Santiago de Querétaro 2022

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2022-02-01 : Research
Tip General Info Bus from Terminal to Centro

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Two QroBus apps on my iPhone - should give us transit info
If you really want to walk, walk to the stop in front of the red cross, there you take the bus to the central (one minute trip). The 121 leaves you in the central. you have to take the qrobus on constituents avenue, buy your ticket for 11 pesos on board and line 121 ends at the central bus station. $0.00
Tip General Info Research Notes

Research Notes
Santiago de Querétaro is a city in central Mexico. It’s known for its well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture such as a striking pink stone aqueduct. Notable baroque buildings include Santa Rosa de Viterbo church. The nearby ochre San Francisco church is in Zenea Garden, the city’s main square. In the old church convent, the Querétaro Regional Museum displays pre-Hispanic, colonial and republican artifacts
  • 1 hour bus ride to San Juan del Rio.
  • $4 bus ride (40 min) from airport to bus terminal
  • Most flights connect through USA. Westjet can connect through Puerto Vallarta onto Volaris (airline).
  • WEstjet also seems to fly to Mexico City, which is a 3-hour, $22 bus ride to Santiago. Partner airline: Aeromexico
  • Really good deal on AirBnB near bus terminal and historical centre in Santiago.
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Tip General Info Screw the Average blog

Great information about the city, especially getting around using transit.
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Tip General Info Walk to/from Bus Terminal

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I have walked through the area, but the direct route is not the most beautiful or pedestrian.

From the center you may like this route: from where you are staying, walk towards Avenida Universidad (there is a river that could be pleasant if it hasn't rained), then walk towards Bernardo Quintana and when you get to Pathé, go to the neighborhood (It is a quiet and beautiful neighborhood to walk), then cross Carretas (which is super beautiful to walk with many parks) towards Quintas del Marqués (another quiet neighborhood), from there walk to the Corregidora Stadium and from there you just have to go around it a little towards Bernardo Quintana. Right in front of the Ibis hotel there is a pedestrian bridge that crosses Bernardo Quintana and leaves you next to the terminal. That final stretch is a bit ugly because it takes you to a half-abandoned alley, but then after that you get to the parking lot through the taxi area.

I have walked that section the other way around because I was working next to the terminal and suddenly I was going to the center. They are beautiful colonies with friendly sidewalks, they are quiet and there are even little trees that cover a bit of the sun.
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Tip General Info Walk to/from Bus Terminal #2

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Yes you can but there is not much to see if you want to get there fast ... maybe the stadium and the mall, but not much more until you get to the center. If you deviate a bit on your walk, you arrive at Carretas, which is a neighborhood with a beautiful park from which you can reach the arches (highly recommended). In this map: https://imgur.com/6WEvwjs the green line is the shortest distance between the station and the center walking through the safest area. The red one is my recommendation for a pedestrian route ... Walking through Carretas, the arches, the viewpoint, the Convent of the Cross, etc. The blue circles are nice areas to walk too, of course there are some areas that are less secure, like everywhere else. Lucky! $0.00
Tip General Info Weather Normals
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Tip Reminder COVID Test

Need a COVID Test to fly through the USA
- Shoppers Drug Mart (seems to be most reasonably priced)
- Edmonton International Airport ($250/ea)
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Tip Reminder Travel Requirements

Do prior to trip
  1. Need printed copy of airline itinerary
  2. Need negative COVID test
  3. Confirm arrival with AirBnB
  4. Figure out how to use Uber
  5. Figure out what we have/need for health insurance
  6. Learn how to use the QroBus apps on iPhone
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Tip To Do 5 Outdoor Adventures in Sierra Gorda

From Laura
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Tip To Do Cook & Dine: Mole & Mexican Salsas (San Miguel)
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Tip To Do Guanajuato

