Best of Guanajuato: Street Food Tour, Drinks, History and Places to Visit! RV Mexico | VivaNewstates

Our favorite city in Mexico so far! We're continuing our RV Mexico adventure to the colonial city of Guanajuato. With help from our friends at GTO Walking Tours, we get the inside scoop on the rich culture (and delicious FOOD!) of this often-overlooked beautiful city in a whirlwind day AND night tour.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Driving through the tunnels of Guanajuato in an RV
1:15 Starting our tour with GTO Walking Tours, history, the river, and more
2:47 Tasting famous bakery items in Guanajuato
3:42 Trying out authentic Gorditas including Chicharron Prensado, heuvos con chorizo
5:14 Guanajuato connection to Don Quixote and Cervantino Festival
6:43 Sampling a local favorite tamales wrapped with Swiss Chard instead of banana leaves
7:20 So many unique flavors of chocolate truffles at Xocolat boutique
7:58 Exploring Mercado Hidalgo (giant city market), sampling fresh carnitas tacos
9:18 Tasting local Ice Cream flavors
9:53 Climbing the public stairs to Monumento Al Pipila and even more stairs to our RV park
10:35 Walking through the tunnels and exploring Guanajuato
10:58 Meeting Tim Leffel, founder of GTO Walking Tours to try some flavored Pulque
12:15 Heading to a Rooftop bar for Tequila tastings and learn more about the walking tours with Tim
13:39 Trying out our first Micheladas and even more tacos!
14:44 Mezcal vs Tequila, cocktails, and delicious worm salt
16:08 Elote or Mexican street corn in a cup
Our day guide, John, immediately brought the knowledge and tasty treats as we explored Guanajuato. Being in the same state as the more well known San Miguel de Allende, visitors to Guanajuato benefit from smaller tourist crowds, lower prices, and a much larger city to explore! A UNESCO World Heritage city dating back to 1559, Guanajuato is filled with colonial buildings built alongside and on TOP of an ancient river. The bridges to cross the river eventually became a "second floor" to the city with buildings on tip, and later full-fledged tunnels that criss-cross and enable people and cars to move around town. We traveled UP and DOWN all over Guanajuato as we sampled local dishes like Acelga Tamales (made with swiss chard!) to keep our energy.
After a pit stop back at the RV to change (we found camping INSIDE Guanajuato to make walking into the city center much easier!), it was time to switch gears and guides. Tim Leffel, founder of GTO Walking Tours, met up with us in front of the famous Teatro Juarez for an evening of tacos, tequila, and fun. We roamed local haunts, tried "Pulque," one of the oldest beverages anywhere, and had our fair share of tacos, tequila and sweets!
Built into steep hills, large sections of Guanajuato are only accessible by foot. Remember to take breaks, enjoy a snack or three, and consider a guide to help you navigate!
Our thanks again to John and Tim from gtowalkingtours.com for providing their time, knowledge and sharing a lot of laughs. If that wasn't enough, be sure to stick around for some amazing fire dancing by John at the end of our video!
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[@NewstateNomads]

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[@danielmetalmanian7905]

Ok Right greetings

[@andrewpopescu2085]

This vlog just convinced to visit Guanajuato. This looks like the perfect place to go ,just added to my itinerary on my next trip to Mexico. the food and the sweets are killing me :)) Cheers!

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks for watching Andrew! We're so glad to hear that. Guanajuato is my favorite city we've visited here in Mexico. They have amazing street food and great restaurants. Plus the atmosphere of the city is so cool! Definitely hope you can visit one day! -Katelyn

[@kippsguitar6539]

Something might be "killing" you, careful

[@TimLeffel]

Great meeting you in GTO and fun video!

[@NewstateNomads]

Tim, glad we got to meet and thanks again to you and John for showing us around GTO! -Howard & Katelyn

[@manenegrete1151]

Muy completo su recorrido por mi bello guanajuato, y gracias por sus opiniones🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽VIVA MEXICO!!!!

