Destination
Santiago de Queretaro is a Federal State of the Mexican Republic, located in the center of the country. Its name comes from the Purepecha Querendaro, which means place of the ball game or also place of large rocks or boulders. Limits to the northeast with San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo to the east, to the south with Mexico City and Michoacan, and Guanajuato to the west.
The State is divided administratively into 18 municipalities which powers are exercised through a City Council, which is comprised by the Municipal President and city majors, who have quasi-legislative functions.
Some of the main attractions of the city of Queretaro is listed below:
- Cheese and Wine Route
- Tequisquiapan
- Cerro de las Campanas
- Aqueduct
- Cemetery of the famous people from Queretaro
- Schoenstat Sanctuary
- Ecotourism Camps in the Sierra Gorda
- Mission of Our Lady of Luz Tancoyol
- Mission of San Francisco de Asis of Tilaco
- Mission of Santiago de Jalpan
- Franciscan Mission from Conca
- Ex Convent of San Francisco
- Capuchinas´ Temple
- Republica Theater
- Santa Rosa de Viterbo
- Santo Domingo’s Temple
- Church of Santa Clara
- Casa de la Marquesa
- Exhacienda Jurica
- Santa Cruz de los Milagros Abbey
Archaeological Sites
- Ranas
- Toluquilla
- El Cerrito
- La Peña de Bernal
Gastronomy
The State of Queretaro has a very peculiar gastronomy, following dishes came through:
- Enchiladas Queretanas
- Mantecado Ice cream
- Gorditas de Migajas
