City Guide: Queretaro

QUERETARO is a powerful attractant.

From its cobbled old town to less historic highways hemming the city, Queretaro is a destination with a heavy focus on its culture. The most cultural in all of Mexico, Queretaro turned it to its greatest benefit and today has climbed at the very top of UNESCO Heritage List.

Declared as a real architectural jewel, Queretaro is open to your discovery. Be it a room in cheap hotel in Queretaro to a lap of luxuries all available at Booked.net. Check them out with maps, photos and secure forms at our website.

For a long time Queretaro's architectural wealth was out of the public eye because of tourists were misguided in their first-hand impressions of the city. In fact, Queretaro is a hard nut to crack as you need to get involved with this city to see its true worth. Sitting at the very outskirts of Mexico, the city's real wealth of pedestrian streets, beautiful plazas and colonial churches is obscured by its appearance as a sleepy town.

In reality, life in Queretaro is like something from the story of ''Sleeping Beauty'' – tranquil at first look it needs a light boost to explode with energy. You can make this city awake from slumber on your sightseeing tour there.

Attractions include;

• Theater of the Republic, the most significant theater in the country as Emperor Maximilian I was sentenced to death there and the 1917 Constitution was written there

• Palacio Municipal, a palace of the bishop and later became the city hall

• Santa Rosa de Viterbo Church, done in baroque style and decorated with golden ornamentation

• Jardín Guerrero, a beautiful square with pedestrianized heart

• Plaza de la Corregidora, an old plaza packed with restaurants and nightclubs

If you are looking for the source of Queretaro's magic then you need just to stroll it and embark on your own discovery. Along with striking monuments like the "Aqueduct", you will find a real cluster of restaurants serving everything from sophisticated chickpea, fried tortillas and more traditional goat meat. But the most interesting is waiting for you after dining as Queretaro produces local drink called Pulque that is a must while in Mexico.

But Queretaro is more than just a sophisticated introduction to your dinner as the city is a showplace for legendary events. Thus, it served as the capital of Mexico during the Mexican War of 1847, saw the execution of Emporer Maximilan, and became a think tank for the Mexican Constitution accepted here.

Even though the city is world away from troubled days yet you can bring to life all these legendary events again in Queretaro, if you choose a hotel for your stay at Booked.net.