Visit Morelia

A cobbled old town on Banderas Bay, humpback whales in winter and the Malecon at sunset.

The Arch at Land's End where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez, sport fishing and whale sharks.

Silver-mining city of candy-coloured houses stacked up a ravine, with streets in tunnels and student minstrels serenading the alleys.

Cobbled colonial town of pink Gothic church spires and rooftop bars, repeatedly voted the best small city in the world.

Talavera tiles, 70 churches, mole poblano and the Popocatepetl volcano on the horizon.

A colonial centre of pink stone and an 18th-century aqueduct of 74 arches, the safest big city in Mexico.

A silver-mining city of pink cantera stone with a cable car over the centre and a mine to walk through.

A pastel walled city built against pirates, the quietest colonial capital in the Yucatan.