Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
These ruins, in a broad valley with panoramas to distant mountains, contain the mazelike adobe remnants of northern Mexico’s most important trading…
Must-see attractions in Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Chihuahua’s former Palacio Federal (built 1908–10) has been used as a mint, a monastery, a military hospital and a post office, but is now a beautifully…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Housed in a spectacular colonial mansion, this well-conceived museum pays deep homage to the Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa. Sixteen rooms worth…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
This impressive city museum features an interesting collection of interactive exhibits, from pre-Hispanic times through colonization to the present day,…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Flower- and fountain-filled Plaza de Armas is graced by the handsome baroque Catedral del Basílica Menor. A popular meeting spot, there's a bandstand,…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
This well-conceived museum, created in a traditional Mennonite architectural style, holds hundreds of household goods and farm tools from the early years…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Huápoca has trails to a triple set of cliff dwellings that the Mogollón inhabited from about 1200 to 1450. You get only distant overlooks of the first two…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Many of the big-screen cowboys have swaggered through this film set. Today the set is a souvenir-drenched theme park with mock film productions on…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Once a locomotive maintenance and repair shop, this renovated warehouse is home to the city's small but excellent modern art museum, with one room…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Heading on the main road past the Huápoca ruins, turn right at the sign for Cueva Grande, where three ancient Mogollón buildings sit dramatically behind a…
Mirador Barrancas de la Sinforosa
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
A stunning viewpoint over the vast Sinforosa Canyon. Reach it by taking a good but mostly unpaved road 18km south of Guachochi.
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Built in an incredibly elaborate belle epoque architectural style by a wealthy mine owner, this museum is filled with a mix of period furnishings and art…
Museo Historico de la Revolución
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Housed in Quinta Luz, Pancho Villa's 48-room former mansion, this museum is a must-see for anyone who appreciates a made-for-Hollywood story of crime,…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
A mining museum in an underground tunnel. Guides lead visitors past displays on the history of mining in Durango while weaving in legends of the past…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
In a palatial French-style, 19th-century mansion, this museum has thorough displays on Durango state's geology, history and culture. Durango's main…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
This mine was the basis of Parral’s economy for centuries after it opened in 1629, producing mainly silver, but also gold, copper, zinc and lead. Today,…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
These caves on Chihuahua’s northeast edge boast impressive stalagmites, stalactites and rock formations, making the one-hour, 17-chamber underground…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Soaring an incredible 402m above the Río Baluarte, this incredible feat of engineering is the highest bridge in the Americas. It's one of many incredible…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Chihuahua’s historic heart, with its mass of pigeons, shoe-shiners and cowboy-hatted characters, is a simple but pretty place. A bronze sculpture of the…
Museo de Arqueología de Durango Ganot-Peschard
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
This small, somewhat dated museum has fascinating displays and a collection of artifacts from the different indigenous peoples who've lived in the region…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
President Benito Juárez’ residence in this house during the French occupation made Chihuahua the capital of the Mexican republic from 1864 to 1866. Now a…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
The building from which Pancho Villa was shot and killed in 1923 houses the Museo Francisco Villa. It has two floors of interesting photos of Villa the…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
This small museum, housed in a gorgeous 18th-century home, has rotating exhibits of modern art by up-and-coming Mexican artists; pieces often have…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
On the southeast side of Plaza Hidalgo, this University of Chihuahua gallery has two permanent exhibits that showcase the work of two prominent…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
The Centro Cultural Cuauhtémoc has a cafe, stores specializing in products of Cuauhtémoc’s three cultures (Mennonite, Rarámuri, mestizo – people of mixed…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
The courtyard of this handsome, 19th-century, state-government building features striking 1960s murals by Aarón Piña Mora showing Chihuahua’s highly…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
The main draws of this restored 1880s gallery are the small-scale models of the massive metal sculptures by renowned Chihuahuan artist Sebastián, whose…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
Durango's Plaza de Armas is dominated by the handsome baroque facade of this cathedral, constructed between 1695 and 1787. The cathedral’s vast, Byzantine…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
The majestic cathedral, built between 1725 and 1826, presides over the bustle of the Plaza de Armas. Behind its marvelous baroque facade are an altar of…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
These are the most northerly ancient pyramids in the Americas, though in truth the site requires a large amount of both enthusiasm and imagination, as…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
This tiny Museo de Hidalgo in the Palacio de Gobierno concentrates on the life of Miguel Hidalgo, a priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence…
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
The simple, white Templo de San Francisco, at the foot of Plaza Zaragoza, which once served as a cemetery, is the city’s oldest church. Built between 1721…
Museo de las Culturas Populares
Chihuahua & Central North Mexico
A bit run down, this small museum exhibits craftwork from Durango state’s indigenous Tepehuanes and Huicholes and other artisans, including some…
