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Saltillo Active Vacations and Luxury Travel Packages
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Architecture
In the morning, after a breakfast of burritos con machaca, you can begin your tour of the city with a ride on the tourist tramcar that sets out from Alameda for a two-hour journey, stopping at fourteen of the most interesting places in the city. Afterwards you might want to explore some of these places in more detail, such as the Cathedral with its altarpieces that toured the world with the exhibition Splendors of 30 Centuries or the Plaza de Armas where you can browse the shops until lunch-time and then choose a restaurant where they serve succulent roast kid.
Arts and Crafts
Plaza Acuña, on Aldama, between Allende and Flores, is lined with shops, cafés and Juárez Market where you can buy fine leatherwork as well as the famous blanket-like shawls. You might also like to visit the El Sarape de Saltillo workshops to see how these traditional garments are made.
Festivals
The State Fair of Coahuila, held from July 23 of August 6, features agricultural, cattle and industrial displays. The last day of the fair is the Feast of Santo Cristo de la Capilla.
Museums
Dessert Museum
The attractively designed Desert Museum, the world second largest, explains the environmental and social aspects of life in this habitat, as regards animal and plant species as well as the customs and traditions of the groups in this region. The Mexican Bird Museum contains a collection of over 2000 desiccated specimens representing 73% of the birds in the country, displayed in glass cases with reproductions of their environment and recordings of their particular bird call.
The Bird Museum
This museum offers drawings and explanations of the link between birds and dinosaurs. Other rooms, converted into simulations of specific environments such as deserts, coasts, forests and jungle, have exhibitions of many different stuffed birds that were donated to the museum from private collections.
Performing Arts
Saltillo has four buildings where artistic events are usually held: the Coahuila Institute of Culture, the Teatro García Carrillo, Fernando Soler Theater and Vito Alesio Robles Cultural Center.
Golf
The industrious city of Saltillo boasts two golf courses.
Club Campestre de Saltillo
Set in the heart of the city, it has 18 holes par 72 and a 6514 yard golf course. Club Campestre Lourdes
Nine holes par 70 on 6590 yards of a beautifully tended course.
Night Life
Saltillo is a large modern city that has great bars, discothèques, restaurants and an exciting nightlife. The Arcasa Café and Restaurant is one of the favorite spots.
Ecotourism
Cumbres de Monterrey
Saltillo's nearest national park is Cumbres de Monterrey, located 80 km towards the east. Although it has not yet been declared a national park or a nature reserve, Cerro San Rafael, 3,700 m above sea level, located near Los Lirios, about 60 km southeast of Saltillo, is one of the highest in the north of Mexico, as a result of which it is covered in coniferous forest.
Pozas de Cuatrociénegas
There are dozens of small, crystalline freshwater lakes and ponds in the ecologically protected valley of Cuatrociénagas. These are like desert "aquariums", with several species of animals such as desert turtles, visagras, hares, foxes, fish, and goshawks.
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