"Patzcuaro, Michoacan" Pátzcuaro by makai

When you first arrive in Patzcuaro you notice that there are large, mature pine trees everywhere with their bases painted white presumably for the benefit of night traffic. This immediately sets the mood for the town with calming and cooling effect. Among Patzcuaro's advantages are:

It is a relatively small city of about 40,000 people.

There is a large lake of the same name with islands you can boat to.

At 7200 feet altitude it is delightfully cool here even walking in the sun.

There is not one but two plazas with sidewalk restaurants in the portals.

It has some of the best preserved colonial architecture in all of Mexico.
There are a multitude of daytrips you can take to archaeologic, craft producing, and other leisure locations.

Tourism has not overtaken things and prices are reasonable.

see: <a href='http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rmeyer/mich/patz.htm'>http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rmeyer/mich/patz.htm</a>