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An Unexpected Peek at the Patio de los Azulejos
Some 482 years into its making, Puebla oozes history. The city’s downtown core is home to more than 2,600 Colonial-era buildings and everything that goes along with them. You can stumble upon...
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Cinco de Mayo 2013: The Celebrations in Puebla
Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a lot of things in the United States, from public demonstrations of Mexican-American pride to massive fiestas sponsored by beer and tequila companies. Colorful...
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Enjoy a Cultural Feast at ‘The House of Crumbs’
If the walls at La Casa del Mendrugo could talk, they’d probably tell more tales than most. The house, like many grand structures built in Puebla from the 16th to 19th centuries, is a study in local...
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Free App Leads Visitors to Puebla’s Museums
A new mobile app released by the city of Puebla’s tourism office aims to help visitors navigate the major museums and art galleries in the greater metropolitan area. Puebla Ciudad de Museos provides a...
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2013 Fall Festivals: Our Favorite Week of the Year
Given how often food gets featured on this site, you may find it hard to imagine us setting aside that heaping bowl of mole de caderas — available from only mid-October to mid-November — to write this...
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Birthplace of Mole Poblano Reopens to the Public
Lovers of Mexican food, rejoice! The kitchen of the former Santa Rosa Convent — the place where legend has it mole poblano was invented — has reopened its doors to the public. Visitors to Puebla may...
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Going Off the Beaten Path in La Mixteca of Puebla
This is a guest post by Margie Hord de Méndez, a Canadian expat who grew up in Honduras and has lived in Mexico for the past 40 years. She lives and works, as a teacher and a translator, in Puebla. La...
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Where to Buy Handmade Artisanal Goods in Puebla
“Typical Mexican flea market.” “Mostly touristy merchandise.” “The same stuff over and over.” The average reviews of El Parián on TripAdvisor are fairly apt. Although it’s possible to find lovely,...
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Tonantzintla Shop Sells Cholula-Style ‘Talavera’
The tiny town of Santa María Tonantzintla, which lies just south of Cholula off the old federal highway to Atlixco, is probably best known to outsiders for its magnificent church. The architectural gem...
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Museo San Pedro Flaunts Neo-Mexican Artwork
Works by three artists who represent the neo-Mexican movement are on display in “Éxtasis y Abundancia” (Ecstasy and Abundance”), an exhibit that’s part of the 2014 International Cinco de Mayo Festival...
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