Trips Outside of San Miguel
Hot Springs-  Outside of San Miguel are several nice hot springs.  La Gruta is perhaps the most popular, with a number of cooler outside pools in addition to its cavelike hot spring.  There is also a restaurant that will serve to sunbathers in the provided beach chairs.  There are small lockers available; small locks are available for rent but it is recommended that you bring your own combination lock.

        A short walk from La Gruta is Escondido, a slightly smaller compound whose main attraction is a tunnel-like set of pools of increasing temperature.  There are changing areas, but there are no lockers, so it is inadvisable to bring much more than a towel to Escondido.  Their is a small snack stand, but no restaurant.

       Both springs cost 50 pesos entrance fee.  They are about 10 minutes outside of town on the way to Dolores Hidalgo.  A taxi to the springs costs approximately 80-100 pesos.  Upon dropping you off, they will ask what time to return for you; 3 hours is generally a good estimate for time.  This will also cost 100 pesos.  The alternative is walking to the main road and flagging down a passing bus, which costs around 10 pesos a person.
Guanajuato- An hour and a half away by bus, the colonial city of Guanajuato is one of the prettiest towns in all of Mexico.  Unlike the heavily American San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato is an exclusively Mexican town, save the occasional tourist or exchange student studying at the Universidad de Guanajuato.  A trip to the monument to the Pipila (a hero in the fight for independence from Spain), the childhood home of the renowned artist Diego Rivera (now a museum dedicated to his work), or a trip to the grotesque Mummy Museum, along with numerous other possibilities, make Guanajuato a must-do weekend trip.

First Class busses run several times a day between San Miguel and Guanajuato and generally cost around 70 pesos.  Second classes busses run more frequently and are slightly cheaper.

For information on hotels in Guanajuato, click here.

For more information on Guanajuato in general, click here.
Queretaro- About a  45 minute bus ride from San Miguel de Allende, the city of Queretaro is a mix of colonial and modern.  The colonial center of the city, like those of San Miguel, Dolores Hidalgo, and Guanajuato, was an important site in the fight for Mexican independence from Spain.  It was here that conspirators such as Father Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende secretly met to plan the uprising against the Spanish.

The city also is home to one of Mexico's first division soccer teams, a number of stores sure to be familiar to Americans, and a large bus station where connections to many destinations throughout the country can be made.

First Class busses run several times a day between San Miguel and Queretaro, costing around 40 pesos.   Second class busses take slightly longer but are somewhat cheaper and run with much greater frequency.

For information on Queretaro, click here.
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