Hot air balloons fly over the city during the 21st International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on Nov. 18, 2023. (ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images) ...

Guanajuato state in the central highlands is underexplored. That means fewer tourists as you enjoy the best things to do in this colorful part of Mexico.

Midway through the 2025 rainy season, seven out of Guanajuato's eight dams are above 80% capacity, while Lake Chapala has 36% ...

Guanajuato, Mexico — SPRAWLED along steep ravines, Guanajuato is a dusty, workaday city of narrow streets and quaint alleys, of elaborately decorated churches and mansions that seem to breathe ...

GUANAJUATO, Mexico — Stacked along the hillsides and tucked into cobbled alleyways too narrow for cars, the houses look like blocks painted by a child who had a hard time deciding among hot pink ...

Should anyone forget Guanajuato's place in Mexico's history, there's an 80-foot monument on the cliff above town to serve as a handy reminder. The statue honors "El Pipila," the miner who on Sept ...

Guanajuato, Mexico The pied pipers wore black. Carrying guitars, mandolins, tambourines and an ungainly string bass, they led 35 of us away from the center of town, beyond the church of San Diego ...

I'm normally content roaming around completely lost in strange cities. But Guanajuato (pronounced wan-a-waa-toe), with its tongue-twisting name, subterranean roads and maze of skinny steep streets ...

GUANAJUATO, Mexico — This colonial city, with its Spanish architecture and cobblestone streets, has long beckoned Mexican immigrants alongside their children ...

GUANAJUATO, Mexico – Throughout Mexico in the fall, you will see various calaveras, skeletons and bones. They are cultural symbols of the country’s iconic holiday, Dia de Muertos or Day of the ...

Architecturally, the city of Guanajuato resembles the cities of Granada, Seville, or Salamanca in Spain, plucked straight out of Europe and plopped down in the Central Highlands of Mexico.