The Magic Town of Tequisquiapan is a beautiful colonial locality where life is contemplative and peaceful, and time passes slowly to the rhythm of children’s laughs that play around the main plaza.
This plaza is surrounded by quarry arches that accompany their galleries, cafés, museums, artisanal shops, silverware shops, candy and furniture shops, alongside beautiful gardens and the Santa María de la Asunción Temple, an exquisite neo-Classical building constructed in the 19th Century.
The hotel chain infrastructure of the town gives services fulfilling the need of any visitor, offering spas, massaged and relaxation activities.
The visits to wineries and dairy shops are one of the most popular attractions of this destination, so, firstly, you must visit the Wine and Cheese Museum that has sampling areas.
As you’re getting to know the cuisine of the region, we will mention you some typical dishes of the town: goat barbecue, menudo, blood stew, mole queretano, which needs to be spicy, and spongy pork rinds.
The most common drinks are the pulque curados and cane brandy.
The traditional desserts are charamuscas, pepitorias with piloncillo honey, campechanas and cocoles.
Sometime in history, Venustiano Carranza contemplated this city as the geographic center of the country, but today it is still known in Náhuatl as “place above the Tequesquite River”.
The river runs beside a town called Moctezuma and you can roam the Riviera riding a beautiful horse, as you admire the gorgeous sceneries until you get to the Bernal Station, that, with the help of its height, serves as an incredible panoramic viewpoint of the whole town.
This place offers aerostatic balloon rides at sunrise, and if you visit us during December, then you will be able to attend the Aerostatic Balloon Festival, counting with a vast array of activities to complement this lovely aerial spectacle.
These activities range from the cultural to the gastronomic, offering samplings, concerts, outdoor cinema and artisanal shops, from which hats and baskets made with reed stand out, as well as the decorative pieces carved in opal stone.
The fresh sunrises of the Magic Town of Tequisquiapan are a spectacle that sometimes may go unnoticed since this locality is found between thermal waters; consequently, you will find a great quantity of hot springs with medicinal purposes, some aquatic parks, swimming pools and children attractions, making this site an excellent place to hand around with your family.

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take the Wine and Cheese Route because, with the help of the fresh weather and the altitude of the location, the Magic Town of Tequisquiapan is ideal for the growth and harvest of grapevines.
Similarly, farming also provide the milk for the making of cheese, which is perfect to taste with a delicious glass of wine.
Some of the vineyards that you will be able to discover with the help of a profession are the Redonda Vineyard, which will give you an explication on how Orlandí wines are produced, and Sierra Gorda.
In the Freixenet Wineries, you will discover their cavernous cellars, almost 25 meters deep, as well as the wines of Viña Doña Dolores and Cuatro Regiones.
One of the dairy shops that you can visit is the ‘Néole Cheeses’, which will show you variations of Chihuahua, Manchego and Oaxaca cheeses, just to mention a few.
The National Cheese and Wine Fair takes place during June, so schedule your next vacations during these dates, as you will be able to enjoy great activities in this Magic Town.
You must ride the touristic tramway that will take you to the principal spots retelling the history of this city; during the weekends, there are artistic representations in the “Recorridos de Leyendas”, which will surely fascinate you with their stories and legends about witches, fairies and brides.
Enrich your trip by including these destinations to your visit: San Juan del Río (20 kilometers away, offering gastronomy, artisanal crafts, museums, temples, tramways, festivals, fairs, parks and golf courses).

Things to see and do
Gastronomy, artisanal crafts, museums, Cheese and Wine Route, rivers, horseback riding, plazas, galleries, cafés, aerostatic balloon rides, water slides, thermal waters, hotels, spas, massages, fairs, mines, exhibitions and recitals.
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