From Judy T: If you get a chance, try to visit Guanajuanto - it's been called the most beautiful city in Mexico and it has a mummy museum!
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Tip To Do Mexican Music Walking Tour & Lunch (San Miguel de Allende)
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Tip To Do San Miguel Food Tour
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Tip To Do Suggestions from Laura

There’s wineries all around, consider visit Tequisquiapan and la Peña de Bernal
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Tip To Do Ultimate Guide to the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve

From Laura
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Tip Travel Resource Travel Advice and Advisories
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Tip Travel Resource WikiRoutes

Public transportation website
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Service Other Immunization

Hep A, Typhoid, Tetanus shots for both of us
$360.00
Service Other PCR Test for Return

Use this to sort out where we're going to get our test to fly home
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Service Other Travel Insurance f

Multi-30-day trips throughout the year. Will need a "top-up" for Europe trip.
$534.06
2022-02-10 : Flight to Santiago de Querétaro - Leg 1
Travel Flight Flights to Querétaro
Cost is for two people, all flights (round trip). Reservation SWDSFC
AM7353 YEG(10:15)-YVR(11:02) operated by WestJet
AM0697 YVR(23:25)-MEX(06:55) arrive on the 11th
AM2460 MEX(08:55)-QRO(9:55) operated by Aerolitoral DBA Aeromexico Connect
$1967.38 Edmonton Santiago de Querétaro
2022-02-11 : Bonus night in Gallo room at La Encantada
Tip Reminder Luggage Drop at AirBnB

Contact the host to arrange to drop luggage. Check-in time is 2PM.
Remind her that we're leaving the other property a day early.
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast Habitación GALLO
Booked for one night due to United flight cancelation and rescheduling trip $51.70 Santiago de Querétaro
2022-02-12 : Switch to Canario room
Travel Other Airport to BnB
Bus ($3) then Taxi ($6)
Taxi ($15)
Area around bus station is not walkable
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Activity Sight See Queretaro Aqueduct

Queretaro has an impressive 19th-century aqueduct, most of which is held up by huge arches (Los Arcos). The aqueduct runs right past our place, although not the arch-ey part. Brent and I took a walk today along Los Arcos. It's really really cool.
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast La Encantada
Located in the oldest neighborhood of the historic center and next to the Temple of the Cross, emblematic site of Queretaro's history, as well as the viewpoint and famous arches, plazas, bars, and restaurants.

The CANARIAN room is located within "La Encantada “, a 17th-century house in El Barrio más antigua del Centro Histórico, a 5-minute walk from Los Arcos. Nearby you will find bars, restaurants, markets, gyms, shopping and sports malls, history and culture.
$607.92 Santiago de Querétaro
2022-02-13 : Walk Queretaro
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-02-14 : Work Day - Does Working Here Work?
Service Other Qrobus

Local transit. The city busses can only be used with one of their rechargeable passes - they don't take cash.
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-02-15 : Gratitude
Activity Sight See Statue of Benito Juarez
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-02-16 : Roof Sittin' is Good Sittin'
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-02-17 : Elissa Arrives
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-02-18 : Bike Tour Queretaro
Activity Tour Bike Tour Queretaro
Cost for two people $20.00
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-02-19 : Lazy Day
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-02-20 : Peña de Bernal with Laura
Travel Bus Amealcenses bus to San Juan del Rio
Cost is for all three of us $12.00 Santiago de Querétaro San Juan del Rio
Activity Other San Juan del Rio

Where Laura G and her family live
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Activity Sight See Peña de Bernal
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-02-21 : San Miguel de Allende
Activity Sight See Mercado de Artesanias on Andador Lucas Balderas

Andador Lucas Balderas is a narrow walking street lined with vendors, which is the Mercado de Artesanias. I also really enjoyed this.
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Activity Sight See Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel

