Day 01 Arrive Mexico By Flight
Arrival at Mexico city airport meet assist and private transfer by air-conditioned vehicle/coach to your hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 02 Mexico
After breakfast, proceed to city tour of Mexico City. The morning city tour will concentrate on the area of the Zocalo. It will include visits to the 18th century cathedral, the national palace with the famous murals by Diego Rivera and there will be an option for those who wish to visit the ruins of the ‘templo mayor’ (not included in the price). This is a recently-discovered ruin of an Aztec temple next to the cathedral and it also has a small museum. The afternoon will be devoted to the museum of anthropology, considered the best of its kind. It displays many treasures of the different pre-Hispanic Mexican cultures. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03 Mexico
After breakfast, proceed to the tour will first stop at the plaza of 3 cultures, so-called because of the ruins of an Aztec temple, a church from the Spanish conquest and a ‘modern’ housing estate all to be seen in the area. The tour continues to the basilica of Guadalupe – the most important religious shrine in all Mexico and America’s pilgrimage center, the people can appreciate the old basilica as well as the newer building. Then the tour continues to the imposing pyramids of Teotihuacan, probably the greatest vestige of the Aztec empire, where the people will visit the two pyramids of the sun and the moon, the temple of Quetzatcoatl, walk along the ‘avenue of the dead’ and also visit the museum.

Day 04 Mexico–Queretaro–San Miguel–Guanajuato (365 kms / 6H 30M appx.)
After breakfast, out to Tepozotlan, where one of the greatest treasures of the colonial era lies, – the museo virreinal which was originally the church of San Francisco Javier, built from 1670 to 1682, the facade, with its single tower is a phantasmagoric array of carved saints, angels, people, plants and more, while the interior walls are covered with a circus of gilded and multicoloured ornamentation. It was in the 1960s that the church, its adjacent monastery and peaceful gardens were restored and transformed into the museum. After visiting this impressive museum you will carry on to the city of Queretaro, conquered by the Spaniards in 1531, becoming -in the early 19th century- a centre of intrigue among the criollos plotting to free Mexico from Spanish rule. There will be a short walking tour of the centre of the city, which looks so much like a typical city of Spain. Continuing on from here the next stop will be the lovely town of San Miguel De Allende, which is an attraction for artists of all types, because of its beautiful cobble-stoned streets lined with bougainvillaea and houses opening out into courtyards. There will be a visit to the magnificent cathedral before you continue on to your destination for the night, Guanajuato. Overnight at hotel.

Day 05 Guanajuato
After breakfast, the day will be devoted to a visit to this most famous colonial city. For two centuries almost 40% of the world’s silver was mined in Guanajuato, the silver and gold mines found here were among the richest in the world, many of the colonial structures built from this wealth remain intact, making Guanajuato a living monument. We will visit such famous buildings as the cathedral, containing a jewel-covered image of the virgin, patroness of Guanajuato, given to the city by Phillip ii of Spain in thanks for riches which accrued to the crown and of course the famous “Callejon del beso”, the narrowest of the many narrow alleys (or “Callejones”), legend says that lovers living on opposite sides used to exchange furtive kisses from these balconies. You will feel as if you are in ‘old Spain’ as you walk through this marvellous legacy of the Spanish conquest. Return to the hotel and at night there will be a chance to hear one of the typical “Estudiantina” bands which perform in the streets of Guanajuato. Overnight at hotel.

Day 06 Guanajuato – Morelia (200 Kms / 6H appx.)
After breakfast, you will leave Guanajuato and drive south to the state of Michoacan and its beautiful capital city of Morelia, officially founded in 1541. Virrey Antonio de Mendoza named it Valladolid, after the Spanish city of that name and encouraged families of Spanish nobility to move here. These families remained, and maintained Valladolid as a very Spanish city, at least architecturally until 1828. Even today, with its downtown streets lined by colonial buildings, Morelia still looks as Spanish as it probably did before independence. The scenic drive will take you past the lovely lakes of Yuriria and Cuitzeo – the road actually runs along a causeway over the latter lake. On arrival in Morelia there will be a walking tour with the magnificent cathedral being the centre of attraction, it took over a century to build, from 1640 to 1744, architecturally, it is a combination of Herresque, baroque and neo-classical styles. It has a sculpture of the senor de la sacristia made from dried maize and topped with a gold crown from the 16th century Spanish king Phillip ii. Overnight at hotel.

Day 07 Morelia
After breakfast, proceed to just a short drive away from Morelia. Is the peaceful lake of Patzcuaro. This will be the destination for the day. You will pass through small villages with such names as Tzintzuntzan (place of hummingbirds in purepecha language) before reaching the lake. On arrival you will board a launch which will take you out to the island of Janitzio, the largest island in the lake. The launch trip offers views of villages along the shore while local fishermen demonstrate the use of their famous butterfly-shaped fishing nets. There is a huge statue to the independence hero, Morelos, dominating the island, inside the statue is a set of murals depicting his life, you have the choice to climb up inside all the way to his raised fist, from which there is a terrific view. Time will be spent on the island in order to explore all the area and the return to Morelia will be in the late afternoon. Overnight at hotel.

Day 08 Depart Morelia By Flight
Departure transfer to onwards destination.