Xilitla Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico
About Xilitla
While Xilitla (pronounced with a leading Spanish j sound) has been mentioned in 16th century Spanish documents and bears an indigenous name roughly meaning "place of snails", it would likely be just another delightful yet forgettable mountain town in the interior of Mexico if not for one eccentric wealthy British artist, who got inspired by the local environment to put his surrealist art into practice. He was initially drawn here to build an orchid garden, but a particularly fierce winter killed 15,000 plants, convinced him to instead build something more permanent: a bizarre mixture of sculptures and garden which manages at the same time to integrate itself into the semi-artificial nature and be a parody on modern architecture. Few places outside the Washington D.C.metro have ever made "n
Top Attractions in Xilitla
Explore the best things to see and do in Xilitla:
- ★Edward James' sculpture garden
- ★Ex Convento San Agustin
- ★Museo Leonora Carrington
Where to Eat in Xilitla
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Ambar El Lugar De Dona
- 🍴Destino Ligero
- 🍴La Cabañita, cocina huasteca
- 🍴Plutarcos Restaurante
- 🍴Querreque
- 🍴Reastaurante Cayo's
Where to Stay in Xilitla
- 🏨Camino Surreal
- 🏨Casa Verde Hostal
- 🏨Hotel Dolores
- 🏨Sukha Hostel Xilitla
Xilitla Travel Guide Sections
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