San Miguel de Allende Tour: Visit the Crown Jewel of Mexico's Colonial Cities from Mexico City

Experience the charm and history of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico’s crown jewel of colonial cities. Explore the colorful streets, visit iconic landmarks, and discover traditional handicrafts.

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Parador Turistico San Pedro - Free time to find something to eat and stretch your legs.
  • San Miguel de Allende - In our drive, we will see the landscape of Central Mexico. Before arriving to San Miguel, we will stop so you can take panoramic photos of San Miguel de Allende.
    Once in San Miguel de Allende, we will have an hour and a half guided…
What's Included
  • Bilingual guide
  • Round-trip transportation
What's Not Included
  • Drinks and Food
Additional Information

While in Mexico City, seize the opportunity to explore one of Mexico’s leading colonial cities, named the best city worldwide in 2017. It’s vibrant streets, unique architecture and historical depth make it one of the globe’s most picturesque locations.
We set out in the morning. Along the journey, we’ll take in the scenic views of central Mexico.
Once…

Location
Hostal Amigo
Isabel La Católica
The lobby of Hostal Amigo, Isabel la Católica 61-A, at 06:00 a.m.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Aura_f
Jul 6, 2025
Thanks - Very instructive , beautiful city , great food and views , people are very friendly and welcoming to visitors , bus driver is very careful!!
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Laura_r
Jun 27, 2025
San Miguel es un... - San Miguel is a must, our guide Alex and driver Gibran were a great team and allowed us to have a great experience! Be prepared for long journeys back and forth but it's all worth it
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Patricia_j
Jun 19, 2025
Interesting trip - It was a very nice and interesting experience, an excellent guide with very good information and an excellent driver,
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Benjamin_w
Jun 1, 2025
Unesco magico - This is a whole day experience. You spend about 8 hours in the car. And 5 or so hours in the city. The first part you get a little tour. Then you have 3 hours to explore the town. It's absolutely beautiful! And Ruben was very educated and well spoken. I wish I spent more time in the city
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Happiness316197
May 24, 2025
San Miguel de Allende - The trip was amazing, great Customer service from Alexa and gibran. I would definateky would go on another tour with them!
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Elisaleona_b
Mar 11, 2025
Beautiful Town - San Miguel de Allende is a very beautiful town and well worth the visit while in Mexico. Just make sure you are well rested before the trip because you will spend a lot of time on the road and it can be quite bumpy.
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721antonyo
Feb 26, 2025
We expected more - The city is very nice, full of spaces full of history, well preserved, its market is attractive, however, it should be assessed if you are willing to make the trip. There remains the taste of the short time available, practically arrive, go to the market, have lunch and return, especially since the journey is too long and exhausting, practically 5 hours each way, even though the bus is very comfortable. If you are not patient, it is better to take some other tour that may be the same or more interesting.
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Nadav
May 18, 2025
Mixed feelings on the tour to San Miguel de Allende - Our experience with this tour is mixed. The guide was good and the town is lovely… However, going on the van was a complete TURTURE. The seats were tight and there was very limited space for the legs. There were no shades on the side windows to protect from the low sun on the way there and back. Traveling that far in this type of van is certainly not accepted and not worth the money.
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David_k
Apr 24, 2025
There must be a better way to see San Miguel de Allende. - You have to show up at a central location at 6 am. The first thing you are told is to NOT use the bathroom on the bus (4 hours until we get to San Miguel de Allende) and to wait until we make a stop at a pay toilet two hours ahead. (We had asked ahead of time about bathrooms, and we were assured, in writing, that there would be a toilet on the bus). We were told that in an emergency, and for "#1" only, we could use the bathroom....but the door didn't close and the seat wouldn't stay down. The bus was filthy...my wife laid her head against the window to nap, and was covered with soot. The guide, Barbara, gave us absolutely no narration as we left Mexico City and traveled across Mexico....we would have loved to have learned something about the geography, the towns, the sky trams, etc. When we got to San Miguel de Allende we parked out of town, and took a city bus (that we had to pay additional for) to get into town. That bus didn't miss a pothole. When we got to downtown, and got off, Barbara gave us a very brief tour, and then let us loose...which was fine, but we would've expected more for the $107 we paid, given how good the other tour guides via Viator have been. We then met at the agreed upon time (there were 29 of us) and we were lead to the wrong bus stop to catch another city bus, and then walked in the heat to another area, to the right stop, where we waited a long time, and caught a crowded city bus during rush hour. The only reason I'm giving it two stars instead of 1 is that Barbara was nice (but minimal) and the bus didn't break down (small miracle). For the money, we should have been picked up in a better bus (with working bathrooms, at least, as promised) in a regional location (as other Viator tours do), given more information both about the areas we were traveling to and in San Miguel de Allende, and be able to take the tour bus into the downtown area (it seemed like other tour buses were allowed). I tried to ask for a refund but the options are so limited for the reasons, and you can only use 300 characters.
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Vaneska_d
Jun 23, 2025
Local beautiful but needs to improve the guide. - Local very beautiful! You don't have much empathy, you don't have patience, you don't seem to like what you do. Guides need to be empathetic and like what they do. He didn't do a good job.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).