Guidebook for San Cristóbal de las Casas

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Guidebook for San Cristóbal de las Casas

Food Scene

Away from the busy Guadeloupe walkway, only 2 blocks from the centre. Best cafe in San Cristobal! Great coffee and food in a relaxed Colonial house with garden.
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Frontera Artisan Food and Coffee
35 Belisario Domínguez
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Away from the busy Guadeloupe walkway, only 2 blocks from the centre. Best cafe in San Cristobal! Great coffee and food in a relaxed Colonial house with garden.
Busy Contemporary Restaurant with live music in the evenings, so busy at night that you might have to wait for a seat, but they have chairs for waiting outside. Asian , European selections and friendly staff.
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Cocoliche
3-a Real de Guadalupe
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Busy Contemporary Restaurant with live music in the evenings, so busy at night that you might have to wait for a seat, but they have chairs for waiting outside. Asian , European selections and friendly staff.
Great Korean/Oriental Fusion food restaurant and Coffee house.
Teddy's
1a Belisario Domínguez
Great Korean/Oriental Fusion food restaurant and Coffee house.
Small cosy restaurant on Guadeloupe which serves tasty Pizzas, Empanadas, Pastas, Hamburgers...also wines and beers. Argentinian run for many years. Very popular.
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Pachamama
63 Real de Guadalupe
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Small cosy restaurant on Guadeloupe which serves tasty Pizzas, Empanadas, Pastas, Hamburgers...also wines and beers. Argentinian run for many years. Very popular.
Large Courtyard Restaurant with large menu of mostly Mexican food with some European dishes, supporting Zapatista Handmade textile stores surrounding the restaurant.
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TierrAdentro
24B Real de Guadalupe
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Large Courtyard Restaurant with large menu of mostly Mexican food with some European dishes, supporting Zapatista Handmade textile stores surrounding the restaurant.
Traditional Thai dishes with Mexican variants. Located inside Esquina San Agustín complex.
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BANGCOOK
6 Cuauhtémoc
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Traditional Thai dishes with Mexican variants. Located inside Esquina San Agustín complex.
Excellent restaraunt with mostly Mexican dishes located in a beautiful gardened courtyard.
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Santo Nahual
3 Miguel Hidalgo
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Excellent restaraunt with mostly Mexican dishes located in a beautiful gardened courtyard.
Good steak restaurant inside Esquina San Agustin complex.
Mercado de Carne Parrilla
Miguel Hidalgo
Good steak restaurant inside Esquina San Agustin complex.
Traditinoal Peruvian dishes, with a Mexican twist. Located inside Esquina San Agustín complex.
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Peruano Cevicheria y Cocina peruana
4 Miguel Hidalgo
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Traditinoal Peruvian dishes, with a Mexican twist. Located inside Esquina San Agustín complex.
Excellent Bakery/ Cafe/ Restaurant.
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Restaurante Madre Tierra
19 Av Insurgentes
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Excellent Bakery/ Cafe/ Restaurant.
Great affordable Thai food by a Thai Chef. Check opening times/days on their facebook page.
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Comida Thai
22 A Periodista Isauro Rossete
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Great affordable Thai food by a Thai Chef. Check opening times/days on their facebook page.
Excellent Falafels.
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Falafel 100% Vegetariano
88A Real de Guadalupe
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Excellent Falafels.
Vegan / Vegetarian Restaurant with great burgers.
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Te Quiero Verde
5b C. Niños Heroes
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Vegan / Vegetarian Restaurant with great burgers.
Upmarket Italian Restaurant with freshly made Italian Pastas and range of Italian specialties.
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Restaurante Trattoria Italiana
10 Dr. Navarro
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Upmarket Italian Restaurant with freshly made Italian Pastas and range of Italian specialties.
Excellent small French Bakery
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Magic Oven
7 Gral. M. Utrilla
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Excellent small French Bakery
Restaurant with a connected sit round bar and outdoor seating onto the andador Miguel Hidalgo. Located in Plaza San Agustin Excellent cuisine
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Café Bar 500 Noches San Cristóbal
6D Miguel Hidalgo
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Restaurant with a connected sit round bar and outdoor seating onto the andador Miguel Hidalgo. Located in Plaza San Agustin Excellent cuisine

