We took a bus to travel from Guanajuato to Queretaro. It took 2 hours and 20 minutes. Queretaro is a state with the population of approximately 2 million and its capital is Santiago de Queretaro, but it is also called the City of Queretaro.
Unlike the hilly and crowded Guanajuato, Queretaro was flat and widely spread even with a population of 650,000 inhabitants. Although it was known to be flat, there were hills and mountains surrounding the city.
Alaine was the Uber driver and he was fluent in English and very pleasant. We asked him to pick us up to the airport when we left. We agreed to stay in touch.
We asked Alaine to take us to some neighborhoods that he recommended to us for considering as potential places of living. He took us first to Juriquilla, 50 minute drive to Airport. It is north of Queretaro. There are affordable Korean restaurants and a golf course nearby. It provided easy access to commercial shops, supermarket and restaurants. There were public Unam University and another private university. It is a newly developed city with only young trees.
He then took us to Jurica, south of Juriquilla and north of Queretaro. We found old houses and tall trees. Sidewalks on the streets looked suitable for neighborhood walking.
We passed by Palmas, a secluded and quiet area at the foothill of a mountain, Colinas del Camatario, a local and affordable but old neighborhood, but they did not appeal to us, We also passed by Queretaro 2000 Parque that is the largest park in the city and sounded appealing. We drove by another park, namely Al Ameda Hidalgo Parque, situated on one big city block.
We then visited Centro Sur area, close to the Airport and central bus station, but far from supermarket. We found many shops in the area.
We rented an apartment through Airbnb and it had a fantastic view of the city, particularly at night.
We walked around to check out the neighborhood and even the historic center.
Queretaro has a Roman-style aquaduct that stretches quite long. There were a couple of legends, but none really made sense to me.
When we visited the Old town, there were a lot of landmarks, but our short stay in the city made the visit rather shallow. Plaza de Zenea, Monument de Corregidora, Plaza de Armas, City Plaza, University River walk that provides a hiking trail.
There were many Roman Catholic churches and cathedrals all over the places due to the Spaniard's influence.
Also there were several museums, but we visited two of them: City Museum and
Museo de Arte Sacro
We had a lunch around a statue of a lady and the Octopus dish that I ordered was grilled in our front and it was excellent.
We took a city tour by bus, but its route covered no more than the visits we had already made on our own. Oh well... As we walked back to the house we rented, climbing up the steep hill was quite challenging.
We explored a market, called Mercado de la Cruz, but its scale was quite small compared to others we have seen. .
Earlier, we drove through Centro de Abastos, a wholesale market for the food industry and it looked like you could buy almost anything related to foods in the market.
Our first impression of Queretaro was positive. We did not see the lush green we like, but it was generally flat with some hills, mild climate due to the high altitude, good infrastructure, friendly people, low crime rate, low cost of living etc. were all positive. We will see. - Jeffrey
Unlike the hilly and crowded Guanajuato, Queretaro was flat and widely spread even with a population of 650,000 inhabitants. Although it was known to be flat, there were hills and mountains surrounding the city.
Alaine was the Uber driver and he was fluent in English and very pleasant. We asked him to pick us up to the airport when we left. We agreed to stay in touch.
We asked Alaine to take us to some neighborhoods that he recommended to us for considering as potential places of living. He took us first to Juriquilla, 50 minute drive to Airport. It is north of Queretaro. There are affordable Korean restaurants and a golf course nearby. It provided easy access to commercial shops, supermarket and restaurants. There were public Unam University and another private university. It is a newly developed city with only young trees.
He then took us to Jurica, south of Juriquilla and north of Queretaro. We found old houses and tall trees. Sidewalks on the streets looked suitable for neighborhood walking.
We passed by Palmas, a secluded and quiet area at the foothill of a mountain, Colinas del Camatario, a local and affordable but old neighborhood, but they did not appeal to us, We also passed by Queretaro 2000 Parque that is the largest park in the city and sounded appealing. We drove by another park, namely Al Ameda Hidalgo Parque, situated on one big city block.
We then visited Centro Sur area, close to the Airport and central bus station, but far from supermarket. We found many shops in the area.
We rented an apartment through Airbnb and it had a fantastic view of the city, particularly at night.
We walked around to check out the neighborhood and even the historic center.
Queretaro has a Roman-style aquaduct that stretches quite long. There were a couple of legends, but none really made sense to me.
When we visited the Old town, there were a lot of landmarks, but our short stay in the city made the visit rather shallow. Plaza de Zenea, Monument de Corregidora, Plaza de Armas, City Plaza, University River walk that provides a hiking trail.
There were many Roman Catholic churches and cathedrals all over the places due to the Spaniard's influence.
Also there were several museums, but we visited two of them: City Museum and
Museo de Arte Sacro
We had a lunch around a statue of a lady and the Octopus dish that I ordered was grilled in our front and it was excellent.
We took a city tour by bus, but its route covered no more than the visits we had already made on our own. Oh well... As we walked back to the house we rented, climbing up the steep hill was quite challenging.
We explored a market, called Mercado de la Cruz, but its scale was quite small compared to others we have seen. .
Earlier, we drove through Centro de Abastos, a wholesale market for the food industry and it looked like you could buy almost anything related to foods in the market.
Our first impression of Queretaro was positive. We did not see the lush green we like, but it was generally flat with some hills, mild climate due to the high altitude, good infrastructure, friendly people, low crime rate, low cost of living etc. were all positive. We will see. - Jeffrey
No comments:
Post a Comment