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Tuesday, July 3. 2018

Mexico for retirees and ex-pats: San Miguel de Allende


Mexico permits essentially no immigration - unless you come with plenty of money. Puerto Vallarta has been a bit of an American colony for many generations.


A friend just returned from a destination wedding in San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico. It's a World Heritage site. He loved it - said it felt like Seville but with lots of Central American Indians.  Turns out it is popular for expats and American retirees - 20% of its population is non-Mexican. Due to its altitude, it is always Springtime there.


Lots of lovely antique boutique hotels, inexpensive 


 10 Reasons Why People Fall in Love With San Miguel de Allende. There's one error in that HuffPo piece: There is no way that famous 1880 neo-gothic church facade was inspired by Gaudi. Seems unlikely.


I enjoy Mexico, but not Cancun and Cozumel and all those drunks and college trash. I think I'll plan San Miguel for next winter, then maybe hop over to Puerto Vallarta for some water and beach. 


Posted by The News Junkie in Travelogues and Travel Ideas at 15:45 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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I've made it a personal rule not to spend any of my money in a nation that intends harm to my own, works for me.
#1 thud (Link) on 2018-07-03 18:52 (Reply)
personal opinion . Puerto Escondido might be a better hop for water and beach .
#2 la (Link) on 2018-07-03 18:58 (Reply)
South of the city of Guadalajara is a large ex-pat community on Lake Chapala called Ajijic (Ah-he-heek). Eternal springtime indeed.
#3 Kneale on 2018-07-04 06:49 (Reply)
I have lived in San Miguel de Allende for 20 years now, moving down from Montreal. Love the winters here! But the permanent expat population here is around 10%, not 20%, though that goes up a lot with the tourist visitors between Christmas and New Years.
#4 bryan on 2018-07-04 09:31 (Reply)
Sampled Mexico when living in S. TX and S. CA '50s-'60s. Only way I would tour it would be via Blake's Tours ("Tours of God's World Conducted by a Man of God.")
#5 BillH on 2018-07-04 10:22 (Reply)
I might walk across to Los Algodones for some dental work.
#6 Gordon Scott (Link) on 2018-07-04 23:29 (Reply)
Eternal springtime would be boring...I prefer places that have actual seasons.
#7 model_1066 on 2018-07-05 03:44 (Reply)
Lovely place, San Miguel de Allende, as is the entire Colonial circle which includes Queretaro, Dolores Hidalgo, and Guanajuato. A friend of ours just lived there (SM) for several years. He had no problem even though his Spanish is lousy. Me, it's a little too "touristy" now. Guanajuato is amazing...
#8 AmazingAZ on 2018-07-05 12:11 (Reply)

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