haciendas: the roofless church and the arches of the old aqueduct survive.
Its Santa Ana mine and the old tower with a clock donated by Porfirio Díaz.
Jewel of the desert, widely visited for its springs and avocado orchards.
Legendary mining village with landscapes ideal for walking, and a recreation center with cabins, temazcal and a hot-springs pool.
The municipality's largest settlement. Long ago it was a railway stop on the Mexico–US route. From here begins the sacred territory of Wirikuta.