An Underground Adventure in Zacatecas

When you will go to Zacatecas you must visit the church of Santo Domingo this beautiful building  was built by the Jesuit order between the years of 1746-1749. In 1785 it was occupied by the Dominican Order who became the second most important city after Cathedral of Zacatecas. Its facade, Baroque chairs the Plaza Santo Domingo located in the historic center of Zacatecas.

Have you ever been down to the very center of a hill to explore a silver mine? On your next visit to the beautiful city of Zacatecas, don't even consider missing the opportunity. The Eden Mine, located only 10 minutes away from the historic city center, is one of the state’s most popular tourist attractions.

A small train will take you to the heart of this underground site where you can go back in time to find out more about Zacatecas’ rich mining history and about the workers who, at great physical cost, extracted tons of silver.

The cuisine is mixed Zacatecana a wealth of flavors, aromas and spices, creatingdelicious dishes that can demand a palate. Just walk through any of their seats and perceive the environment, the time characteristic of this cuisine. At first the inhabitants of this place, had as their staple diet of beans and corn, with those using their wits, they elaborated tamales, tortillas and porridge, which in turn served to accompany the delicious turkey (kind of turkey) mending with Chile and qualites (grass wild). 

We may extend this text and end up not to mention all the dishes can be found in Zacatecas, as the delicious roast weddings, which often is the typical food inweddings in the region, this delicacy is prepared with pieces of pork although the true flavor gives it the mixture of ingredients like ancho chiles fried in lard and spices such as cloves, pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf, orange peel, golden bread, chocolate, sugarand salt to bring it to the table with rice.

Beverages, in addition to its traditional mezcal Huitzila, Zacatecas is a great wine region, so taste a good red wine, pink or white, will be a pleasure.