An excellent guide truly brings a destination to life, providing unique personal and cultural insights. We provide this matchmaking for our travelers as well as for ourselves. Meet Alberto, a historian native to Puebla and our curator for these next few days.
We start our exploration with the 16th century church of San Francisco, also known as the “Church of the Five Wounds.” In all, Puebla has more than 70 churches and 2,000 historical buildings! The city’s importance was due to its location, a central trading post between key cities on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Puebla facilitated the transfer of goods from Asia to Europe and vice versa.
Next, we amble through the beautiful garden of San Francisco, adjacent to Puebla’s large convention center. Once in town, we are immersed in colonial architecture, featuring beautiful Talavera tile work. Puebla is the home of Talavera pottery. We will share more about this art of pottery when we visit one of the most renowned factories tomorrow.
The “House of Culture” features an informative exhibit about the city, but is most visited for Biblioteca Palafoxiana, the oldest library in the Americas, founded in 1646. We conclude our touring with Puebla’s iconic cathedral and bustling main square. What an incredible day!
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Kareem George is the Founder and Principal of Culture Traveler, LLC, a boutique luxury travel company focused on unique experiences centered around arts, culture and cuisine. A lifelong traveler, Mr. George has visited more than 68 countries and all seven continents. Culture Traveler designs inspired itineraries ranging from African safaris to gastronomic tours of France/Spain to cultural immersions in Central and South America. The company also specializes in luxury ocean and river cruises, yacht charters and villa rentals, as well as exclusive journeys by private jet. Mr. George holds the designations of Certified Travel Associate (The Travel Institute), Signature Travel Expert Select (South Africa and Germany) and is an Abercrombie & Kent Africa Specialist (graduate of the inaugural class). He is also a member of the Oasis Travel Network, an ASTA (American Society of Travel Advisors) National Director At-Large, and is often engaged to provide insight for national media as well ...
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