Celaya
Celaya is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state.
Celaya is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The municipality for which the city serves as municipal seat, had a population of 415,869. The city is located in the geographic center of the municipality, which has an areal extent of 553.1 km2 (213.6 sq mi) and includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are San Miguel Octopan, Rincón de Tamayo and San Juan de la Vega.
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Worth seeing in and around Celaya
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Celaya
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral, also Celaya Cathedral, is the main Catholic building in the city of Celaya in Mexico, occupying at present what was the space of a chapel annexed to the Temple of St. Francis.
100 m · church building in Celaya, Mexico · Wikipedia - 02Monumental Stadium football Miguel Aleman Valdes
The Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés is a multi-use stadium in Celaya, Guanajuato. Mexico.
1.6 km · multi-use stadium in Celaya. Mexico · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Temple of the Virgen del Carmen. Built from 1802 to 1807 (neoclassical architectural construction). Municipal Pantheon and Museum of Mummies of Celaya. The Municipal Pantheon was the first civil cemetery in Celaya, it is one of the most important necropolises in the State; Inaugurated in the 19th century, the funerary architecture of this pantheon stands out for its diversity, and the set offers a sense of orderly…
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Things to do
Xochipilli Park. The metropolitan park of Celaya. Parque Malecón Bicentenario Celaya. A boardwalk on the bank of the Laja river. Christmas Fair. Celaya's regional Christmas fair is held each year from December 17 to January 4 in the old "Celanese Mexicana" factory at the exit to Salvatierra to the south of the urban area. Club Celaya (football/soccer), Miguel Alemán Valdés Stadium. A team of the Liga de Ascenso.
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Where to eat
Celaya is known for its cajeta, a typical sweet made in an artisanal way. It is prepared with goat's milk in copper saucepans. There is a great variety of flavors: envinada, pine nut, vanilla, burnt, walnut, among others.
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Getting to Celaya
- Airports
- Querétaro Intercontinental (QRO), 66 km · General Francisco J. Mujica (MLM), 78 km · Guanajuato (BJX), 87 km
- Stations
- Captain Rogelio Castillo National Airport, 8.2 km
- Querétaro → Celaya102 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · MX$110–145
- Morelia → Celaya99 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · MX$125–165
- Silao → CelayaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Celaya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Celaya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Celaya
Celaya is 45 km from Santiago de Querétaro, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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