Walk through San Miguel de Allende with your Travel Director, exploring colonial streets, courtyards and local corners within its UNESCO-listed historic centre. See the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, whose pink neo-Gothic spires rise above the main square.

The walk brings the city’s layered architecture into focus, from ornate facades to quieter passages away from the plaza. It is an opportunity to appreciate the streetscape that has made San Miguel a centre for artists and visitors.

• 2 Dinner (D)
• 9 Breakfast (B)
• 2 Lunch (L)

• Mexico City: Visit Frida Kahlo’s Blue House in Coyoacán, where the artist was born, lived and worked. Explore the house and garden at your own pace, seeing personal items, artworks and rooms that reflect her life and artistic identity.
• Mexico City: Walk through the historic center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to see the Zócalo, Metropolitan Cathedral, National Palace and Templo Mayor. You’ll see how the city developed from the former Aztec capital into the Mexico City of today.
• San Miguel de Allende: Visit the Basilica de Guadalupe, one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the Catholic world. You’ll see a place of major religious significance in Mexico, where faith, national identity and centuries of devotion come together.
• San Miguel de Allende: Explore Teotihuacán with a Local Specialist, walking along the Avenue of the Dead to see the Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon and the Temple of Quetzalpapálotl. As you move through the site, you’ll gain a stronger understanding of the scale, symbolism and lasting significance of this ancient city.
• San Miguel de Allende: Join your Travel Director for a walk through San Miguel de Allende, from the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel and its pink neo-Gothic spires to the hidden courtyards and colonial streets that give the city its distinctive character.
• Guanajuato: Explore Guanajuato on foot with your Travel Director, from its steep alleyways and flower-filled plazas to the subterranean roads built to manage flooding. As you move through the city, you’ll get a better feel for the unusual layout and hillside setting that make Guanajuato unlike anywhere else in Mexico.
• Tequila: Visit a local distillery for lunch and learn how the region’s best-known spirit is made, from the work of the jimadores to the ageing process behind each style. With a Local Specialist, taste blanco, reposado and añejo and understand what gives each one its distinct character.
• Guadalajara: Discover Guadalajara through its architecture, public art and historic landmarks, from the Metropolitan Cathedral to the murals of José Clemente Orozco in the Government Palace. You’ll see how the city’s civic buildings and artistic heritage reflect its importance in the cultural life of Jalisco.

• Deluxe coach travel
• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• 4-star stays

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Travel by private trajinera through Xochimilco’s canals to a working chinampa, an island garden tended by local hosts. Learn how they are restoring this centuries-old farming system and helping protect habitat for the endangered axolotl.

Enjoy a regional meal made with ingredients grown on the chinampa and take part in a cacao ceremony. The visit connects the colour and movement of Xochimilco’s waterways with the ecological work that keeps its agricultural heritage alive.

Visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, one of the Catholic world’s most important pilgrimage destinations. See the sanctuary associated with the Virgin of Guadalupe, a figure whose image holds deep religious and cultural significance across Mexico.

The site brings together centuries of devotion and contemporary worship. Its scale and the presence of pilgrims offer a sense of how closely faith and national identity are woven together here.

Join your hosts at Guanajuato’s Casa Carbonera for a hands-on tortilla workshop. Learn to shape tortillas by hand and help prepare enchiladas mineras, a regional dish associated with the city’s mining heritage.

Share a three-course meal with wine while hearing the story of the family business and its culinary traditions. The hosted experience also includes the chance to make a small piece of art to take home.

Visit a local distillery in Tequila with a Local Specialist to learn how blue agave becomes Mexico’s best-known spirit. Discover the work of the jimadores, who harvest the agave, and how production and ageing shape each style.

Taste blanco, reposado and añejo, comparing their distinct characters. You will also spend time in the town of Tequila, set within Jalisco’s UNESCO-listed Agave Landscape, where the surrounding fields are part of the spirit’s identity.

Join your fellow travellers for dinner at a local Guadalajara restaurant, with mariachi music lending the evening a distinctly Jalisco atmosphere. Listen to the ensemble’s voices and instruments over a shared meal.

Jalisco is closely associated with mariachi, a musical tradition recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Heard in its home region, the music makes this more than a restaurant dinner: it is a chance to experience a living part of Mexico’s cultural identity.

Join the Trejo family in San Miguel de Allende for a hands-on papier-mâché workshop. Learn techniques passed down through four generations and make your own alebrije or mask.

Papier-mâché forms part of Mexico’s vibrant folk-art traditions, turning paper into expressive figures and festive objects. Working alongside the family gives you a closer understanding of the skill behind each piece, as well as a creation to take home. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Walk Guanajuato’s narrow alleys with student musicians as they perform traditional songs and recount local legends. The route turns the city’s winding lanes into an intimate setting for live music and storytelling.

Known as a callejoneada, this style of musical walk draws on Guanajuato’s student traditions and the close-knit geography of its historic centre. Hear voices carry between the buildings while discovering stories tied to the city’s streets. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore Mexico City’s UNESCO-listed historic centre, walking through the Zócalo to see the Metropolitan Cathedral and visiting the National Palace to view Diego Rivera’s murals depicting Mexico’s history.

Visit Templo Mayor, the remains of the principal temple of Tenochtitlan, the former Aztec capital. Here, pre-Hispanic ruins stand close to colonial buildings and the civic heart of modern Mexico City.

Visit Frida Kahlo’s Blue House in Coyoacán, the home where the artist was born, lived and worked. Explore its rooms and garden at your own pace, encountering personal belongings and spaces connected to her art.

Known as Casa Azul for its vivid blue walls, the house offers an intimate view of Kahlo’s life beyond her self-portraits. Its setting in Coyoacán places her story within one of Mexico City’s historic neighbourhoods.

Explore Teotihuacán with a Local Specialist, walking the Avenue of the Dead to see the Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon. Visit the Temple of Quetzalpapálotl and look closely at its carved details.

This UNESCO World Heritage Site was one of the largest cities of the ancient Americas. The broad ceremonial avenue and monumental pyramids reveal the ambition of its builders, while your specialist provides context for the city’s enduring mysteries.

Explore Guanajuato on foot with your Travel Director, finding your way among its steep alleyways, plazas and colourful hillside buildings. See how the city’s winding streets and subterranean roads give this UNESCO World Heritage Site its unusual layout.

Guanajuato grew wealthy through silver mining, a history reflected in its historic buildings and dramatic setting. This hosted orientation offers insight into the city’s character and helps you recognise the details that distinguish it from Mexico’s other colonial centres.

Discover Guadalajara’s historic centre on a city tour and light walk, viewing its grand civic buildings and Metropolitan Cathedral. At the Government Palace, see murals by José Clemente Orozco, whose powerful public art is a landmark of the city.

The cathedral and surrounding architecture reflect Guadalajara’s colonial past, while Orozco’s work offers a striking perspective on Mexican history. Together, they reveal the artistic and civic traditions of Jalisco’s capital.

Visit Tlaquepaque, near Guadalajara, and spend time exploring a town known for its artisan heritage. Walk its traditional streets and browse the craft-focused surroundings at your own pace.

Art workshops and galleries have long contributed to Tlaquepaque’s identity, particularly its associations with ceramics and decorative arts. Its plazas and historic buildings offer a different view of the Guadalajara area, shaped by makers and their work.