{"id":533,"date":"2015-12-26T23:45:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T21:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=533"},"modified":"2016-01-02T08:05:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T06:05:59","slug":"san-miguel-de-allende-fifty-shades-of-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"San Miguel de Allende – Fifty shades of orange"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DEC 15, 2015 – On my way to Mexico City, I stopped for a night in San Miguel de Allende. This city has a lot more tourists and foreign inhabitants than Zacatecas, for reasons that I don’t quite understand – both seemed equally beautiful to me. A few years ago, San Miguel was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which has further boosted its popularity. The downtown buildings are mostly a dark yellow, but the colors vary between red, orange, cinnabar, bright to dark yellow, and occasionally blue. I stayed at La Catrina hostel, which was nice and cheap. After a walk through the center and up a hill – which was full of construction sites for fancy-looking mansions – I took a taxi to the botanical garden, which has one of Mexico’s largest collections of cacti. It was a worthwhile attraction that offered giant agaves and Prickly Pear cacti, less common succulents, and nice views of the city. Much like Zacatecas, San Miguel has a useful city bus system that connects the downtown area with the bus terminal and many other places for a mere 5 pesos (0.3 USD) per ride. <\/p>\n

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Cathedral by night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Giant agaves in the botanical garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Prickly Pear with fruits – they have very fine spines that are surprisingly hard to get off your hands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Handicrafts on the large tourist market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the farmers’ market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View from a bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEC 15, 2015 – On my way to Mexico City, I stopped for a night in San Miguel de Allende. This city has a lot more tourists and foreign inhabitants than Zacatecas, for reasons that I don’t quite understand – both seemed equally beautiful to me. A few years ago, San Miguel was declared a…<\/span><\/p>\n

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