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Puebla

Puebla

Visit one of the most beautiful and representative Mexican cities. The best way to get around Puebla is to start from its very heart: the Historic Center, where you will find countless museums, convents and loads of baroque buildings that will take you into a journey to the past, making you fall in love with this amazing city.

At a Glance

Puebla at a Glance

Puebla is an authentic jewel of first-class architecture. The gray stone, mortar and the polychrome ceramic tiles are a distinctive feature of Puebla's design style, as it can be easily appreciated on the covering of every building façade's, mainly on San Pantaleon, San Juan & San Pedro old seminaries.

Fast Facts

Puebla Fast Facts

Puebla's streets are laid out on a Cartesian quadrant, with the two main avenues as the x and y axes. Instead of positive and negative numbers, you have even and odd. Streets north of the horizontal axis(Reforma/Palafox y Mendoza) are numbered 2, 4, 6, and so on. Streets to the south are 3, 5, 7, and so on. 

Special Events

Puebla Special Events

For Mexico, it marked the nation's first victory against foreign attack, and the battle remains a matter of national pride. Never mind that by the following year the French were in possession of both Puebla and Mexico City. Today, the Cinco de Mayo holiday is an enduring symbol of Mexico's sense of patriotism.

Attractions

Puebla Attractions

Puebla features beautiful buildings that are impressive samples of the Baroque architecture. Decorated with gorgeous ornaments, they make the Historic Center a colorful place worth to be visited. Puebla features countless museums, convents, churches and sanctuaries among its main attractions. 

Restaurants

Puebla Restaurants

Besides its exquisite cuisine, Puebla features a wide range of sweets and candies, such as sweet potatoes, walnut, pine nut or pip milk sweets and of course, those with the most peculiar names like "tortitas de Santa Clara", "gaznates" y "borrachitos".

Nightlife

Puebla Nightlife

Puebla never rests. At night you can take a tour into the streets of this gorgeous city, visit its bars, cafes and of course, the most popular Puebla nightclubs where you can dance the night away, drink and chit chat until the wee hours of the morning.