Jean Grimm's Mexican Art and Culture Tours

San Miguel, Taxco and Cuernavaca Tour

Silver, crafts and more!

11 Days, July 13 to 23, 2010

Join us on an unforgettable trip to three of Mexico’s oldest cities.

In Taxco, visit the silver workshops of Rancho Sprattling and Los Castillos where you will see top artisans creating exquisitely designed silver items and jewelry.

Visit the Museo de Plateria to learn the history of silver mining and craftsmanship, Museo de Taxco Guillermo Sprattling, and a reconstructed silver mine.

Visit a Churrigaresque church like no other and Casa Borda with artworks by local artists, the Indian Market where you will find semi-precious stones, jaguar and angel masks, lacquerware and textiles, and Museo de Arte Virreinal exhibiting colonial religious art.

In San Miguel de Allende meet some of Mexico’s best fine artists in their homes and studios.

Visit it’s crown-jewel cathedral La Parroquia, an art school with an unfinished Siqueiros mural, as well as the Aurora Art Center with beautiful linens, tapestries, silver and fine art items.

Find select crafts from all over Mexico in wonderful shops.

Visit a great mask museum with masks from all over Mexico.

In Cuernavaca visit Cortes Palace to view “Zapata's Horse”, Diego Riviera’s fine epic mural (1930), and learn about the Jaguar Cult.

Visit the extraordinary Cathedral complex with beautiful Japanese style murals, and the Museum of Medicine and Herbalism to learn the local wisdom of folk medicine.

Explore Las Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, a system of luminous caverns, and the ruins of Xochicalco where the Aztecs did precise astronomical observations.

Visit the Robert Brady Museum (formerly a beautiful private home) with works of art from all over the world.

Visit San Gabriel de las Palmas (1529) a magnificently restored hacienda, and the reconstructed Hacienda Cocoyoc (1521), both with beautiful grounds.

Spend half-days in historic Queretaro, Guanajuato and Dolores Hidalgo, and visit the fabulous market in Tepotztlan.

There will be two guest speakers on the tour: Cuernavaca historian Ludovic Pech, and San Miguel art curator Marge Failoni.

You’ll dine in gourmet restaurants and have free leisure time to shop, explore or visit a spa.

Cost: Double occupancy: $2,795. Single occupancy: $3,295. Airfare not included.