Magical Towns of Zacatecas

Zacatecas has 7 Magical Towns: Guadalupe, Jerez de García Salinas, Nochistlán de Mejía, Pinos, Sombrerete, Teúl de González Ortega and Villanueva. The first to receive the designation was Jerez de García Salinas (2007) and the most recent, Villanueva (2023). Discover their history, traditions and what to see in each one.

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  Magical Town since 2018

  Guadalupe

  Next to the city of Zacatecas: the Guadalupe Museum in the old Franciscan college of Propaganda Fide, colonial art and a silver center.

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  Magical Town since 2007

  Jerez de García Salinas

  Zacatecas' most musical town: birthplace of tamborazo brass-band music, neoclassical stone buildings and home of poet Ramón López Velarde.

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  Magical Town since 2012

  Nochistlán de Mejía

  Where the first Guadalajara was founded in 1532: the story of Tenamaxtle's Caxcán resistance, El Peñol hill, churches and provincial life.

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  Magical Town since 2012

  Pinos

  A mining town on the UNESCO-listed Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: plazas, churches, ore haciendas with their tall chimneys and a mezcal tradition.

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  Magical Town since 2012

  Sombrerete

  Colonial mining and movie-set scenery in Zacatecas: a historic center on the UNESCO Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Sierra de Órganos and local brujitas.

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  Magical Town since 2011

  Teúl de González Ortega

  Mezcal and stone in southern Zacatecas: blue agave fields, mezcal distilleries, an archaeological site, reservoirs and mansions with stone gargoyles.

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  Magical Town since 2023

  Villanueva

  La Quemada (Chicomoztoc), the largest pre-Hispanic settlement in north-central Mexico, and the town of San Judas Tadeo, founded in 1692.