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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Xilitla

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Xilitla, Mexico

Updated October 26, 2021

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Las Pozas

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Las Pozas

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

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Leonora Carrington Museum

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.
Hallway of the hotel.

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Posada el Castillo

The former home of surrealist Edward James, who gave Xilitla its main attraction.
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Rappelling into the cave

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Sótano de las Golondrinas (Cave of Swallows)

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.
16 miles from Xilitla
"El Huracán de la Sierra" (Hurricane of the Sierra)

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"El Huracán de la Sierra" (Hurricane of the Sierra)

This truck is celebrated as part of the "miracle" that connected this town to the rest of Mexico.
19 miles from Xilitla
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