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View to the South
Land for Sale
View to the North, Day and Evening

south view of land

 
Location:  The city of Guanajuato, Mexico

Price: $79,809.00 USD or best offer .

Size: .95 acres or 3, 724.42 square meters

For sale by owner, Anita Rodriguez.  anitarodriguez@yahoo.com or dial direct from the US:  011 52 473 73 4 17 99
view to the north
view to the north, evening
     

 

  
In the site map below the arrow points toward the city

This property is located on the southeast limits of Guanajuato, a city that rivals Venice in beauty yet is still largely undiscovered.  Spectacular views of the city sweep away to the north and an open hillside rises to the south, insuring both privacy and quiet.  It is a 15-minute walk to the heart of downtown. Since the property is bordered by the Panoramica (the highway that surrounds the city) there is direct access to all major highways without the bother of driving through the city. It is a 20-minute drive to the international airport.  The neighborhood is comprised of middle and upper class residences on large lots.  Utilities are a few feet across the highway and include, telephone, electricity, hi-speed Internet hook-up, city water, and drainage.

Designated as an ecological zone, this property is protected from over-saturation.  Construction is therefore permitted on only 80% of the surface, leaving 20% for gardens, patios, driveways and open spaces. 

the land
     
  Topography and Vegetation  
       
The left image gives an idea of the composition and incline of ground grade. Guanajuato was built in a steep bowl because this is where the silver was. The eccentric topography is one of the things that makes this remarkable city so architecturally unique. This land slants steeply toward the north, northwest.
Only parts of the downtown area are level, everything else rises toward the edge of the bowl. There is no flat land in Guanajuato, and local architects and stone masons are expert in building on the steep hillsides and manipulating levels with great effect.  However, due to the shape and topography of this particular property, one could build a one-level house with a long northeast-southwest axis.
       
       
  About the City  
       
Guanajuato is located in the exact center of the country, about 5 hours drive north of Mexico City.  The population is about 80,000, the altitude is 7,000 feet above sea level, and the climate is most like San Diego, California - which is to say - just about perfect.

Guanajuato is the ideal home base from which to explore Mexico, as all the best colonial cities are within short trip distance, many only a day's drive away. 		The beauty of this city cannot be overstated.  The incredible abundance that poured from her mines was so tremendous that it changed world history and helped engender the industrial revolution in Europe. 
            Guanjuatenses lavished their wealth on architecture, and created one of the world's most unique cities. 
       

This carved limestone window a detail from La Basilica, the main templo of the city.

            Declared a national monument in 1973, and made one of 611 World Heritage sites by the UN in 1988, the architecture of the city is named priceless and irreplaceable.  Guanajuato is protected by some of the tightest regulations in the world meaning the city will always remain beautiful.

            There are wonderful surprises around every corner, even underfoot where another city lies buried.  There are medieval underground tunnels that carry traffic across the city and transport your imagination into the past. 

Eighty percent of the streets, called callejones, are too narrow to admit cars. They wind up and down the steep hillsides, past quirkily charming houses, cascades of bougainvillea, tiers of lacy wrought-iron balconies, intricately carved doors, arrangements of wildly abundant flowers and Talavera tile.
       
Some of Guanajuato's churches, called templos, are among the most beautiful in the world.  Such as La Valenciana, with her gold-leaf Churregueresco altar screens, or La Cata, or La Compania, with their carved limestone facades, to mention only a few.   This is the facade of San Diego, located in the charming Plaza Union. Perhaps one of the most charming things about Guanajuato are her plazas. A plaza is an architectural space dedicated to gracious living for which there is no real equivalent in the US.   A truly living plaza satisfies a wide range of human needs. It has private and public space at the same time, it is beautiful and relaxing, safe, entertaining, there are always things to eat, flowers, newspapers, usually a ountain, Mariachis for hire, trinkets to buy, people of all ages to watch, pigeons for the kids to chase, and you can stay as long as you want.  This is the Plaza de San Fernando.
       
                         A recent grant from the UN has made the downtown comfortable and accessible to persons of all ages and abilities, and there is a special police force trained to assist tourists and excellently prepared, bilingual guides.  Taxis are cheap, and the city is one of the safest in not only Mexico but north America - precisely because the streets and plazas are filled with family life until late at night.  This is the Plaza de la Reforma  
       

Things to Do in Guanajuato

The still-thriving flavor of the 17th century offers a delightful environment for those who enjoy classic arts and culture.  The symphony has regular concerts. There has been a university here for 300 years, fostering a rich intellectual climate. CINAT is one of the most respected schools of mathematics in Latin America, and there is an equally famous annual film festival.  A tightly packed local calendar of events includes a weekly symphony, an international book fair and frequent lectures and art exhibits. 

       
Of particular note is the month long Cervantino Festival in October, one of the most important cultural events in the Republic.  Performing artists from around the world come to share their dance, visual art, music and opera, filling the streets and many theatres with tourists from all countries and walks of life. The entire year is thickly peppered with local traditional holidays, fiestas, religious processions, ceremonies and celebrations. Nightly minstrels stroll through the streets in medieval costume, singing and offering wine to passers by and leading romantic tours into the callejones by the light of antique street lamps.  Even government offices participate in Guanajuatense traditions and every individual barrio has it own saints day and fiesta.