{"id":499,"date":"2008-01-08T16:18:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T22:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/beauty-history-in-colonial-mexico\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T22:46:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T04:46:19","slug":"beauty-history-in-colonial-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/beauty-history-in-colonial-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty, history in colonial Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Andrew Day<\/em><\/p>\n

On my recent Mexico vacation<\/a><\/strong>, I decided to check out some smaller cities that are known for their history and charm and wouldn’t be overrun with swarms of tourists.<\/p>\n

Guanajuato and Morelia — about two hours northwest of Mexico City — were perfect.<\/p>\n

I liked Guanajuato<\/strong><\/a> most for its extraordinary location in a picturesque
\nvalley with mountains on all sides. Colorful buildings, ornate colonial
\nchurches and narrow streets wound their way up the mountainsides. It reminded
\nme of a couple of my favorite places in South America — Valparaiso, Chile, and
\nOuro Preto, Brazil \u2013- both in appearance, and as places that had historically
\nvital industry and were at one point incredibly wealthy.<\/p>\n

Both Guanajuato and Morelia<\/strong> are<\/span> lively university towns, with plenty of cafes and good
\nrestaurants. The atmosphere is very relaxed and comfortable -\u2013 parents strolled
\nwith their children, chatty students ran around in their cliques, and folkloric
\nmusicians played for tips in the central plazas. <\/span><\/span>I had the blind luck of visiting during the Cervantino Festival<\/a><\/strong> in Guanajuato and
\nthe annual film festival in Morelia.

Getting around by bus is easy, and the buses are clean and comfortable. It helps to speak some Spanish, as much less English is spoken in these smaller towns.<\/p>\n

Here are a few photos:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n