• Get around
• See
• Do
• Buy
• Eat
• Drink
• Sleep
• Talk
• Get out

San Luis Potosi is a city in the San Luis Potosi state in the Bajio in Mexico.

[edit] Get in

If you don't have a budget, you can fly directly to San Luis Potosi, but it is recommended to fly to Mexico City and take a bus to SLP, if you prefer to save.

[edit] By plane

Aeropuerto de San Luis Potosi (Template:IATA) is a small, compact airport with just two gates: they have a limited range of commercial scheduled flights. From the U.S., direct flights are available on American to Dallas, on Continental to Houston, and on Mexicana to San Antonio. Non-stop flights are also available to Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara.

[edit] By bus

San Luis Potosi has a fairly large bus station with frequent service to major destinations, including Mexico City to the south and Monterrey to the north --- both about 5 hours away.

[edit] Get around

In addition to buses, the city has trollies at very inexpensive prices to get around. Taxis are also cheap, yet you can get around a great portion of the city on foot.

[edit] See

• Museo Federico Silva, Alvaro Obregon 80, Tel: (444) 812-2848, [1]. Open Monday-Friday, 10-6, Sundays 10-4, closed Tuesday. Admission: 30 pesos.
• Museo Nacional de Mascaras
• Teatro de la Paz
• Templo del Carmen
• Templo de San Francisco

[edit] Do

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[edit] Eat

San Luis Potosi has many good restaurants in the downtown area. Walk up Venustiana Carranza and you will find many of the city's top culinary gems.

• La Corriente, V. Carranza 700: Eclectic atmosphere and a lively happy hour are reason enough to seek out this traditional Mexican restaurant, but the excellent comida corrida for 45 pesos is a lunch-time bargain.
• La Virreina, V. Carranza 830: Elegant traditional dining room with suave white-glove service at every turn. The menu is innovative with many nouveau Mexican dishes colored with the splash of old style tradition. Their tortilla soup is spectacular, sprinkled with diced dry cascabel chile, and their truta en cilantro puts a unique spin on an already spectacularly prepared and presented broiled fish dinner.
• La Gran Via, V. Carranza 560: Sophisticated elegance with live piano music at both lunch and dinner. The menu is heavy on Spanish classic dishes (including an outstanding paella, loaded with seafood and redolent with saffron). They also have a smattering of exciting nouveau Mexican fusions, equally well prepared, and their cream of artichoke soup is a culinary delight.
• El Angel, V. Carranza 1625. About a mile out from downtown is this bright star of innovative nouveau Mexican cuisine. Even the vegetables are worth raving about here: the smoky depth of my plate of grilled nopales with chipotle was nothing short of an orgasm for my tongue.

[edit] Drink

Be sure to find La Calle San Francisco (near the church by the same name) in the city's downtown sector. There are some outstanding cafes and clubs in this area. Look for those with the rooftop locations. They have the charm of brick-covered alleys and spectacular starlit views in the evening. Some also feature live music.

• Cafe Luna
• Callejon San Francisco, Universidad 169

[edit] Sleep

Chain hotels and moderate hotels are mostly located in the "Zona Hotelera", just outside the city, on the highway near the bus station. Inexpensive independent hotels are mostly downtown. The only luxury hotel in town is the Westin.

• Westin San Luis Potosi
• Hotel Real Plaza
• Hotel Filher
• Hotel del Rio
• Fiesta Inn
• Hotel Real de Minas
• Hotel Maria Dolores
• Country Inn
• CityExpress

[edit] Talk

A conversational understanding of Spanish will aid you greatly during your visit, as few SLP citizens will fluently speak English. Indeed, it is a very chic city for learning the Spanish language without being distracted by the English of tourists. hola

[edit] Get out

• Real de Catorce