Around Mexico City: Pachuca

Around Mexico City: Pachuca

Pachuca, or formerly Pachuca de Soto, is the capital of Hidalgo State. It is situated 1.5hrs North East from Mexico City. The town is a starting point to visit the mines in the nearest mountains.

When we arrived, we went directly to the tourism information to get a map to go to visit a couple of museums and interest points. They gave us the worst map we had had so far!!! Only a couples of main streets with no direction or anything, very disgraceful! And the name of the streets were even not all indicated in the streets! We tried to find the Museum of photography (as Lee likes photography) and the "Casa de Artesania" (handicrafts shop) . Impossible! So we decided to take a city tour (and really we don't like that normally). We visited the town during an hour but there was really not too much interest and when we arrived to the main site, the "Monumento de Cristo Rey" (the Monument of King Christ) which offers nice views of the town, we only stopped for 5 min! Lee hated as he needs time to take pictures. As soon as we came back, we took the bus back to Mexico City!! We did not really find anything special here and probably the fact to not having a nice map makes us feeling that. But I need to correct that as Lee enjoyed the Cornish pasties!!!

- Views of Pachuca from the "Monumento de Christo Rey". As the bus did not leave us enough time to take pictures, I could not go closer to the edge of the hill to get closer pictures!
- I like this picture and specially the different colours of the houses,
- The Reloj Monumental (Monumental Clock) is the central clock tower built in 1904 in the city centre. The bell that chimes in this clock was made by the same company that made the original Liberty Bell and London's famous Big Ben,
- The Monument of Christo Rey is 20m bronze statue of Jesus set atop the summit of the mountain Cerro de Cubilete and is one of the most important religious monuments in all of Mexico. The monument was built in 1950 in place of the smaller original monument which was destroyed during the Mexican Revolution. The statue is said to marks the exact geographical center of Mexico,
- Here we are! The famous Cornish pasty from Pachuca and following Lee, there were fantastic !!! and better than any Gregg's pasties!! So why Cornish pasty in this part of Mexico? Well workers from Cornwall came to work here in Pachuca in the mines and brought with them the pasties which have been accomodated with Mexican taste. There also brought the football! There are still some vestiges of the Cornish architecture. Pachuca is now twinned with a town in Cornwall and both have kept good relationship.