To me, this was the most impressive feature of San Miguel, although the whole city was really beautiful.
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Activity Sight See San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de Allende, a colonial-era city in Mexico’s central highlands, is known for its baroque Spanish architecture, thriving arts scene and cultural festivals. In the city’s historic, cobblestoned center lies the neo-Gothic church Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, whose dramatic pink towers rise above the main plaza, El Jardín. The Templo de San Francisco church nearby has an 18th-century churrigueresque facade. $0.00
Activity Sight See Viewpoint on Salida Real A Querétaro

The road into San Miguel from Queretaro takes you down a steep hill into town. There is a great viewpoint along that road, Salida Real A Querétaro, where you can look down on the Centro.
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Meal Lunch Lunch at La Pamplonada
We had lunch at La Pamplonada, which was a great accidental find. Wonderful restaurant - so interesting on the inside. We loved it. Sadly, due to an ID-10-T error with my phone, I lost ALL of my photos of it. Bah! Hate those ID-10-T errors. $0.00
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-02-22 : Sleepless Night Hangover
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-02-23 : Las Americas - Boa Mistura
Activity Sight See Boa Mistura - Las Americas

boa mistura rejuvinate mexican neighborhood with otomi art
the setting for boa mistura‘s latest project is la colonia de las américas on the outskirts of querétaro, méxico – a humble community of working class people consisting of housing (much of which is self built) and small business: ‘misceláneas’ (grocery stores), taquerías, and cantinas.

américas is located across two sides of a hill, and has a ‘boomerang’ form overlooking the two main highways of the state; the ‘5 de febrero’ road and ‘bernardo quintana’, which converge exactly at the apex of las amércias — as a result the neighborhood is seen daily seen by thousands of people.
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-02-24 : Workday
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-02-25 : El Cerrito Pyramid
Activity Sight See El Cerrito Pyramid
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-02-26 : Workday
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-02-27 : Butterfly Tour!
Activity Sight See Monarch Tour
Cost for two people $260.00
Activity Tour Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary at Michoacan
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-02-28 : Elissa's Last Day
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
$
2022-03-01 : Museo de Bichos de Querétaro
Activity Sight See Museo de Bichos de Querétaro

Bug Museum - some live, mostly dead
Price for two $8.00
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-02 : Lots of Work, not much Mexico
Tip General Info Mamey Sapote

One of the produce stand people offered us a taste of one of these, and then, of course, we bought one. It was interesting. I'll try to describe it after we eat the fruit (rather than just the small sample).
Update: Meh. It's the Needles California of new food. So unremarkable that I couldn't describe it while I ate it and immediately forgot about it when I was done. $0.00
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-03 : Work and a Walk
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-04 : Full Day Queretaro
Activity Sight See Mercado El Tepetate

We found this area by accident walking back from Las Americas and I've been wanting to go back. All I knew was that it was north of the rio, and west of us. We found it easily and had a great walk, and a great lunch in the area.
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Activity Sight See Musea Casa de la Zacatecana

We noticed this place walking around the other day but didn't have time to visit. We went back today and checked it out. Super interesting place.
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-05 : Museum Day
Activity Sight See MUCAL Museo del Calendario
$4.00
Activity Sight See Museo Regional de Querétaro
$10.00
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-06 : Plan B in Queretaro
Activity Sight See Museo de Arte de Querétaro
We expected there to be a charge to visit this museum, but there wasn't one. $0.00
Activity Sight See Museo Indígena Querétaro
Also no cost to visit this museum today. $0.00
Activity Sight See Panteón Municipal de Querétaro
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Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-07 : Lost Day
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-08 : Centro Sur and Feminist March
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-09 : Swab up the Snoot Day
Service Other Covid Antigen Test
$80.00
Accommodation Bed and Breakfast
La Encantada
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2022-03-10 : It’s all over now but the flyin’
Travel Flight QRO to YEG
AM508 QRO(06:17)-MEX(07:15) operated by Aerolitoral DBA Aeromexico Connect
AM600 MEX(09:05)-YVR(13:15)
AM7134 YVR(18:00)-YEG(20:30)
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