Taxco travel guide

Visit the Silver City Taxco

It is nestled in the foothills of two mountain ranges. The narrow streets ascend at very steep angles, lined with small villas, small one-storey houses and countless platerias (silversmith shops). Above the houses at a small town square (Zocaló) rises the majestic, lavishly decorated cathedral San Sebastián y Santa Prisca. José Borda from the French Basque region donated the monumental church to the community in the mid-18th century. He had become very rich almost overnight after a gigantic silver vein had been discovered near Taxco in the el Atache Mountains. Taxco, a protected historic site, is the image of a self-contained colonial town. It is one of the most beautiful places to visit in Mexico: when darkness falls and the lights from the many houses sparkle in the night the city shines like a jewel. Before moving south on the MEX 95 or, alternatively, on the parallel country road, the city of Iguala is worth a visit. Here, as in Taxco, visitors marvel at the art of the silversmiths and goldsmiths. In the last week of February, a grand flag festival entertains Iguala citizens and visitors with parades, cockfights and great arts and crafts fairs.

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