Álamos
Good to know
- Best time to go
- November to March; late January for the Ortiz Tirado music festival
- Budget
- $$
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A silver-boom colonial town in southern Sonora where arcaded mansions and a stately plaza sit at the meeting point of desert and tropical deciduous forest. Carefully restored haciendas now operate as atmospheric inns, and the town hosts a respected international music festival each January.