Top Things to do in San Luis Potosi
Top Hotels in San Luis Potosi
- 1. Hilton San Luis Potosi
- 2. Hotel Real Plaza
- 3. The View Hotel by Covalia
- 4. Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham San Luis Potosi
- 5. Hilton Tower San Luis Potosi
- 6. Fiesta Americana San Luis Potosi
- 7. Ibis San Luis Potosi
- 8. City Express Suites San Luis Potosi
- 9. City Express San Luis Potosi Zona Universitaria
- 10. City Express Junior San Luis Potosi Carranza
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10 Things to do Good for Kids in San Luis Potosi That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in San Luis Potosi, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast including Huasteca Potosina, Cascada Minas Viejas, Tamul Waterfalls, Puente de Dios, Parque Tangamanga, Plaza de San Francisco, Cathedral of San Luis Potosi, National Museum of Regional Masks (Museo Nacional de la Mascara), Jardin Escultorico Edward James, Cueva en Taninul.
Restaurants in San Luis Potosi
1. Huasteca Potosina
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 717 reviews
Reviewed By Daoda2 - London, United Kingdom
Go with Expediciones huaXteca (Arturo is the best!) for the waterfall jumping and ziplines. A total blast, reasonably safe (the bike zipline and bridge are not for the faint-hearted; would never be allowed in the States). Don't, however, take the tour for Tamul Waterfall. We didn't do it, but from what I was told by other travellers you are in the boat for 2 hours and in the end you are still pretty far from the waterfall. Instead take a tour or drive to Campamento Tamul above the falls. You'll have to get a guide provided by the village, so you don't need a separate guide to get you to the campamento. The last 20 minutes are on a very bad road, so you couldn't do it in a rental car. Then it's a beautiful walk along the river to the falls. From there, there's a path down to the river and you're far closer to the falls than the people in the boats and you have a much better view. Go early in the day to avoid the crowds/heat. The path to the river goes down some steep ladders.
2. Cascada Minas Viejas
3. Tamul Waterfalls
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 336 reviews
Reviewed By F7443PUhollys - Kansas City, United States
The canoe ride to the waterfall took us about 30 minutes. The view was amazing! Butterflies were everywhere! You pass several small waterfalls along the way. There is a place to stop that sells food and drink. Prices were very reasonable, I think bottled water was less than 15 pasos (no price gouging).
4. Puente de Dios
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 73 reviews
Reviewed By Mike5466
At God’s Bridge, the water is super blue. The current from the waterfall is strong so they have installed thick floating ropes to help you ‘navigate’ if you are not strong enough to swim against the current. Beautiful waterfalls surround you on three sides. You can jump, climb, be immersed in the water or get pounded by the waterfalls. But the real surprise is a small opening in one of the rocks. Once you go through that opening (which most guides keep for last for obvious reason), you enter a cave like tunnel to get you to the ‘other side’. The color is breathtakingly blue, and its light seems to come from below (on a sunny day). It is both beautiful and magical. Some people don’t realize how strenuous all this jumping, climbing, and cavorting can be. While I was there, a woman had a heart attack and died. All guides jumped in to help her to no avail. A reminder to pace yourself. This is an AMAZING place that fills up quick, so it is best seen in early morning and not on weekends or holidays.
5. Parque Tangamanga
6. Plaza de San Francisco
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 113 reviews
This city plaza is surrounded by numerous historic landmarks.
Reviewed By martha5447
Here's another great spot to take a seat, plan your day, people watch, take in the history, the trees are lovely. Enjoy your time in this great city that is fairly unknown to USA tourists. Maybe that's why I love it.
7. Cathedral of San Luis Potosi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 468 reviews
This cathedral has been refashioned many times since the early 1700s, when it was constructed.
Reviewed By krookca - Montreal, Canada
The Main Cathedral of San Luis Potosi. Take the time to Stop and relax. Small museum just near, attached to Cathedral Example: Replica statues of Michel Ange
8. National Museum of Regional Masks (Museo Nacional de la Mascara)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 221 reviews
Reviewed By martha5447
They are not always open so be sure you get a right day and time. It's in the center of city so it's no loss if you have to return or wait. It's a wonderful museum. I love seeing the different masks of Mexico.Staff was friendly and the museum shop was great with many locally made crafts.
9. Jardin Escultorico Edward James
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,192 reviews
The sculpture park Las Pozas, located in Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, was created by Edward James, an eccentric English poet and artist, also a great patron of the Surrealist movement. Nestled in the Huasteca Potosina, Edward James found the perfect setting to create the work of his life. Between natural and artificial pools and waterfalls that prepare the mind to enter into a dreamy world, a surrealistic labyrinth unfolds. Buildings that evoke nonsense, doors that open up to nothing, stairs that lead to the sky, and concrete flowers that grow at the same time as the natural ones. The design of Las Pozas is inspired both in orchids and the greenery of the Huasteca Potosina, it combines ideas and concepts taken from the Surrealist movement in which Edward James was immersed. A Shangri-la, a fusion between organic and artificial things, between the jungle and concrete, thus managing to merge two worlds in just one. The origin of Las Pozas goes back to 1947, when Edward James (who lived in some kind of exile in the United States), purchased a coffee plantation near Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, and registered it in the name of Plutarco Gastelum, his close friend, together they created Las Pozas. During the first years, Edward James kept the Las Pozas as a display of his fabulous orchid collection, and as home for his many exotic pets. In 1962, after an unprecedented frost that destroyed a huge part of Edward James' plantation, he concentrated on constructing the sculptural garden we know today. The sculptural set of Xilitla is located inside a piece of land situated in a place called La Conchita, township of Xilitla, San Luis Potosí. It takes up an area of almost nine hectares. Between 1964 and 1967, the renowned painter, Leonora Carrington, visited the park, leaving an al fresco painted mural in El Castillo, Plutarco Gastelum's house, also Edward James' home during his visits. The image of the painting corresponds to a figure with human feminine traits and a zoomorph head. In 2007, the Fundación Pedro y Elena Hernández, A.C, acquired Las Pozas with the purpose of preserving the sculptures and protecting the flora of its surroundings. The Fundación Pedro y Elena Hernández, A. C., besides being in charge of receiving more than 80 thousand visitors each year, also works on: - The preservation and restoration of the structure - The preservation and restoration of the garden - The preservation and restoration of the areas of woods that belong to the property
Reviewed By AstralTravelMX
Picture yourself being transported to your wildest dream, to a land of creatures of the nature and out of this world scenery. You have to get a guide, you could hire someone at the entrace and they will tell you about the tales, the construction and the story of the creator and his friends. Our guide told us so many people visit, it is deteriorating very quickly. They have talked about closing it permanently to the public so go before its too late!
