San Luis Potosí is a landlocked state in north-central Mexico spanning two dramatically different worlds: a high, dry altiplano around its colonial capital and the ghost town of Real de Catorce in the west, and the lush, waterfall-filled Huasteca Potosina rainforest in the east. The capital, San Luis Potosí de Gonzalez, is a former silver-mining boomtown whose historic center forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Camino Real de Tierra Adentro route, while the Huasteca region draws travelers to turquoise rivers, the surrealist gardens of Las Pozas in Xilitla, and the sacred desert of Wirikuta.
Luxury hotels
Five-star and palace properties.
Hotel Museo Palacio de San Agustin
A restored 17th-century palazzo in Centro Historico combining a boutique hotel, an in-house museum, and an intimate spa, with individually decorated suites and balconies over the colonial streets.
Hotel Spa Taninul
A jungle-set resort built around natural sulfur hot springs inside the Sierra del Abra Tanchipa reserve near Ciudad Valles, with pools fed directly by the thermal source.
Hotel Boutique Meson de la Abundancia
A restored former customs house in the pedestrian-only ghost town of Real de Catorce, with a central stone courtyard, fireplace lounge, and rustic-colonial rooms.
Fine dining
Michelin-starred and chef-driven restaurants.
La Oruga y La Cebra
A locally celebrated fine-dining restaurant in a converted colonial house in Centro Historico, pairing Potosino ingredients such as nopal, cabrito, and Altiplano produce with contemporary technique.
El Meson Del Alacran
A refined regional-cuisine restaurant inside a restored colonial mansion, serving enchiladas potosinas and cabrito al horno in an elegant courtyard setting.
Restaurante Real de Minas
A high-desert dining room in Real de Catorce focused on regional goat and nopal dishes served near a wood fire, popular with pilgrims and travelers after cold mountain evenings.