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What to do and see in Xilitla, San Luis Potosi: The Best Things to do
Discover the best top things to do in Xilitla, Mexico including Sorprendente Tour, Museo Leonora Carrington, Jardin Escultorico Edward James, Embarcadero La Morena, Sotano De Las Golondrinas, Cascada Los Comales, Adventureland Huasteca Xilitla, Viviendo la huasteca, Experiencia Huasteca, H Tours Vive Huasteca.
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1. Sorprendente Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 14 reviews
We Are A Network Of Local Guides, Which We Offer Tours, At An Excellent Price Leaving The Huasteca. Tour 1: Xilitla Jardin Surrealista De Edward James Cascada De Los Comales Ex Convento San Agustin Birth Huichihuayan Tour 2: Aquismon Swallows Basement Cascade Of Tamul Cave Of Water Cenote Manantial Tambaque Tour 3: Tamasopo God's Bridge Castles Of Tamasopo Tour 4: Naranjo Castles Of Old Mines Cascada Del Meco Cascada Del Salto Micros Waterfalls
2. Museo Leonora Carrington
3. 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!
4. Embarcadero La Morena
5. Sotano De Las Golondrinas
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 159 reviews
Reviewed By weicreation - Mount Shasta, United States
If you are visiting the Swallow’s Cave, you can directly stay at Aquismon, there are budge accommodation around the plaza. Locals told me colectivos pick up passengers to the cave at the plaza (I was lucky to catch a ride with a private vehicle), or you can take a taxi. You can see the swallows coming out or going into the cave at sunrise or sunset. For the morning one most people get there before dawn, but there wasn’t anything really happening till dawn, and it reached the peak a bout 1 hour later. Try to find out which direction is the sunrise and sit there, as millions of swallows will spin like a washing machine up from the cave then fly right over your head towards the sun. Strangely a few occasionally dive back down, so you may get a little bit of the sunset viewing experience. Sunrise one is more of a phenomenon, sunset one is more of a shock, I suppose. There are very nice people offering tourists a free view over the cave while securing them with a rope, please remember to tip them. The road from the town to the cave has been well paved with sighs. You do have to walk down many stairs to that spot, and the first time for that reason I skipped that place, but later I found out it was a easy walk with slowly descending well constructed stairs, only the last 5 minutes was rough, but you can do it really slow. I was told from the plaza there is also transportation to Tamul waterfall (you have to make a transfer somewhere). There are plenty of places you can see another lake, another mountain, or another waterfall, but another place like this cave personally I’ve never heard of.
6. Cascada Los Comales
7. Adventureland Huasteca Xilitla
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 2 reviews
Adventure Park with zip lines of more than 1,090 meters and heights of 350 meters, Skybike Quad, unique in the world, 770 meters round trip, adventure bridge, vacuum jumps, ferrata routes, Palapa Restaurant Bar and Mirador, hiking and trekking in spectacular landscapes and unique and spectacular vegetation!
8. Viviendo la huasteca
I will help you to know every corner of the Huasteca, we have local guides, with several exclusive packages for you and your family or friends. Do not miss this great experience! we wait . Cel: 4891140084 Cel: 4891140507
9. Experiencia Huasteca
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 41 reviews
