Parras de la Fuente - City located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Coahuila

Parras de la Fuente is a city in Coahuila. The town is known for its wine. It was the first wine growing region in the Americas. The town is a Pueblo Mágico, designated in 2004. Parras is called the oasis of the semi-desert of Coahuila state.

Understand

The town has 45,000 inhabitants and the elevation is 1,500 m.

Get in

There are two bus stations in the town:

• Central de Autobuses Saltillo-Parras 📍

Second class buses serve Parras from Saltillo and Monterrey.

• Central de Autobuses Parras-Torreon 📍

Coming from Cuatro Ciénegas you need to change the bus in San Pedro Las Colonias.

Get around

See

• Church of the Santo Madero, 25.431433°, -102.191021°. It is located on an extinct volcano plug.
• Museo de los Monos, 25.437540°, -102.188737°. Monkey museum
• Museo Morón de Arte, 25.446166°, -102.176168°. Museum of cave paintings and contemporary art.
• Presidencia Municipal, 25.437293°, -102.184093°. A replica of the State's Government Palace in Saltillo.
• San Ignacio De Loyola church, 25.437024°, -102.183800°.
• Arcos de La Hacienda, 25.436305°, -102.173282°. An aqueduct
• Plaza Pueblo Mágico, 25.438589°, -102.170869°.
• Monumento a los fundadores de Parras, 16 de Septiembre, 25.449107°, -102.171388°.
• Casa de la Cultura, 25.440415°, -102.183216°.
• Santuario De Guadalupe, 25.4418065°, -102.1877650°. A church.
• Plaza del Reloj, 25.437970°, -102.182337°.
• Plaza del Beso, 25.437036°, -102.182456°.
• Cueva de los Murciélagos, 25.440567°, -102.213143°. Bat cave

Do

Open air pools

• Estanque de la Luz, 25.4348791°, -102.1925323°.
• Estanque de la Hacienda, 25.4340768°, -102.1709730°.

Hiking

• Cañón de la Lima, 25.4022027°, -102.2004780°.

Buy

There are ATMs in Parras. For example a Banco Azteca ATM 📍 in the elektra store. And there is said to be a Banorte ATM in the center.

Popular wine stores stores are:

• Vinos El Vesubio, 25.4374064°, -102.1882471°.
• Viñedos de Coahuila, 25.4384013°, -102.1854911°.

Eat

Typical foods are:

• Asado de puerco (roasted pork)
• mole
• tamales de puerco y pollo (Chicken and pork tamales)
• barbacoa (barbecue)
• cabrito.

Sweets with walnuts, figs, grapes, pine nuts and cajetas are also made here.

Budget

• Gorditas Rocio, 25.4404305°, -102.1839626°.

Mid-range

• Mandalas Foodtruck Park, 25.4398268°, -102.1727007°.
• Angelotti's, 25.438880°, -102.185337°. An Argentinian restaurant
• Pepes Hamburguesas, 25.438714°, -102.184998°.

Splurge

Drink

Table wines and grape liqueurs are made in Parras.

Vineyards (Viñedos)

• Casa Madero, 25.500639°, -102.191750°.

Located in the Hacienda San Lorenzo and founded in 1597. Also has a wine museum.

Wines: Casa Grande Gran Reserva, Casa Madero Reserva, Jóvenes

• Rivero González, 25.4357212°, -102.1540131°.

Wines: Rivero González, Scielo

• Don Leo The vineyard began its first planting in 2000.

Wines: Don Leo, Linde

Sleep

A few hotels can be reserved online, like on booking.com. Google Maps finds more hotels.

Camping & Glamping

In the nights of May to August it's 13⁰C on average. In the winter it goes down to around 5⁰C at night.

• Cámping el Encuentro, 25.461284°, -102.137400°. You need to bring your own tent. One night is for M$200 (April 2022).
• Glamping Lagrange – Outdoor&Wine, 25.417686°, -102.002215°. A provided tent is from M$355 (April 2022).

Budget

in the center:

• Hotelo La Cima, 25.439872°, -102.186249°.
• Posada Bravo, 25.440677°, -102.187150°.

near the center:

• Hotel La Marina, 25.435356°, -102.178512°.

Mid-range

Splurge

Go next

Your next destination for staying can be...:

in the west

• Torreón

in the north

• Cuatro Ciénegas

in the east

• Saltillo
• Monterrey