Tula
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◈ Tula’s proximity to one of the country’s largest nature reserves makes it the perfect place to spend a few days enjoying its surroundings, admiring its many architectural treasures and handicrafts, and, why not, eating well.
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The day you try on a locally made leather jacket and sample tulteca enchiladas, you will wonder what you have been doing all your life without them.
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◆Visit Capilla del Rosario
◆Buy a traditional leather jacket.
◆Eat tulteca enchiladas.
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Walk through an ecological reserve that is also a World Heritage Site, devour tulteca enchiladas, and try on a fringed cuera tamaulipeca jacket.
❖ Reserva de
la Biosfera El Cielo
Touring the reserve is an experience for all the senses. Authorized guides can take you around.
This was the first officially decreed biosphere reserve in Mexico. Covering 558 square miles, it is the largest in the northeast of the country. The landscape was formed 65 million years ago, so it is not unusual to find fossils of marine life here. Filled with crystal-clear springs, it is home to many of the 650 butterfly species that inhabit northeastern Mexico. The UNESCO has declared it a World Heritage Site.
A tour will reveal marine life fossils; varied vegetation running from cactus to orchids, magnolias, oaks, and sweet gum trees; over 300 bird species, 60 reptile species, and more. In some spots you can kayak, rappel, hike, mountain bike, and take photo safaris and boat rides.
❖ Zona arqueológica
Tammapul
Still being studied, this archeological site holds many unrevealed mysteries.
The site is made up of three circular buildings connected by roads that are lined by what may to be remains of houses. It is still being studied, and many of its mysteries are yet to be uncovered.
❖ Iglesia de
San Antonio de Padua
Every June 13th, this church’s atrium draws a crowd for its Saint Anthony of Padua celebration.
This is another must-see spot. The baroque-style church is the state’s oldest, with its construction dating from the 18th century. It also features the clock the town is known for. The clock was donated by the wife of Don Porfirio Díaz, Carmen Romero Rubio, who was born here.
❖ Tour Los Charcos, Cerro Gordo, and La Verdolaga Estates
Unforgettable images will stay with you after visiting these former hacienda estates.
We guarantee you will get some good pictures here, as these former haciendas are set in the midst of enormous barrel and organ pipe cacti that can reach 20 feet tall. You are sure to take memorable scenes away with you.
❖Rappel in Cañón El Salto
Head off to Palmillas, and get an adrenaline rush from this huge canyon.
El Salto canyon’s rock formations and crystal-clear pools are just right for canyoneering, geological observation, hiking, rappelling, and jumping into the stunning waterfall formed by the Guayalejo river.
❖Try the Enchiladas and Other Delicious Local Dishes
Get your mouth watering now: tulteca enchiladas made with colored tortillas, cheese, chorizo, lettuce, onion, tomato, peas, pequin peppers, and chicken; pumpkin seed pipián stew; edible Joshua tree flowers; gordas de horno cookies; anise-flavored arepita cookies; and tamales. All of these and more can be found in Las Parrillas, El Típico, La Misión, El Herradero, and Cafetería La Presidencia. And there is no shortage of dessert options: almond cheese candy, fig-leaf gourd, popcorn balls, and candied squash and sweet potatoes.
Pop into Cactu Nieves, an organic ice cream shop featuring exotic desert fruit. Try the garambullo berry, prickly pear, barrel cactus, spiny hackberry, pitaya, and mesquite flavors, on one side of Plaza de Armas.
❖Holy Week in El Contadero
Santuario del Contadero is set where municipalities of Tula and Ocampo meet. It is a small cave carved with an image of the Our Lady of Guadalupe. The image is venerated by locals and is the objective of pilgrims from the Huasteca Potosina and the Tamaulipeca regions who come during Holy Week. They come dedicating songs and litanies to her. At the base of the mountain where the sanctuary is located is a small makeshift town around the Agua de Callejones spring.
