Getting to Patzcuaro
Access routes, transportation services and useful information.
How it all started
Brief history of pre-Hispanic Pátzcuaro.
Don Vasco de Quiroga
“Tata” Vasco, the unifier of colonial Pátzcuaro.
Coat of arms
Granted in 1553 by Charles V.
Handicrafst in Pátzcuaro
Pátzcuaro is an important center of handcrafts production.
And about gastronomy…
Everything you can taste in the region.
Named the first Magical Town of Michoacán on June 6, 2002, it is the cultural heart and icon of the state and Mexico.
The first city of the Purépecha empire, Magic Town since November 27, 2012. A wealth of history and crafts
The capital of hammered copper, Magic Town since June 16, 2010, historical and architectural legacy.
The “balcony of the "Hot land”, Magic Town since November 21, 2012. Great weather all year round and historical and gastronomic wealth.
The first settlement of the great Purépecha nation. With great history and gastronomic, cultural and archaeological offer.