Matehuala is a town in San Luis Potosí. It's the second most important city of the state.
Understand
The city has about 180,000 inhabitants and the elevation is 1580 m.
Get in
There are intercity buses from Monterrey, Saltillo and San Luis Potosí. Serving bus companies are for example Senda and Frontera.
Central de Autobuses 📍. It's 2.5 km south of the city center.
Get around
See
- Centró Histórico
- Catedral de Matehuala
- Vicente Guerrero - “El Pueblo” Park
- Plaza De Armas
- Álvaro Obregón - “PAO” Park
Do
Festivals, dances and traditions
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Fiesta de La Inmaculada Concepción). From November 29 to December 8.
- Feast of the Lord of Matehuala (Fiesta del Señor de Matehuala). From December 28 to January 6.
- Regional Fair of Matehuala (Feria Regional de Matehuala). From December 26 to January 10.
- Feast to San Antonio (Fiesta a San Antonio). June 13.
- Commemoration of the foundation of Matehuala (Conmemoración de la fundación de Matehuala). From July 8 to 16.
- Traditional festival of Kings (Fiesta tradicional de Reyes). From the 1st to the 6th of January, the traditional festival of Kings.
- Charamusca Fair (Feria de la Charamusca). Good Friday of each year, in Vicente Guerrero Park (popularly known as "El Pueblo")
- Fiesta San Judas Tadeo in different neighborhoods of the city, mainly in "La Dichasa".
Out of town trips
You can do a day-trip to the ghost-town Real de Catorce. Have a look into to the Get in section of the town's article.
Buy
Eat
Regional food and dishes are:
- Asado de boda
- abuches preparado
- picadillo
- tamales
- queso de cabra.
Drink
Typical drinks are pulque and mezcal.
Sleep
A few hotels can be reserved on hotel websites like booking.com. More hotels finds Google Maps.
Budget
in the city center:
- Hotel Blanca Estela
- Hotel Maria Esther
- Hotel Posada Real
around the bus station:
Mid-range
- El Mesón Hotel y Descanso
- Hotel del Parque. Popular hotel from M$1,285 per night (April 2022). Two blocks from the historical center.
Splurge
Go next
Your next destination for staying can be:
in the west
- Real de Catorce. It's a ghost town. Still it has several hotels to stay there.
in the north
in the south