• 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 north

Chihuahua

• Accommodation
• Eating

You're unlikely to see any of the little bug-eyed dogs in CHIHUAHUA, the capital of the largest state in the republic. Though the gloom in poor weather is generally depressing – and a stay of a night or two is ample for most – Chihuahua can have some appeal, with its colonial centre and suburbs of grandiose nineteenth-century Gothic-style mansions built when silver brought wealth to the region. This is also vaquero heartland and one of the best places in the country to look for cowboy boots: you're spoilt for choice in the centre, especially in the blocks bounded by Calle 4, Juárez, Victoria and Ocampo.