Queretaro (kay-RET-aro), with a current population of 850,000, is 130 miles NE of Mexico city & only 25 miles from San Miguel de Allende (SMA). [I know it's not in Guanajuato State, but I put in in this group to keep my journals from this trip together.]

Major Mexican historical events happened in this beautifully preserved, picturesque city - Archduke Maximilian fought his last battle here on the Hill of the Bells (Cerro de las Campanas),& was executed here in 1867, and Mexico's current Constitution was drafted and ... (more)