Any city in Mexico unspoiled, quaint, unique and real. Not touresty?

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Charlie

Well, San Miguel is SOLID gringos and terribly expensive. Tlaxcala is smaller, meets all your requirements. At high altitude, not hot...beautiful/ I live in Coatepec, town of 74,000 in state of Veracruz, not hot, very green, colonial. Xalapa, state capitol is about a million, but has few gringos, has great cultural opportunities, all amenities. Have furthur questions, you may e-mail me.

ANTONIO V

Guanajuato and Zacatecas: Small cities, Colonial, Very Nice, Not expensive, Good little Museums, Excellent views.

San Miguel de Allende: little town, very nice, colonial, good restaurants and bars.

Aguascalientes: San Marcos Fair the biggest in the country (Aprils). If you like the "pachanga" and bullfights, itÂ´s the right place.

Mexico City and surroundings: Coyoacan, Teotihuacan, Anthropology Museum, Mazarik Street in Polanco, etc.

Cuernavaca and Tepoztlan, little towns near Mexico City, very nice places to go with friends. Excellent restaurants and bars, archeology.

If you want to buy shoes you can come to Leon, Shoe Makers Capital in the country. The Fair is in January.

belle

Yes Mexico is huge and very diverse and beautiful. How about visiting Guanajuato for a start, it is peaceful and very colonial. Good luck.

Pitchbar-rimrod

Try Tlaxcala, BTW itÂ´s Negative not negitive.
Hope to see you soon.

fernandae

Try Coatepec in the State of Veracruz. You must visit it and its surroundings. Realy beautiful and peaceful.

zetabosio

Here is a special treat: Copper Canyon and its Sierra Tarahumara. Incredible, beautiful.

You start in Chihuahua, and from there you take the only decent train existing in the country down through the sierra and canyons all the way to the Mar de CortÃ©s in MazatlÃ¡n.

In the sierras of Chihuahua, you have the Tarahumaras, a native community sprawled thorugh the forests, lakes and falls of the ravines. But these Tarahumaras, unlike what we are used to watch on TV, can either still live like their ancestors or ride Dodge trucks to transport their goods in the paved roads (!!!!).

In the sierra, you have Copper Canyon, which is 4 times bigger than the Grand Canyon, and also you have 2 of the biggest waterfalls in North America. In summer is beautifully green, and in winter is very cold, very likely to snow.

Making the whole trip thoroughly should take you around 2 weeks.

superbird

Where are you from? Country? What's it like where you live?
Can give better info then.....Mexico is HUGE.

lpaganus

If you are looking for the Mexico of thirty years ago you will be greatly disappointed. The high incidence of tourism pumps money into the economy, puts food on the table...there are great cultural experiences available in every part of Mexico. Try the Vizcaino Desert of Baja Sur, largely unpopulated, tourism is limited to fourwheel drive vehicles.

lewist2ca

Yes, the contrast and chasm between rich and poor in Mexico is depressing, but it's an unavoidable reality. It's very much the same in the U.S., but it may be less visible thanks to enactment and enforcement of"clean streets" city ordinances and zoning laws. It's just as disturbingly common to see street beggars in San Francisco as it is in Oaxaca. It's increasingly inescapable.

Assuming that by "not touresty" (sic) you mean not overrun with folks from north of the border and that you still want to enjoy the typical modern amenities, I suggest you consider the following places: Guaymas, San Blas, Mazanillo, Playa Azul, Tehuantepec, Juchitan (Oax.), Veracruz, Progreso (!), and Chetumal. If the town happens to be hosting a special event or holiday celebration while you're there, you might enjoy your stay even more.

jayjay21jaja

Taxco is my favorite city in Mexico. It is so beautiful!

Carolina D

go to guanajuato and visit guanajuato city and san miguel allende, also go to yucatan and visit merida

Oh_cielos

Even if you say you are sorry you are being negative. In Mexico (no mexio) there are many places that are real, if your western image of what mexico should be is not consistent with reality then you should stop watching cartoons and start seeing the news.
sorry, i always hear about "cancun is not real mexico, i dont want tourists" sorry, if you wanted natives sacrificing people in the pyramids you should have been here 500 years ago. today EVERYONE has seen a TV and EVERYONE drinks coca cola.

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