Taxco is a city that just keeps reinventing itself and luckily the latest reincarnation is perfectly designed for tourists, possible too good if your visit coincides with the hordes of Mexican day trippers from Mexico City. To Mexican’s Taxco is considered as the silver producing city of the country, not by mining or excavation (which it was once) but in the creation of fine jewelery that is admired the world over.
Today the real industry of Taxco is tourism and this has maintain the atmosphere and beauty of the city, unlike many other Mexican cities that surround Mexico City that are swamped by large heavy industry. Taxco has passed laws to ensure that any new construction is in keeping with the rest of the city, Taxco is a Mexican city that thinks differently and is proud of it’s heritage.
The finest moment of any visit to Taxco occurs during the first few minutes when the city is first viewed; the city is beautifully positioned with sheer cliffs with the bulk of the city climbing the sides of rugged mountains. As you travel further into the city you spy fine examples of Mexican baroque architecture and traditional streets eking with Mexican daily life. If you were looking for the true traditional heart of Mexico you would be hard pressed to find better than Taxco.
- El Cristo (Christ View Point) – magnificent views of the Taxco from this vantage point
- Grutas de Cacahuamilpa (Cacahuamilpa Caves) – A huge cave network, possible the best natural feature in the central region of Mexico
- Templo de Santa Prisca de Taxco – The impressive Mexican baroque church in the heart of the city and the monument of the city.
- Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad (Church of the Holy Trinity).
- Meseum of Guillermo Spratling contains pre-hispanic pieces and objects created by William Spratling.
- Museo de Arte Virreinal (Museum of Colonial Art) A great split level museum with a wide range of different Mexican art convento de San Bernardino de Siena.
- Ex-Hacienda del Chorrillo - A magnifcanet building once belonging to the son of Hernan Cortes unfortunatly now an exclusive hotel but is connected by the citie's cable car which again provides dramtic views of the city.
- Barrio de Guadalupe. The highest point of the city and provides excellent panoramic views of the city -just a tough walk to get to.
- The pleasant walk through the Cerro del Huixteco to the Tenango waterfall, which look best during the wet season.
