city in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Matehuala is a town in San Luis Potosí. It's the second most important city of the state.
Understand
editThe city has about 180,000 inhabitants and the elevation is 1580 m.
Get in
editThere are intercity buses from Monterrey, Saltillo and San Luis Potosí. Serving bus companies are for example Senda and Frontera.
1 Central de Autobuses. It's 2.5 km south of the city center.
Get around
editSee
edit- Centró Histórico
- Catedral de Matehuala
- Vicente Guerrero - “El Pueblo” Park
- Plaza De Armas
- Álvaro Obregón - “PAO” Park
Do
editFestivals, dances and traditions
edit- Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Fiesta de La Inmaculada Concepción). From November 29 to December 8.
- Feast of the Lord of Matehuala (Fiesta del Señor de Matehuala). From December 28 to January 6.
- Regional Fair of Matehuala (Feria Regional de Matehuala). From December 26 to January 10.
- Feast to San Antonio (Fiesta a San Antonio). June 13.
- Commemoration of the foundation of Matehuala (Conmemoración de la fundación de Matehuala). From July 8 to 16.
- Traditional festival of Kings (Fiesta tradicional de Reyes). From the 1st to the 6th of January, the traditional festival of Kings.
- Charamusca Fair (Feria de la Charamusca). Good Friday of each year, in Vicente Guerrero Park (popularly known as "El Pueblo")
- Fiesta San Judas Tadeo in different neighborhoods of the city, mainly in "La Dichasa".
Out of town trips
editYou can do a day-trip to the ghost-town Real de Catorce. Have a look into to the Get in section of the town's article.
Buy
editEat
editRegional food and dishes are:
- Asado de boda
- abuches preparado
- picadillo
- tamales
- queso de cabra.
Drink
editTypical drinks are pulque and mezcal.
Sleep
editGo next
editYour next destination for staying can be:
in the west
edit- Real de Catorce. It's a ghost town. Still it has several hotels to stay there.