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Hidden places in Mexico

1 uncrowded place in Mexico, away from Mexico City: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Real de Catorce, Locality in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Hidden towns Mexico · San Luis Potosí

Real de Catorce

A silver town at 2,750 m reached through a single-lane tunnel, half ruined since the 1900s and now home to a few hundred people, Huichol pilgrims and a lot of silence.

Coordinates
23°41′26″N 100°53′12″W
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
Mountain
Best season
Best in Shoulder