Walks · Guanajuato City · English
5 narrated stops, 15 minutes of stories, 3.4 km on foot. Press play at each stop — no app needed — or open the walk in Avsha and let the stories keep coming as you move.
Stop 1 · 3 min
In short: The bodies naturally mummified due to the region's dry climate and mineral-rich soil containing nitrates and sulfur. When exhumed starting in 1870 because of an unpaid burial tax, workers found the remains were preserved instead of decomposing.
↓ 1.4 km · 20 min to the next stop
Stop 2 · 3 min
In short: In 1810, a miner named El Pípila strapped a stone slab to his back to burn the wooden door, allowing rebels inside. Later, the severed heads of rebel leaders were hung in cages from the building's corners for ten years.
↓ 750 m · 11 min to the next stop
Stop 3 · Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato · 3 min
In short: Built between 1671 and 1696 using silver mining wealth, this Baroque and Neoclassical church houses the oldest Christian art in the Americas. Its main treasure is an eight-hundred-year-old wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, gifted by King Philip II in 1557.
↓ 150 m · 2 min to the next stop
Stop 4 · Templo de la Compañía de Jesús · 3 min
In short: This pink stone temple is a Churrigueresque masterpiece built between 1747 and 1765 using silver mining wealth. It is one of the largest Jesuit churches, featuring a massive dome and colonial art by the celebrated 18th-century painter Miguel Cabrera.
↓ 1.0 km · 15 min to the next stop
Stop 5 · Jardín de las Embajadoras · 3 min
In short: The garden is named after young women invited as ambassadors for festivals during the 1950s and 1960s. They gathered there for official receptions and parades, and the name remains as a tribute to that era of hospitality.