Chihuahua

Bros Club

This brick-walled club is one of the city’s favorite night spots offering heaps of fun and a host of pop and rock concerts, among other things. 

On Plaza San Agustín. Tel: (614) 414 7750

Cubo

This is one of Chihuahua’s in-vogue clubs and a venue for top groups and musicians. One of its distinguishing features is that virtually nobody remains sitting when the band hits the stage to play techno, rock or pop.

Av. Juárez #3114 Zona Dorada. Tel: Tel. (614) 410 6865

Restaurante la Calesa

This elegant restaurant, which opened its doors in 1965, specializes in cuts, although it also offers a selection of traditional Mexican snacks, along with fish and seafood dishes. It is housed on two floors, and has a bar, private rooms and capacity for 420 people, which means it is quite commonplace to find it hosting a wedding or some other social event. It has received awards for quality and excellence, as well as the Distintivo H from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Tourism.

Avenida Juárez y Colón, Zona Dorada. Tel 416 02 22 y 410 10 38

L`Oliveto

This exquisite Italian restaurant is decorated with vines that snake around its structures, making it look like a vineyard. This is the place for pasta, although there are many other dishes also worth trying, including some made with beef, chicken and fish. It also boasts a cellar with an impressive array of wines.

Ortiz Mena 1800. Tel: 410 81 96

Cantina La Antigua Paz

This traditional and classic Mexican cantina is worth visiting for its historic and stylish indoor decoration and architecture that are so typical of Chihuahua. It is a gathering place for musicians who often bring the venue to life. Its hors d’oeuvres and snacks are highly recommended too.

Calle 12va. 2201, Pacifico, Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31030. Tel: (614) 410 1466

Holiday Inn & Suites Chihuahua

This 74-room, two-floor hotel is set amid the lush vegetation of its gardens. It is also very quiet thanks to its residential area location. Its rooms are simply but tastefully decorated with modern tones. It has an indoor swimming pool and an open air one, as well as a sauna, jacuzzi, laundry service, a gym, kitchen, restaurant and meetings room. It has won the Quality Excellence Award four times.

J. Escudero 702, San Felipe, Chihuahua. Tel: 52 (614) 439 00 00

Hotel Casa Grande Chihuahua

This hotel caters for businessmen and offers the full complement of five star services. It boasts a gym, swimming pool, tennis court, leisure center with pool tables, Mexican restaurant and bar with live music. The decor in the rooms and the hotel in general is contemporary in style and harmonious, with soft and functional colors. Rooms are spacious and feature a desk, internet access and a coffee maker.

Av. Tecnológico # 4702, Granjas. Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Tel: 52 (614) 439-4444 y 01-800-711-4222

Hotel Parador Chihuahua

This small and welcoming hotel, built in a simple modern architectural style, is located in the downtown area. It has 34 rooms characterized by their playful and colorful decoration, with cable TV, heating, a telephone and wireless internet. The hotel itself has a restaurant, bar, meetings room, swimming pool, room service and a sunbathing area. Hotel Parador is a practical and affordable option for visitors to Chihuahua.

Parador Chihuahua, Calle 3 núm. 304 Col. Centro, 31000 Chihuahua. Tel: (614) 415-0827 y 415-0829. www.paradorchihuahua.com

Catedral

The Plaza de Armas, basking under the flawless, intense blue sky, is where you will find this building that dates back to 1725 and is the most magnificent example of baroque architecture in northern Mexico. It was completed thanks to a tax levied on merchants because of the lack of available funds. Over the years its ocher-colored freestone façade has taken on a golden tone. It comprises three main structures between which are sculptures of the disciples on the outside. On the inside there are three naves. The main retable is made of freestone, while the main altar was built with carrara marble in the baroque style. The neoclassic style is also present here, decorating the transepts and the lateral naves. A room in the basement at the back of the cathedral houses the Museo de Arte Sacro (Museum of Holy Art), with its collection of oil paintings by Miguel Cabrera, José de Alcíbar and Antonio de Torres, as well as other objects, such as the coffins of bishops and examples of religious art.

Plaza de armas

Paquimé

This archaeological site covers an area of 502 hectares and stands 350 km from the city of Chihuahua. It was inhabited during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries by a people whose language and ethnic origin, along with most other things, remain a mystery to this day. Its adobe buildings, granted World Heritage status by the UNESCO, rank among the best conserved from the pre-Hispanic era and virtually all their original details are intact. They are arranged in a row of filled stone structures and were used for religious ceremonies. It is believed that the Paquimé culture that lived there developed independently and its main artistic creations are decorated clay pitchers, which provided the basis for the arts and crafts movement of the 1970s known as Mata Ortiz Ceramics, which is Mexico’s most important clay-based art form.

Quinta Gameros University Museum

This mansion, built between 1907 and 1910 in the Art Nouveau style, was designed by the Colombian Julio Corredor Latorre at the behest of the engineer Manuel Gameros. In 1914 it became the residence of the commander of the Constitutionalist Army, Venustiano Carranza, as a result of the actions of the revolutionary movement under Francisco “Pancho” Villa in the city of Chihuahua. After being the scene of much revolutionary debate and disagreement, it was inhabited by Mr. and Mrs. Russek Gameros between 1921 and 1926, when it was finally sold to the government which used it as Public Education and Civil Registry offices. Later on, the government turned it into the seat of the Central Water Board and Local Roads Board, and it was even used as the base of a radio station. As from 1954, it housed the Rector’s Office in the University of Chihuahua. Since then, this National Artistic Monument has been home to the Chihuahua State Regional Museum, now called the Quinta Gameros Regional Museum, which features a collection of period furniture of great artistic value, as well as paintings by local artists, such as Leandro Carreón, Aarón Piña Mora and Sebastián. It is also worth taking a stroll along Paseo Bolívar, where this mansion is located, to see other architectural wonders that reveal the splendor of this great era of economic prosperity.

Paseo Bolívar No.401, Col. Centro, CP. 31000. Tel: (01 614) 410 5474. http://www.ccu.uach.mx/ccuqg_1.htm

Museum of the Mexican Revolution

This mansion, once the residence and HQ of Francisco “Pancho” Villa, currently houses a whole array of objects from this period, including photos, weapons, furniture and personal usage items. It is also the final resting place of the vehicle he was traveling in when he was assassinated, and proudly displays posters from the United States offering bounty for the revolutionary’s head with the legend “Wanted”.

Paseo Bolívar 401, Colonia Centro, ciudad de Chihuahua. Tel: (52-614) 410-5474