San Miguel de Allende

 Cholula to San Miguel de Allende

From Cholula we head to San Miguel de Allende. Much of the drive is on a new toll road called the Autopista Arco Norte which is very expensive, but totally worth it. The Arco Norte takes you around Mexico City and it is good fast moving highway. Before the toll road was put in, it used to take us 6 hours to drive what now takes 2.5 hours. The cost for a truck and trailer is $595mxn ($46usd).

 La Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel

I first fell in love with San Miguel through Tony Cohan’s book “On Mexican Time”. This book should come with a warning: “may want to make you move to Mexico”. San Miguel has the art, people, architecture and history that first made me want to live in this country.

During the 1960’s, the likes of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Ken Kesey and Bob Dylan were said to hang out in this town which oozes with as much cool and charisma as they did. Every turn you make, every street you walk down is a photo op.

San Miguel de Allende has a large number of expats living in the community, which makes for an interesting mix of historic, modern and rural.

We have friends in this lovely city, so we always enjoy going back. We currently park at the Hotel San Ramon for $250mxn ($19usd)/night. This includes full hookups and WiFi. It is located just outside of town, a great jumping off point for exploring the city. We spent 3 days wandering around the city enjoy the amazing views.

This trip we celebrated Rob’s 50th Birthday there. Thanks to the New York Times: 36 Hours in San Miguel de Allende (why anyone would only want to spend 36 hours there, I will never know) we found a great little lounge with 2 for 1 wine, overlooking the city. A wonderful way to spend an afternoon.