While in only its 7th year, the Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival is quickly becoming a must- do for lovers of music and Mexico.

Ignacio Allende’s birthday is January 21st. Allende is a national hero of Mexico and many places and streets including San Miguel de Allende were named for him.

On January 6th Rosca de Reyes is a sweet bread traditionally served during family gatherings.

In the year 1531, ten years after the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores to Mexico, a miraculous event occurred at the Hill of Tepeyac, the worship site of the Aztec Goddess Tonantzin, when a Noble Woman from the heavens appeared to the Aztec Juan Diego.

What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
Day of the Dead is the holiday that most reflects the culture of Mexico.  In the pre-Hispanic Mexican culture, life/death is viewed as a single reality, and all of life is engaged in the perpetual process of creation and destruction.  Like people everywhere, Mexicans fear death, [...]