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Magical Towns for Mexican crafts

Taxco silver, hammered copper from Santa Clara, Paracho guitars, Metepec trees of life, Tlalpujahua Christmas baubles and Chiapas highland textiles: Magical Towns where you can buy straight from the workshops and watch each piece being made.

Guerrero
Taxco de Alarcón
Mexico's great silver town: steep alleys, the baroque church of Santa Prisca, sweeping viewpoints, the National Silver Fair and Holy Week processions.
Michoacán
Santa Clara del Cobre
The town of hand-hammered copper: artisan workshops, the National Copper Museum, historic churches and the National Copper Fair every August.
Michoacán
Paracho
The guitar capital of the world: luthier workshops, handmade string instruments, music and Purépecha tradition in Michoacán.
Estado de México
Metepec
The State of Mexico's pottery capital: Trees of Life, catrinas, potters' workshops, the crafts market and El Calvario hill, next to Toluca.
Michoacán
Tlalpujahua
The town of eternal Christmas: over 300 workshops of hand-blown glass ornaments, the Dos Estrellas mine, sanctuaries and Michoacán forests.
Jalisco
Tlaquepaque
Folk art in Guadalajara: ceramics, galleries and workshops, the Independencia pedestrian street, El Parián with mariachi and ceramics museums.
Chiapas
San Cristóbal de las Casas
The jewel of the Chiapas Highlands: colonial architecture, Indigenous markets and textiles, museums, Chiapas coffee and nearby Tsotsil and Tseltal villages.
Chiapas
Chiapa de Corzo
Gateway to the Sumidero Canyon: the Mudéjar fountain, one of the oldest towns in the Americas and the UNESCO-listed Parachicos of the Great January Festival.
Michoacán
Pátzcuaro
The Purépecha heartland on Lake Pátzcuaro: Vasco de Quiroga's plazas, churches, crafts, red-tile roofs and Mexico's most famous Night of the Dead.
Michoacán
Tzintzuntzan
The ancient Purépecha capital on Lake Pátzcuaro: the yácata pyramids, a Franciscan complex with centuries-old olive trees, crafts and Night of the Dead.
Querétaro
Amealco
Home of the handmade Otomí doll: over 550 workshops, the Doll Museum, textiles, countryside and communities like Santiago Mexquititlán.

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