Copper Canyon Tour Destinations

Colonial Mexico

2010 Splendid Querétaro
México’s Magic Towns and Old Haciendas.

Santiago de Querétaro City, Peña de Bernal,
Tequisquiapan, & San Juan del Rio

January 30 to February 7
9 days 8 nights

$1,776
Per person double Occupancy - Single add $399

Price Includes:

All airport transfers from pick up points (Tucson & Green Valley to Hermosillo airport and Hermosillo airport to Tucson and Green Valley) by private motor coach.
Round Trip Airline Tickets
Daily breakfast at the hotel restuarant, 3 lunches & Farewell dinner.
8 (eight) nights hotel and hotel taxes.
Services of a Argonaut's tour director and local guides.
Private Tours, transfers, museum fees, luggage handling, tips & service charges

Come to Querétaro and discover a state rich in history and cultural traditions that offers a wide variety of options for you to spend the most memorable and relaxing days. One of it’s main attractions is the city of Santiago de Querétaro, one of the most peaceful and pristine cities in the country. The historic downtown, with its exceptional architecture is a World Heritage Site. La Peña de Bernal is considered the third largest monolith in the world. Its town, San Sebastian Bernal, has been named a “Pueblo Mágico” or “Magic Town” We will travel to Pueblos Mágicos and Haciendas.

Day 1: After Lunch, departure from Tucson & Green Valley to Hermosillo by private motor coach. Overnight in Hermosillo. Dinner on own.

Day 2: After breakfast (included) transfer to Hermosillo airport to take our flight to Toluca.
Arrive in Toluca and transfer from the airport to Querétaro City hotel for a 4 night stay. (Toluca airport to Querétaro is about 2 hrs). Lunch and dinner on own.

Day 3: After breakfast (included), Querétaro city tour. Santiago de Queretaro was founded in 1531.The historic downtown offers the visitor over 460 years of history and tradition through its aqueduct, temples, mansions and palaces that make of this city one of the most beautiful colonial spots. History fills the essence and backs up the tradition of Santiago de Queretaro, where an important part of today's Mexico was forged. It’s indoor and outdoor monuments constitute a real museum under the intense blue of Queretaro's sky. Queretaro City is characterized for it’s colonial architecture and it’s beauty. We will take the city tour by trolley, a guided visit through the main sites, monuments, legends and most important issues of the city. There's no doubt that the tour will be a great experience, traveling through the city in a lovely, panoramic, two story trolley. Lunch included. Dinner on own.

Day 4: After breakfast (included) Visit to the Pueblo Mágico of San Sebastian of Bernal. La Peña is an awe inspiring rock, rising straight out of the ground for almost 2,000 feet. Geologists claim that in mass, it is second to Ayer's rock in Australia, and in height, third behind the Rock of Gibralter and Rio de Janeiro's Sugar Loaf. It's probably the sheer audacious nature of this jagged rock, that has given rise to the centuries old legend of theTreasure in the Peña. Lunch included, dinner on own. Overnight Queretaro City.

Day 5: After breakfast (included), at leisure. Make your own plans and re-visit some places or go shopping, or just sit in a coffee shop and enjoy yourself in this gorgeous city. Overnight in Queretaro.

Day 6: After breakfast (included) Check out of hotel and be ready to travel to Tequisquiapan, another beautiful town with narrow streets leading into small, and sunny squares. There are some nearby mines of semiprecious stones, such as opal. We will have a guided visit through the main sites, monuments, and learn the legends and most important issues of this town. In this town you can purchase beautiful handicrafts such as cane, wicker and rattan baskets and jewelry with semi-precious stones. Lunch included, dinner own. Continue to San Juan del Rio for two night stay.

Day 7: After breakfast (included) We will tour San Juan del Rio, This quiet provincial city is an important industrial center today. Its main charm, however, is the kindness of its people. Its great service infrastructure consists of different hotels and restaurants, some of which are old Haciendas and big old houses which give a very special look to the place. Farewell dinner included.

Day 8: After breakfast (included) Check out of hotel and be will travel to Toluca where we will have an opportunity to admire the beautiful surroundings . Overnight in Toluca.

Day 9: After breakfast (included) Flight from Toluca To Hermosillo. Transfer to Green Valley & Tucson.

PRE-TOUR: add ONLY $450 pp dbl.
Single add ONLY $649
The One, the Only, the Magnificent México City.
January 25 to 31

7 Days 6 nights. Includes: All transfers, all the tours listed in the itinerary, hotel and taxes, all breakfasts, all fees, tips and museums entrances. Clara Milton as Tour director, and local guides.
Day 1 as listed.
Day 2 as listed. Overnight Mexico City.
Day 3 National Anthropology Museum and the Castle of Chapultepec Museum, Paseo de la Reforma Tour.
Day 4 Teotihuacán, the city of the Gods.
Day 5 Xochimilco.
Day 6 México City historical downtown tour (Bellas Artes Palace, Zócalo, Metropolitan Cathedral, National Palace and Templo Mayor museum). Coyoacán and Frida Kahlo’s house
Day 7 Transfer to Querétaro to take the tour:

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