Arts & Culture

'House of the Jaguar" was the home of archeologist Frans Blom and his wife, Gertrude Duby Blom, the documentary photographer, journalist, environmental pioneer, and jungle adventurer. Only 2 blocks from the house with beautiful garden in colonial house with hotel and restaurant.
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Casa Na Bolom
33 Av. Vicente Guerrero
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'House of the Jaguar" was the home of archeologist Frans Blom and his wife, Gertrude Duby Blom, the documentary photographer, journalist, environmental pioneer, and jungle adventurer. Only 2 blocks from the house with beautiful garden in colonial house with hotel and restaurant.
Set in colonial house with garden courtyard which has stores with local artisans from a working loom, small garden, art gallery, ironwork.
Casa de la Cultura del Centro Cultural del Carmen
Sn Hermanos Domínguez
Set in colonial house with garden courtyard which has stores with local artisans from a working loom, small garden, art gallery, ironwork.
Restaurant/Bar that also has small Cinema rooms with a changing directory of mostly Zapatista movement documentaries and independent films.
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Kinoki
5A Benito Juárez
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Restaurant/Bar that also has small Cinema rooms with a changing directory of mostly Zapatista movement documentaries and independent films.
Museum of Textiles located northern end of Artisenal market.
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Archivio tessile maya
s/n Av 20 de Noviembre
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Museum of Textiles located northern end of Artisenal market.
Museo del Cacao Kakaw e Cioccolateria Culturale
14 16 de Septiembre
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Museo del Giada Mesoamericano
43C 16 de Septiembre
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Museo del Ámbar
S/N Calle Diego de Mazariegos
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Small and run down museum, however interesting. They have ran out of money after fighting and winning a court case against a pharmaceutical company over use of their medicinal plants and remedies.
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Mayan Medicine Museum
10 Cda. Salomón González Blanco
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Small and run down museum, however interesting. They have ran out of money after fighting and winning a court case against a pharmaceutical company over use of their medicinal plants and remedies.
Another beautiful colonial building with changing local Art installations in the centre. Free entrance.
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La Ensenanza Casa de la Ciudad
13 Belisario Domínguez
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Another beautiful colonial building with changing local Art installations in the centre. Free entrance.
A fair-trade store that sells products made by Zapatista communities.
Nemi Zapata
57 Profa. María Adelina Flores
A fair-trade store that sells products made by Zapatista communities.

Parks & Nature

Half hour walk from the centre past San Nicholas on the other side of the Periferico, follow the creek up a dirt road to a park.
La Canasta
La Canasta
Half hour walk from the centre past San Nicholas on the other side of the Periferico, follow the creek up a dirt road to a park.
Large garden established in 1994 to rescue principally Orchids and Bromeliads, secondarily other epiphytes for protection. http://www.orchidsmexico.com/index.php?title=home Also has an optional trail up the mountain behind the gardens, Orchids usually bloom in Spring/Summer. Check website for opening times/days. Paid entry.
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Orquídeas Moxviquil: Giardino Botanico
4 Perif. Nte.
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Large garden established in 1994 to rescue principally Orchids and Bromeliads, secondarily other epiphytes for protection. http://www.orchidsmexico.com/index.php?title=home Also has an optional trail up the mountain behind the gardens, Orchids usually bloom in Spring/Summer. Check website for opening times/days. Paid entry.
Caves with safe walking path through to see stalagmites/tites...20 minute drive outside of San Cristobal, or take a walking or bike tour.
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Grotte di Rancho Nuevo
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Caves with safe walking path through to see stalagmites/tites...20 minute drive outside of San Cristobal, or take a walking or bike tour.
Hire a bike, or take a guided walking or bike tour, I can reserve these for you with Jaguar AdvenTours. Or you can get a colectivo from the market area. Zip lines, basic mexican food available on weekends.
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Parco Ecoturistico El Arcotete
N Del Arcotete
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Hire a bike, or take a guided walking or bike tour, I can reserve these for you with Jaguar AdvenTours. Or you can get a colectivo from the market area. Zip lines, basic mexican food available on weekends.
An easy one hour steep walk up the mountain to view many orchids growing high in the trees. To arrive get a colectivo to either Zinacantan or San Juan Chamula, and ask to get off at the Reserva de Huitepec entrada.
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Reserva Huitepec
km 3.5 Puerto Caté - San Cristóbal de Las Casas
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An easy one hour steep walk up the mountain to view many orchids growing high in the trees. To arrive get a colectivo to either Zinacantan or San Juan Chamula, and ask to get off at the Reserva de Huitepec entrada.
Walking past San Nicolás up a dirt road through nature, a trail leads onto Las Canastas, just follow the small picturesque river to an open park across the road from the bridge.
Rancho San Nicolas
Walking past San Nicolás up a dirt road through nature, a trail leads onto Las Canastas, just follow the small picturesque river to an open park across the road from the bridge.

