Day Trips | Weekend Trips

Getting around the area of Morelia and Michoacán is simple. The locals are friendly and more than willing to help you plan out day trips. Buses are available for low prices and taxis are also available to take you outside of the city. Below are suggestions of great adventures you can take from Casa Rosa.

Day Trips

Pátzcuaro
Located just 43 miles south of Morelia, the most picturesque city of Michoacán is Pátzcuaro, a place dating from Pre-hispanic time where there are buildings and vestiges from the 16th to the 19th century.
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Tzintzuntzan
This village with the singing name that means “where the butterflies are” was once the capital of the great Purepecha empire and the site of the first cathedral, though that was later moved to Patzcuaro.

It specializes in pottery with a creamy white glaze decorated with simple line drawings in black. The drawings, often crudely done but always charming, reflect the major local industry and show fish, boats or fishermen wielding the graceful butterfly nets that have become the trademark of Lake Patzcuaro.

Santuario de Mariposas el Rosario
This is a monarch sanctuary where over 100 million butterflies migrate from the US and Canada. The sanctuary is located 115 km (71 MI) east of Morelia. You can make tour arrangements through several agencies, some hotels, or ask Fernando & Wilber to be your hosts.
www.planetark.com
www.wwf.org.mx
www.ccu.umich.mx
www.depatadeperro.com

Capula
A small town famous for its clay handcrafts, Capula’s artisans are ceramicists. The subject of the ceramics is often fish but the execution is far more sophisticated. Against a warm brown background, usually with a scrolled border of bright blue or green, very lifelike fish swim vigourously. The whole central motif is then stippled with thousands of tiny dots in a creamy beige much like a pointillist painting.

The Nilaya Center
A relaxing and spiritual 'center of transformation' located in the foothills about an hour from Morelia, The Nilaya Center offers day or weekend retreats complete with massages, spiritual counseling, workshops and nutrition and detoxification treatments.
www.nilayacentre.com

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Weekend Trips

Mexico City
Morelia is located 195 miles northwest of Mexico City and 228 miles southeast of Guadalajara.

Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital, Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which have been identified, a cathedral (the largest on the continent) and some fine 19th- and 20th-century public buildings such as the Palacio de las Bellas Artes.

Xochimilco
This ancient Aztec site lies 28 km south of Mexico City. With its network of canals and artificial islands, it testifies to the efforts of the Aztec people to build a habitat in the midst of an unfavourable environment. Its characteristic urban and rural structures, built since the 16th century and during the colonial period; have been preserved in an exceptional manner.

Spend the day on the canals with boat rides which are absolutely riotous complete with beer, live music, food, and shopping.
Historic Center of Mexico City and Xochimilco

Acapulco
A seaport located in the southern state of Guerrero on the pacific coast, this beautiful resort is approximately 260 miles (420 km) from Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. The city of Acapulco boasts an enchanting blue bay. The Sierra Madre Del Sur Mountains tower over three sides of Acapulco Bay.
www.acapulco.com

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Morelia Office of Tourism
Morelia's Online directory & Office of Tourism.
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Travel in Mexico
A great site with information to any location in Mexico.
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Teotihuacan : The City of Gods
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Adventure Travel Institute
Offering Spanish courses in Lake Tahoe, CA and a variety of unique language, cultural, and adventure travel experiences throughout Mexico.
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