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By: Nöemi Soto

San Miguel de Allende
Historical - Colorful - Enriching

S an Miguel de Allende, for me, has with distinguished arts festivals. It has long walls in terra-cotta, maroon, ocher, chocolate
gone from being a most enjoyable been an artist’s retreat, full or part-time home brown, dark green, and the intense blue known
weekend destination to becoming to many established authors, musicians and as azul añil. They are adorned with plants and
my home. With its colorful artists. fountains, bordered by vaulted arcades and
colonial houses, traditions, friendly people The best way to discover the 469-year-old columned galleries, and often serve as open-air
and intercultural offerings, it has captured my colonial city is to wander its cobblestone streets living rooms; the private version of the public
heart. and discover its hidden treasures. Interior plaza. Attached to these gardens are homes
decorating shops abound with Mexican pottery, and high-ceiled boutique hotels delightful with
San Miguel de Allende is included as a UNESCO glassware and artisanal work from throughout their corbelled beams, carved-stone fireplaces
World Heritage Site for its state of preservation, Mexico. Among these narrow streets are and balustrades, colorful tile work, sculpted
authenticity and integrity enticing national and gardens, Spanish-Moorish courtyards of plaster, and other distinct notes of the past.
international tourists. Enfolded in its Baroque private homes with vivid colors painted on high
Spanish architecture is a thriving arts scene

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