• Mexico Guide

  • Introduction to Mexico
  • Weather
  • Things not to miss
  • Getting around
  • Entry requirements
  • Money
  • Public holidays

• Explore Mexico

  • Baja California and the Pacific Northwest
  • The north
  • The Bajío
  • Northern Jalisco and Michoacán
  • Mexico City
  • Acapulco and the Pacific beaches
  • Veracruz
  • Oaxaca
  • Chiapas and Tabasco
  • The Yucatán

• Cities

  • Acapulco
    
  • Cancún
    
  • Guadalajara
    
  • Mexico City
    
  • Monterrey
    
  • Oaxaca
    

Mexico Guide

The Bajío

San Luis Potosí

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• Eating
• Nightlife

Situated to the north of the Bajío's fertile heartland, the sprawling industrial centre of SAN LUIS POTOSÍ owes its existence and architectural splendour to a wealth of mineral deposits. Though it can by no means equal the beauty of Zacatecas, it does have a fine colonial centre and an excellent contemporary art museum, and makes a good stop-off if you're heading south from Monterrey towards the Bajío proper. Unlike its erstwhile rivals, San Luis is still prosperous – most of the silver is gone but working mines churn out zinc and lead – with a considerable modern industrial base. As a result, San Luis, while preserving a little-changed colonial heart, is also a large and lively modern city.