Colourful lanes and an artists' town. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit San Miguel de Allende

Best months: January, February, March, April, October, November and December.

What to see in San Miguel de Allende

1. Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel
   With its neo-Gothic pink stone façade rising above the Jardín, the Parroquia is the image most people keep of San Miguel de Allende.
2. El Jardín (place principale)
   This is the beating heart of San Miguel de Allende, a small shaded square where the life of the town plays out in the open.
3. Fabrica La Aurora (galeries)
   This former textile factory has kept its tall halls, sawtooth roofs and weathered walls, and now houses galleries, artists' studios and design shops.
4. Mercado de Artesanías
   This covered market is a maze of narrow aisles lined with stalls, bringing a wide range of Mexican crafts together in one place, from metalwork to ceramics.
5. Mirador
   From the heights of San Miguel de Allende, you take in the whole town at once: ochre rooftops with the neo-Gothic spires of the Parroquia rising above them.
6. Jardin botanique El Charco del Ingenio
   A few minutes from the historic center, this garden covers a large area of hills, canyon and reservoir where the semi-desert plants of Mexico grow freely.
7. Sanctuaire d'Atotonilco
   From floor to vault, the walls and ceilings of this sanctuary are covered in paintings in an exuberant, deeply felt folk baroque, which earned it the nickname "Sistine Chapel of the Americas".
8. Mercado Ignacio Ramírez
   This is where people in San Miguel actually do their everyday shopping, a world away from the boutiques downtown.

A sample itinerary for San Miguel de Allende, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €102 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My San Miguel de Allende itinerary, hour by hour

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