ParrasSights

Sights in Parras

  1. Museo de los Monos

    The Museo de los Monos is the bizarre dream of José Cruz Hernández, who has created a low-budget wax museum of sorts with not even remotely lifelike statues of his ‘amigos, ’ including Freddy Krueger, Barack Obama and Favio Alejo, the Univision reporter who came for a look. It’s so bad that it’s good.

    reviewed

  2. Iglesia del Santo Madero

    The church perched precariously on the rocky outcrop on the south edge of town is Iglesia del Santo Madero. Locals insist the hill is an extinct volcano: geologists say it isn’t. It’s a short steep climb, but the expansive views are more than worth it.

    reviewed

  3. El Vesubio

    El Vesubio, founded in 1891, is a much more quaint operation than Casa Madero. You’ll find just a few dozen wooden wine barrels and a little shop in front of the family home.

    reviewed