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COLONIAL TOUR
(min 2 Pax)
10 days / 9 nights
Note: The departure to Morelia is always on sundays.
Day 01	Mexico City	Arrival transfer to the hotel.
Day 02	Mexico City	City tour - Shrine of Guadalupe - Pyramids of Teotihuacan. During the morning visit the main streets and avenues of Mexico City. Visit to the main square (called Zocalo, the National Palace in which you will admire the magnificent frescoes of Diego Rivera (closed on sundays). The frescoes narrate with images the most important events of our history during three centuries. We will see the ruins of the main temple of the Aztecs as well as the Cathedral. Then, you will make a stop in a handicraft center. On to Chapultepec Park, residential area, where you will see the homes of famous artists. In the afternoon, on the way to the sanctuary of Guadalupe short stop by the "Plaza de las 3 Culturas", where you see 3 different periods in the history of mexico represented by 3 different kind of buildings: an archeological site, a catholic church and a modern building of foreign affairs ministry.
		We continue our tour to the Basilica, where you will see the original image of the virgin mary appeard on a simple piece of fabric belonging to the indian juan diego. You will see both basilicas, the one of the XVIII century and the one devoted to the virgin almost three decades ago. On a modern highway we will reach the site of Teotihuacan "where men become gods" during your tour you will have the time and opportunity to climb the amazing Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon as well as to visit the Palace of Quetzal-Butterfly, the Feather-Snake-temple and the Avenue of the Death as well as the Citadel. (10 hrs)
Day 03	Mexico City	Day at leisure.
Day 04	Mexico City - Patzcuaro	Departure to Morelia . City tour. See the Governor's Palace which was originally a Tridentine seminary opened in 1770 and which has hold seven hundred seminarists. After independence the buildng is occupied by the military quarter. Clavijero Palace, Armor's Plaza and the Aqueduct built in XVIII to supply the city of Valladolid, former name of Morelia, with water. Fountain of the Tarascas women. The Church of Gualupita from the XVIII century in Churrigueresco style. Afterwards continue to Patzcuaro. (aprox. 10 hrs)
Day 05	Patzcuaro - Guadalajara	Visit in the morning the city of Patzcuaro, former capital of the Purepecha kongdom. This city, constructed in 1534 has a very special colonial taste quite differnet to the others. We will see the Church of our Lady the Helath, the house of the 11 patios, the gertrudis Bocanegra Library with its mural paintings of Juan O´Gorman, the Don Vasco Square and its typical market. Afterwards we will make a boat trip to the Island of Janitzio. On to Guadalajara. Transfer to the hotel. (aprox. 08 hrs)
Day 06	Guadalajara	City tour: Cathedral, Governor's Palace, Degollado Theater and Orphanage Cabañas among other sites of interest.(aprox. 03 hrs) Free afternoon.
Day 07	Guadalajara - Guanajuato	Visit Tlaquepaque. Lunch included.Departure to Guanajuato.Transfer to the hotel. (aprox. 06 hrs)
Day 08	Guanajuato - San Miguel Allende	City tour: Discover its subterranean streets and alleys, old buildings full of history, its typical small plazas which serve as stage in october for different performances during the Cervantino Festival. Alhondiga, municipal market, Juarez Theater, university, main square, mine "La Valenciana" and Blind Alley of the Kiss. Departure to San Miguel de Allende. Arrival in the afternoon and transfer to hotel.
Day 09	San Miguel Allende - Queretaro - Mexico City	City tour san Miguel de Allende. Allende Institute of Art and Culture. Royal Convent of the Conception, Church of Saint Michael Archangel and the handicrafts market. On to Queretaro. City tour. La Casa de la Corregidora, la Casa de la Marquesa, el Convento de Santa Clara, el Teatro de la Republica, the aqueduct. In the afternoon transfer to Mexiko-City. Arrival and tranfer to hotel. (aprox. 08 hrs)
Day 10	Mexico City	Departure transfer to the airport.
2003
Prices per person		VALIDITY	SINGLE	DOUBLE	TRIPLE	CHD 2-11
ECONOMICAL		01JAN03-15DEC03	759	573	526	186
TOURIST CLASS II		01JAN03-31JAN03	792	582	534	186
TOURIST CLASS II		01FEB03-15DEC03	799	586	538	186
FIRST CLASS I		01JAN03-15DEC03	884	628	592	186
FIRST CLASS II		01JAN03-15DEC03	897	634	593	186
DELUXE		01JAN03-15DEC03	979	672	625	186
*EXCEPT EASTERN, CERVANTINO AND 1 & 2 OF NOVEMBER

CATEGORY		MEXICO	PATZCUARO		GUADALAJARA		GUANAJUATO	S.M.A.
ECONOMICAL		Metropol	Posada Don Vasco		Plaza Genova		Paseo de la Presa	Aristos
TOURISTIC		Casa Inn Mexico	Posada Don Vasco		Plaza Genova		Paseo de la Presa	Aristos
FIRST CLASS I		Aristos Mexico / Century	Posada Don Vasco		Fiesta Inn Guadalajara		Paseo de la Presa	Aristos
FIRST CLASS II		Casa Blanca	Posada Don Vasco		Fiesta Inn Guadalajara		Paseo de la Presa	Aristos
DELUXE		Calinda Geneve	Posada Don Vasco		Holiday Inn Centro Historico		Mision Park Plaza	Aristos
		NH Krystal Mexico
		Fiesta Americana Reforma