Unión Garden — Attraction in Guanajuato

Guanajuato is a friendly town with a lively student population,It has a great climate, we went in July and it was in the mid 80s and very sunny. The main plaza the jardin is a lovely shady square surrounded by restaurants and bars with live music in every corner. In the evening everyone goes out to eat or just si t around often grandparents ,parents and children all together as a family. Though there are lots of students around they were very laid back and not at all intimidating, in fact the whole place was very friendly and felt totally safe, even wandering around at night. It is also a very clean place, no litter and the rubbish collected every night. Meet in the jardin in the evening to see the musicians and performers from the university in traditional dress, then follow them around the town in the...

Mariachi central. Several nice restaurants with lots of outdoor seating. Mariachis and vendors will be hitting you up consistently. Be ready to hire a mariachi band if you are out on a date. We had two competing bands consistently coming to oir table at the restaurant we went to. When we were ready we just had to look at the mariachis under the trees for them to quickly come over and make a deal. 5 songs for 1000pesos. It was worth it. I think mariachi is the best music in the world.

Beautiful trees create a canopy to walk under, there is a dancefloor in the center of them. This is the busiest area downtown, and full of awesome vendors to say...

Literally a cacophony of sights and sounds with literally every building being historical and worth examining, great shopping options and tons of restaurants / street vendors. While the majority of vendors don't speak fluid English (shocker I know), even a malo Spanish speaker like myself had no problems shopping. My only real complaint (as a non-smoker) is the ambiance is somewhat lessened by how smokey it can get in the evening. I highly recommend for tourists looking for a fun / safe interior...