Parras de la Fuente
Parras de la Fuente is a city in Coahuila. The town is known for its wine. It was the first wine growing region in the Americas. The town is a Pueblo Mágico, designated in 2004. Parras is called the oasis of the semi-desert of Coahuila state.
Understand
The town has 45,000 inhabitants and the elevation is 1,500 m.
Get in
There are two bus stations in the town:
- 🌍 Central de Autobuses Saltillo-Parras
Second class buses serve Parras from Saltillo and Monterrey.
- 🌍 Central de Autobuses Parras-Torreon
Coming from Cuatro Ciénegas you need to change the bus in San Pedro Las Colonias.
See
- 🌍 Church of the Santo Madero. It is located on an extinct volcano plug.
- 🌍 Museo de los Monos. Monkey museum
- 🌍 Museo Morón de Arte. Museum of cave paintings and contemporary art.
- 🌍 Presidencia Municipal. A replica of the State's Government Palace in Saltillo.
- 🌍 San Ignacio De Loyola church.
- 🌍 Arcos de La Hacienda. An aqueduct
- 🌍 Plaza Pueblo Mágico.
- 🌍 Monumento a los fundadores de Parras, 16 de Septiembre.
- 🌍 Casa de la Cultura.
- 🌍 Santuario De Guadalupe. A church.
- 🌍 Plaza del Reloj.
- 🌍 Plaza del Beso.
- 🌍 Cueva de los Murciélagos. Bat cave
Buy
There are ATMs in Parras. For example a 🌍 Banco Azteca ATM in the elektra store. And there is said to be a Banorte ATM in the center.
Popular wine stores stores are:
Eat
Typical foods are:
- Asado de puerco (roasted pork)
- mole
- tamales de puerco y pollo (Chicken and pork tamales)
- barbacoa (barbecue)
- cabrito.
Sweets with walnuts, figs, grapes, pine nuts and cajetas are also made here.
Budget
- 🌍 Gorditas Rocio.
Drink
Table wines and grape liqueurs are made in Parras.
Vineyards (Viñedos)
- 🌍 Casa Madero.
Located in the Hacienda San Lorenzo and founded in 1597. Also has a wine museum.
Wines: Casa Grande Gran Reserva, Casa Madero Reserva, Jóvenes
- 🌍 Rivero González.
Wines: Rivero González, Scielo
- Don Leo
The vineyard began its first planting in 2000.
Wines: Don Leo, Linde
Sleep
A few hotels can be reserved online, like on booking.com. Google Maps finds more hotels.
Camping & Glamping
In the nights of May to August it's 13⁰C on average. In the winter it goes down to around 5⁰C at night.
near the center:
- 🌍 Hotel La Marina.
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