Mexico
Zacatecas
A pink-sandstone city climbs from silver mines to a cathedral carved like frozen lace.
The cathedral front is carved so deep it holds its own shadows, pink stone worked like textile. Behind the city, the hills that paid for it all are still hollow with silver workings.
Zacatecas is a silver city of pink sandstone whose cathedral facade is celebrated as a peak of Churrigueresque carving in Mexico. The Mina El Edén opens the mining story underground, and the teleférico crosses the rooftops between Cerro del Grillo and Cerro de la Bufa. The centre's lanes climb and fold like the ore veins that made them.
Solo
Walk from the cathedral carving to the mine and ride the teleférico between hills.
Couple
Pair the pink-stone lanes with the Bufa viewpoints and the centre's long evenings.
- The cathedral facade is celebrated as a peak of Churrigueresque carving in Mexico.
- The Mina El Edén opens the city's silver-mining story underground.
- A teleférico crosses the city between Cerro del Grillo and Cerro de la Bufa.
Asado de boda, pork in deep red chilli, began as the groom's family's offering at weddings.
Queso de tuna, the dense pressed sweet of prickly-pear fruit, is a pride Zacatecas shares with its neighbours.
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