Guanajuato Festival Internacional Cervantino edición 50th

The Cervantino Festival, Guanajuato is a door from Mexico to the world and is a state of wide representation in the history of Mexico and in the greatness of the Homeland. Festival Internacional Cervantino, the most important in Mexico and Latin America always taking place in October, with the opportunity to interact with talented people from all around the world in amazing places, from churches, to theaters, haciendas, or the zocalo.      

This year we will go to Guanajuato-San Miguel de Allende, (October 13th to October 19th, 2022) nominated twice by Travel and Leisure Magazine as the most beautiful city in the world. We will walk on cobblestone streets through narrow alleys full of magic, admire The San Miguel de Arcangel Gothic Church, in Guanajuato we stay in an astounding hacienda on top of a hill that was the summer house of former President of Mexico, Luis Echeverria. (If available for the whole group) We will be experiencing Cervantino. This year Korea and Mexico City are the foreign and a guest State. We will go to concerts, plays, galleries, etc. We will take salsa classes, practice Spanish, walk in the house where Diego Rivera was born, and visit many museums that saw our country become an Independent Nation!!! These are experiences that you have to have at least once in your life.

Korea and Mexico have a very important cultural link since the beginning of the last century, both nations are very close in cultural legacies and it is the culture that brings them closer.

Mexico City, in the capital of our country, is a city where art is represented at different levels. In this 50th Festival, the great culture of our city will be expressed, from pre-Columbian times, to the crucible that is presented today in the City in its different cultural expressions, and that this 50th edition is Mexico City the representation of our homeland. 

About the tour: Our trips are personalized small groups. 

• Breakfast & Two special dinners at authentic Mexican restaurants, cafes and markets

• Salsa Dance Classes

• 2HRS of daily Spanish language instruction

• Museum tours: Learn about Mexican Culture and our Independence by visiting many museums. (Guanajuato is known as La Cuna de la Independencia Mexicana)  

• Special access: We will sing and walk with a private serenade (Callejoneadas) during the event festivities. The estudiantina is a group of young students or graduates, who are responsible for entertaining the walk with typical songs from Guanajuato and Mexico, including current songs, they put you to dance, sing, participate, along the way they are narrating legends or guanajuatenses jokes, with a dress of ancient gala, guitars, violín, mandolín, etc. and accordions.

About the stay: Guanajuato (4 nights), San Miguel de Allende (2 nights)

Museums we will visit:

• La Alhóndiga de Granaditas

• Casa de Diego Rivera

• Museo de las Momias

• Teatro Juárez

• Museo Iconográfico de Don Quijote de la Mancha  

PRICING:

Private single room: $2,600 US per person

Double occupancy room (may be booked with friends or as a single and paired with another traveler): $2,200 US per person

Includes:

• Lodging for 6 nights

• Daily breakfast

• 2 Special Dinners (Welcoming/Good-bye dinner)

• Entrance to all Museums 

• Transportation from Guanajuato Airports

• Uber transportation in the city

• Spanish Classes (2 hours, 5 days)

• Salsa classes (3-4 lessons) 

• Mezcal tasting

• VIP tickets for concerts, plays, etc.  (5 Cervantino Events) 

Booking info: To confirm your reservation, a non-refundable deposit of $500 US is due before June 15th, 2022. The balance payment is due by September 1st, 2022. We take PayPal or credit cards. ( With 4% extra for commission)

*If you need-want to fly from Baja, ask me about it and I can arrange it too.