[@deanpapadopoulos3314]

What a cuisine. So fresh, colorful, and healthy.

[@UnsettledJourney]

Thanks for sharing! Safe travels! Hi from Atlanta Georgia :)

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks for watching! Sorry for the delayed reply, YT spam filter for the win, again. 🤔 -Howard

[@mazingerzeta4]

Guanajuato,lovebirds place

[@NewstateNomads]

It's true! We loved our brief time there, can't wait to go back. ❤️ Thanks for watching, Rey, glad you're along for our journey! -Howard

[@meredymercado1466]

glad u guy enjoy. in mexico u always welcome.

[@NewstateNomads]

Hi Meredy! Thank you so much. We can't wait to return soon! ❤

[@juliansuarezbalcazar3543]

Me encanta como disfrutaban the street food sin problema. Lod esquites son geniales, mis favoritos de los "antojitos mexicanos"

[@NewstateNomads]

Esquitas es realmente delicioso. ¡Estamos ansiosos por probar más comida en nuestra próxima visita! Gracias por mirar, Julian. ❤ -Howard

[@selfscience]

17:30 This is a piece of classical multimedia art.

[@juliopadilla7712]

Hope you visit San Miguel de Allende and queretaro beautiful colonial cities.

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks for watching, Julio! We're hoping to check out more colonial cities, and those two are definitely on the list! -Howard

[@rubenramirez4350]

THANKS GUYS FOR SHOW THE REAL MEXICO.....ENYOY MY BEAUTIFULL STATE.....🎊🎉🎉🎊🎊

[@ribancc3621]

welcome to my state and my country 🇲🇽🇺🇸

[@NewstateNomads]

We loved Guanajuato! Where in the state are you from?

[@ribancc3621]

@@NewstateNomads city León Guanajuato

[@kevinlopez8996]

Best place of mexico nice video

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks, Kevin, and we agree! Hope you'll continue on the journey with us. 👍 -Howard

[@kevinlopez8996]

Newstate Nomads fosho i love you guys❤️

[@kevinlopez8996]

Thx ❤️

[@garyaberle603]

That, was a lot of walking! Beautiful but jeez! And the food and drinks! I could be hallucinating but the newstates seemed quite toasty after that walking tour! And Katelyn takes some big bites of her food! 😱 But it looked like great fun! Especially the drinking! 🍺🍹🥃

[@NewstateNomads]

The food in Guanajuato is a major reason it's our favorite city in Mexico! Can't wait to return. 👍

[@trumpinatoromm5393]

@@NewstateNomads be safe out there sir ! Enjoy your travels

[@LuisGonzalez-dn4cz]

Mmmmm yummy, I'm hungry now. Great video, Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work !

[@NewstateNomads]

Wow, thank you so much! Hope you'll continue on the journey with us, lots more adventures to share. 👍 -Howard

[@tomasgomez6730]

ILove 😢😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@JuanCubilla-nb3st]

Excelente vídeo 😀😀😀Gracias

[@mikedowd66]

The thing about Don Quixote is that the city of Guanajuato reminded the professor of the historic Spanish towns that are the setting of the novel. That’s why he started the festival. Great video of an awesome town, thanks!

[@alfredoibarra4592]

You ate all of the things that I usually eat: gorditas, tamales, bread, tacos of carnitas and you enjoyed them as I usually do. Thank you. Great video.

[@camperab]

Thank you for your mixed video of Mexican culture and food (drinks!). Your way of traveling comes close to mine: In the morning - museum or castle, then local restaurant; after lunch - museum or church, then café with local cake(s); afternoon and evening - tour of the place, photos at good light; evening/night - dinner at local restaurant, local beer/wine. Walking a lot eats up all the calories. Enjoy your time!!!! Greetings from Bavaria, Germany.

