Guanajuato city’s bar scene has a vibe to please everyone

Like a good dive bar? Sipping cocktails at sunset? The city’s nightlife has just the bar — and a view — to suit you

Published November 15, 2022

Home of the Cervantino festival, the city where insurgents turned the tide of the Mexican Revolution and once the silver capital of the Americas, Guanajuato city has a lot of charm and a lot of history to offer visitors. But of late, it’s becoming more than just a quaint, historical day trip. With upscale boutique hotels and high-end dining and drinking, the town is attracting more and more of those moneyed tourists that their mayor clamored for back in 2018.

That said, this is still a college town at heart, and if dark and divey is your vibe, you can find plenty of possibilities for philosophy discussions and old-school rock-and-roll here as well. Here’s a list of some great new (and some classic) bars for a night out in the state’s most up-and-coming dining and drinking scene.

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