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"San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Travel Guide\nExplore the beautiful colonial Mexican city, a must-see design destination, alongside Andrew Fisher and Jeffry Weisman\nROSEWOOD SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE\n\n\"The nice thing about the Rosewood, which is only a year and a half old, is that all the rooms are suites,\" Jeffry Weisman says. \"And since it's on the edge of the historic district\u2014about a five-minute walk from the center of town\u2014it's also really quiet. It has a big pool, a huge spa, and a great gym. Luna, the rooftop bar, has spectacular views and excellent tapas.\" 11 Nemesio D\u00EDez; 011-52-415-152-9700; rosewoodhotels.com\nHOTEL MATILDA\n\n\"I know this hotel quite well because we've been doing some work for them,\" Weisman explains. \"The building is sleek\u2014it's the only hotel in the historic center with a modern vibe. I love the spa: It's quiet and spacious, and the treatments are great. The restaurant, Moxi, serves haute Mexican cuisine that's light and sophisticated. Enrique Olvera, who also has Pujol in Mexico City, is considered one of the finest cooks in Mexico, and he serves the best preparation of octopus in the world: light, tender, and full of flavor.\" 53 Aldama; 011-52-415-152-1015; hotelmatilda.com\nTHE RESTAURANT\n\n\"The Restaurant is in a courtyard, so it has a beautiful outdoor setting,\" Weisman says. \"The chef, Donnie Masterton, grew up in Los Angeles\u2014his cooking is California cuisine with a Latin influence. Everyone goes there on Thursdays for burger night. They have eight special burgers, and all of them are outstanding.\" 16 Sollano; 011-52-415-154-7862; therestaurantsanmiguel.com\nCUMPANIO\n\n\"This spot is both a restaurant and a bakery,\" Weisman says. \"They have a tuna ciabatta\u2014a slab of raw tuna and tapenade on a thin roll\u2014that's my favorite lunch. The owner is Mexican of French descent, and his family were bakers in France, so he knows how to make a fantastic palmier.\" 29 Correo; 011-52-415-152-2984; cumpanio.com\nLA CALACA\n\n\"This shop has really interesting colonial Mexican ceramics\u2014plates, pitchers, jugs\u2014as well as religious artifacts, like reliquaries and crucifixes, and textiles,\" Weisman says. \"Many of the pieces are 19th century, but some are older. It's the best shop in town for Mexican antiques.\" 93 Mesones; 011-52-415-152-3954; lacalaca.com\nINSH'ALA\n\n\"Insh'ala is owned by a woman named Carol Romano who I knew in San Francisco 30 years ago,\" Weisman notes. \"She has a fantastic eye. We bought the best Moroccan carpet in our house there, as well as the mirrors in the master bedroom, some beautiful inlaid-bone boxes, and candlesticks. It's one of the most fun places to shop.\" 30 Aldama; 011-52-415-152-8355; inshalaimports.com\nCAMINO SILVESTRE\n\n\"Camino Silvestre started by selling bird feeders, and they've got two shops now,\" Weisman explains. \"Their new place, Camino Silvestre Casa on Correo, has a lot of home furnishings\u2014dining tables and chairs, dishes, chandeliers, jewelry, accessories\u2014mostly produced by local artisans.\" 46 Zacateros and 43 Correo; 011-52-415-122-3157; caminosilvestre.com\nRECREO SAN MIGUEL\n\n\"This place has really chic serapes and ponchos,\" Weisman says. \"I hate those words because they sound so not chic, but these are really stylish.\" 26 Recreo; 011-52-415-154-4820; recreosanmiguel.com\n__SOLLANO 16\n\n__\n\n\"This shop has a mix of imported and Mexican pieces: They have Astier de Villate dishes from France and Simon Pearce glass from Vermont, but they also have Mexican art, glassware, and chic artisan jewelry,\" Weisman says. \"I've made some great discoveries there: glass from Nouvel Studio in Naucalpan, and lighting and accessories from Stray Dog Designs, who are based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The shop also has choice Spanish colonial furniture and African artifacts.\" 16 D\u00EDez de Sollano; 011-52-415-154-8872; sollano16.com\nMIXTA\n\n\"First off, it's interesting to see the rooms the shop is in, because it's an old house with beautiful frescoed walls,\" Weisman notes. \"There's a fun assortment of gift items\u2014clothing, textiles, and housewares. They sell handwoven cotton shawls and table runners that come in incredible colors. I bought some as gifts, but I couldn't bear to give them away.\" 3 Pila Seca; 011-52-415-152-7343; mixtasanmiguel.com\n__F\u00C1BRICA LA AURORA\n\n__\n\n\"This is a former muslin factory that's now filled with shops and galleries,\" Weisman explains. \"For new decorative items, I like La Bottega di Casa (seen here) and Rachel Horn. For antiques, Cantadora is one of the better shops in town. For some reason, it's very hard to find old furniture in Mexico, but they consistently have a supply of rustic Mexican antiques, many 18th-century pieces, like farm tables, chairs, glassware, and pottery. The other day I was there and saw a beautiful studded leather trunk. None of it is fancy, but it's all full of character.\" Calzada de la Aurora; 011-52-415-152-1312; fabricalaaurora.com\nLA PARROQUIA DE SAN MIGUEL ARC\u00C1NGEL\n\n\"This is the main church in the Jard\u00EDn, the town's central square,\" Weisman says. \"The architect [of the fa\u00E7ade, the self-taught Zeferino Guti\u00E9rrez] fell in love with Gothic bell towers, and the church itself looks like the top of one\u2014on steroids, with a bit of Gaud\u00ED thrown in. It's the craziest-looking church in the world, but the interiors have an almost Empire-style elegance to them.\"\nCENTRO CULTURAL IGNACIO RAM\u00CDREZ \"EL NIGROMANTE\" (BELLAS ARTES)\n\n\"The building, a former convent built in the 18th century, was recently restored, and it's spectacular,\" Weisman says. \"It features a little gallery with works by Rufino Tamayo and other interesting Mexican artists, and an intriguingly modern room entirely frescoed by David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1940s. Only about half of the center is open because they're just finishing the restoration, but we still take all our guests there.\" 75 Dr. Hern\u00E1ndez Mac\u00EDas; 011-52-415-152-0289; elnigromante.bellasartes.gob.mx\nEL CHARCO DEL INGENIO\n\n\"This botanical garden has a spectacular succulent collection,\" says Weisman. \"Particularly in the fall and early winter\u2014rainy season is in the summer in San Miguel\u2014it's just incredible to walk through. Then there's the big reservoir with a beautiful stone dam that feeds into an iron aqueduct. If you go there in the rainy season, it's quite beautiful seeing all the water, which flows down through a canyon as well, and there are paths to hike on.\" Calle Paloma; 011-52-415-154-4715; elcharco.org.mx\n\nClick here to see Jeffry Weisman and Andrew Fisher's luxurious San Miguel de Allende home."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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