Essentials

Take a collective or a taxi out for a large supermarket.
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CHEDRAUI SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS SAN ROMAN
50 Diagonal Hermanos Paniagua
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Take a collective or a taxi out for a large supermarket.
Everything dairy
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Lacteos Maya
4a Av Diego Dugelay
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Everything dairy
Large supermarket on the outskirts of town.Take a taxi to get there.
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Soriana Híper - San Cristobal De Las Casas
S/N Boluevard Juan Sabines
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Large supermarket on the outskirts of town.Take a taxi to get there.
Either side of Real de Guadeloupe are vegetable shops, Lactose de Maya for all Dairy products, Homeopathic store, Cafe Libre, Organic shops
Avenida Diego Dugelay
Avenida Diego Dugelay
Either side of Real de Guadeloupe are vegetable shops, Lactose de Maya for all Dairy products, Homeopathic store, Cafe Libre, Organic shops
Organic Market - Only open Saturdays & Wednesdays 10am - 3pm.
Tianguis Agroecologico de Comida Sana y cercana
32 16 de Septiembre
Organic Market - Only open Saturdays & Wednesdays 10am - 3pm.
Organic Food store, Restaurant & Shop upstairs.
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La Casa Del Pan, Panadería, Tienda y Restaurante Vegano y Vegetariano
55 Real de Guadalupe
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Organic Food store, Restaurant & Shop upstairs.

Drinks & Nightlife

Local and travelling Musicans and Artists with occasional Theatre and Live Music after 10pm. For a younger crowd.
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EL PALIACATE Espacio Cultural
20 5 de Mayo
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Local and travelling Musicans and Artists with occasional Theatre and Live Music after 10pm. For a younger crowd.
Great wines and tapas. Sometimes a guest singer in the evenings.
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El Cau Vinos y Tapas
57 Real de Guadalupe
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Great wines and tapas. Sometimes a guest singer in the evenings.
Intimate Jazz Club, nightly music.
Bebop Club
6B Prol. 1o. de Marzo
Intimate Jazz Club, nightly music.
Busy cafe/bar with nightly live music.
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Café Bar Revolución
Prolongación 1o. de Marzo
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Busy cafe/bar with nightly live music.
Very busy cosy wine bar, you need to arrive early to get a seat outside facing Guadeloupe to people watch or listen to passing musicians. Great wine list and artisanal beers and tapas with each glass of wine.
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La Viña de Bacco
7 Real de Guadalupe
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Very busy cosy wine bar, you need to arrive early to get a seat outside facing Guadeloupe to people watch or listen to passing musicians. Great wine list and artisanal beers and tapas with each glass of wine.

Sightseeing

Famous Church at the top of Real de Guadeloupe, has amazing views over San Cristobal, better for photos early morning or sunset.
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Chiesa di Guadalupe
Cumbre Guadalupe
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Famous Church at the top of Real de Guadeloupe, has amazing views over San Cristobal, better for photos early morning or sunset.

Shopping

Upmarket Locally produced Textile store. Located inside Esquina San Agustín complex.
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Boutique El Camino de los Altos
6 Miguel Hidalgo
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Upmarket Locally produced Textile store. Located inside Esquina San Agustín complex.