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Private Tour Mineral de Pozos & Abandoned Mine: Discover Mexico's Colonial Mining History
Embark on a private tour of Mineral de Pozos and an abandoned mine to uncover Mexico’s colonial mining history. Explore the ancient mine, visit a lavender ranch, and indulge in a tasty Mexican lunch.
Embark on a private tour of Mineral de Pozos and an abandoned mine to uncover Mexico’s colonial mining history. Explore the ancient mine, visit a lavender ranch, and indulge in a tasty Mexican lunch.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Museo de Historia de Mineral de Pozos - Visit the abandoned mines and lavender fields of Mineral de Pozos.
- Mina Cinco Senores - We will walk through the ruins of these abandoned mines, while learning about its history.
- Ex-Hacienda “El Triángulo” - We will walk thorugh these ruins that are perfect for pictures
- **Lavander Farms of…
- Museo de Historia de Mineral de Pozos - Visit the abandoned mines and lavender fields of Mineral de Pozos.
- Mina Cinco Senores - We will walk through the ruins of these abandoned mines, while learning about its history.
- Ex-Hacienda “El Triángulo” - We will walk thorugh these ruins that are perfect for pictures
- Lavander Farms of Pozos - We will visit the Lavender Farm, where we will learn about its breeding and the process of oil and essence elaboration.
- Mineral de Pozos - We will briefly walk on this tiny town before heading to lunch
- Spa Vopper - We will have lunch at Vopper, which has a beer spa. Beer massage available for an extra cost (please advice 24 hrs before)
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Bottled water included
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges covered
- Knowledgeable driver/guide
- Lunch provided
- Private vehicle transportation
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Bottled water included
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges covered
- Knowledgeable driver/guide
- Lunch provided
- Private vehicle transportation
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Additional Information
Discover one of the state’s oldest mining sites and gain insights into Mexico’s colonial era. Traverse the deserted buildings, and embark on a journey into a mining tunnel. These experiences also take us to a lavender farm to observe the assorted types of lavender and understand its processing. The excursion includes a tasteful Mexican meal at a charming downtown eatery.
Discover one of the state’s oldest mining sites and gain insights into Mexico’s colonial era. Traverse the deserted buildings, and embark on a journey into a mining tunnel. These experiences also take us to a lavender farm to observe the assorted types of lavender and understand its processing. The excursion includes a tasteful Mexican meal at a charming downtown eatery.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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241keithj
Oct 30, 2023
The Silver Mines at Mineral de Pozos - We live full-time in San Miguel de Allende, and recently had family visiting from the US. We wanted them to experience some of the interesting history of Mexico. We have used Catrina Tours before, and were very glad to have Diego once again as our guide for our first visit to the silver mines located at Mineral de Pozos.
Diego is an experienced guide and speaks fluent English. His knowledge of Mexican history runs deep, and he has a nice, informal way of sharing it. After picking the seven of us up at our home, we drove to visit an organic lavender farm close to the mining area of Mineral de Pozos, about an hour from San Miguel. The farm visit was a bonus and we learned about the science and hard manual work involved behind extracting the essences of lavender.
We then visited the large site of an abandoned silver mine and toured the ruins of the buildings there. Diego is well-versed in the processes involved as well as what is known about the lives of the miners. The tine flew by, and we were then treated to lunch (included with our tour) at the modern hotel Tesoros. Diego ordered their unique tapas specialties to share, and we enjoyed informal conversation as we ate.
This was our second tour with Catrina Tours, and we highly recommend them. Diego told us that they design tours tailored to client’s desires to maximize the experience.
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Miltonw_13
Oct 30, 2023
Love going on a tour with Diego - Enjoyed all. The mines were very interesting and how they extract the medals but I loved the tour of the lavender fields. Lunch was very interesting and tasted great. Our guide was very knowledgeable and funny. Perfect day.
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Debras743
Nov 28, 2022
Wonderful day outside of SMA - Every bit of the trip was great! Brenden (driver) and Diego (guide) arrived just as we'd agreed. I love driving through the countryside to see where I'm visiting, and this was an interesting one hour trip. The site itself, the ruins of a mercury mine, was very beautiful -- I expected to see photographers and models everywhere, but in fact, we were quite alone. The space is very evocative. Diego spoke of the workers and their lives and the mysterious owners and the mining processes -- he made this little-documented site very accessible. We walked through a (rightly called) Pueblo Magico after, then toured a cooperative lavender mine. Lunch was at a surprisingly upscale hotel (also pretty deserted) down a rough dirt road with a gorgeous modern menu. The whole day was wonderful, special. As an aside, my daughter and I are interested in linguistics issues -- turns out Diego knew more than us about language. We felt he could talk knowledgeably about any random topic! Truly memorable day.
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Nolajbw
Feb 25, 2019
A fantastic cultural journey! - Catrina Tours did a first class job with this tour. I read about Mineral de Pozos and really wanted to go but knew I would get the most out of with a guide. I did a lot of research and found Catrina as the top rated. That was the right move! The booking process was very quick and they provided me with lots of information about the tour after booking. All expectations were outlined. Not only did I have an excellent guide (Alejandro) I had a driver as well (David)! That allowed us to move around quicker and always have transportation waiting as we moved about. I truly enjoyed the abandoned mines. It's like a true ghost town for almost over a century. We had another guide join us who lead us through one of the mines. I learned so much how these people endured this difficult job! The town itself is quite charming, although quiet. I am grateful to Catrina Tours, Alejandro and David for such a memorable experience!
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