Xilitla
Mexico’s “Magical Town,” with coffee aromas and mist on the hillsides, a 16th-century Augustinian monastery, and the former home of Edward James.
Xilitla sits at around 600 metres above sea level in the Huasteca mountains, shrouded in mist. It was named one of Mexico’s “Pueblos Mágicos” (Magical Towns) in 2011. In the town center is a 16th-century Augustinian monastery, and El Castillo (the Snail House), where Edward James once lived, which is now a guesthouse and small museum. Try local coffee and zacahuil, the Huasteca corn tamale. Xilitla is a good place to spend a night, so you can enter Las Pozas early the next morning to avoid the crowds.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Las Pozas, Xilitla
- Nacimiento de Huichihuayán
- Sótano de las Huahuas
- Sótano de las Golondrinas
- Cueva del Agua
- Cascada de Tamul
- Tamtoc Archaeological Site
- Cascadas de Tamasopo