Querétaro Travel Guide
The aqueduct of Queretaro under a full moon. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Queretaro is one of Mexico's best-preserved colonial cities and one of its most prosperous modern ones: a UNESCO-listed historic center of plazas and mansions, marked by the great 18th-century aqueduct marching in across the valley.
Around the city: the Pena de Bernal, one of the world's largest monoliths, in the magical town of Bernal; the wine and cheese route through Tequisquiapan; and the wild Sierra Gorda mountains to the north.
Destinations in Querétaro
Historic center and aqueductThe UNESCO-listed center: plazas, the Santa Rosa de Viterbo church and the 74-arch aqueduct.
Pena de BernalThe giant porphyry monolith towering over the pueblo magico of Bernal: climbable, with equinox crowds.
Sierra GordaThe biosphere reserve's five Franciscan missions (UNESCO) and the Puente de Dios cave river.
TequisquiapanThe wine-and-cheese town: vineyards, the cheese route and a pretty main square.
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Top Cities & towns in Querétaro
Regional food
- Enchiladas queretanas and gorditas on the plazas
- Wine and cheese tastings along the Tequisquiapan route
- Nieve de garrafa in Bernal
Getting there
Queretaro International (QRO) takes domestic flights and some US connections. The city is about 3 hours by bus north of Mexico City; Bernal is an hour east of the city.