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks so much for watching all the way from Bavaria! We try to mix culture and food as we travel, and your itinerary sounds spot on! What are some of your favorite places to visit? -Howard

[@camperab]

@@NewstateNomads I was in the USA, USSR, UK, Roumania, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic ....... all by car, trailer, RV. Being an elderly man now, I travel in continental EU countries, eat my way through the different regions and visit the wonderful cultural sights we have. I won't be able to see them all, however. But thanks to your and other people's YT videos I can conveniently travel the world.

[@NewstateNomads]

@@camperab That's quite a list! Glad you're along for our journey, too.

[@texasmamaw6555]

Awesome! Great video! Walking tour was up my alley. 🥂🍻🍸🍺🥃🧉🍷

[@NewstateNomads]

Yesss! It's a must do if you visit Guanajuato! 🙌

[@adrianaangelcoria1248]

Nice video, I love Guanajuato. I was very young when I got drunk with pulque and I never drank it again. Hi from Mexico City.

[@NewstateNomads]

Hi Adriana! Guanajuato was our favorite city we visited while we were in Mexico. It's so beautiful! Haha, I can understand never wanting to drink pulque again after an experience like that. 😂 We probably all have some beverage that we stay away from for that reason. Thanks so much for watching! We LOVE Mexico! -Katelyn

[@armandovera2304]

Great video. I loved it..you guys rock it....

[@NewstateNomads]

Hi Armando! Thanks so much for watching, we loved Guanajuato! -Katelyn

[@indulto448]

Saludos desde Chihuahua México 🤠

[@NewstateNomads]

Muchas gracias, Ermitano! Esperamos visitar allí pronto.-Howard

[@LivinLifeinDrive]

Looked like a blast! Congrats on your first 1k subs!

[@NewstateNomads]

We had a great time in Guanajuato! Also, wild to reach our first 1k so quickly, but it's from people like you, thanks! ❤️ -Katelyn & Howard

[@dannypt5982]

Beautiful GTO

[@odiemorales7666]

Great video! I’m originally from Guanajuato but I haven’t been back since I left over 25 years ago. Hope to visit sometime soon

[@danielmetalmanian7905]

WOOOOW GREAT VIDEO!!! CONGRATULATIONS!! GOOD INFORMATION! I FELT LIKE BE THERE IN THE CITY, IN YOUR VIDEO!!! YEEEAAAHHHHH GOOD TIMES!!! GREETINGS!! THE WORLD NEED TRAVEL AGAIN! SOON VERY SOON !!!! YEEEAAAHHHHH!! RIGHT!!!

[@bradbuckner9496]

Hello everyone. I just watched this video again and it is 2-18-21, I loved it. Thank you all for watching. Brad

[@NewstateNomads]

Brad, thanks for watching again! Appreciate all the support. 👍 -Howard

[@ind.p]

wow... great trip👍

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks Yaris! We loved Guanajuato! Such a beautiful city. -Katelyn

[@sherriweber7105]

You all looked like you had a fun! The food looked good and so did the drinks. Glad you went there it looked beautiful. Congratulations on your 1k subs! Stay safe! Oh I heard it was Howard’s birthday. Happy Birthday! 🎁🎊🎈🎂🎉

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks, Sherri! Guanajuato was one of our favorite places in Mexico, and we're about to hit 10,000 subscribers later this week! Crazy to think and so thankful that so many people enjoy our episodes after starting the channel in January. And you were one of the first! ❤️ -Howard

[@J3ball11]

That's it in moving today to guanajuato

[@selfscience]

That was fun.

[@NewstateNomads]

Glad you're enjoying our Mexico series! 👍 -Howard

[@edgardomoreck8087]

What a great video of Guanajuato City, one of my favorite ones until now. I want to see you guys one Day inside the most famous mummies museum of Guanajuato.

[@NewstateNomads]

Thank you Edgardo!! We loved Guanajuato City so much and can't wait to return. We did visit the mummy museum while we were there, but we didn't include it in this video. Here is a little clip we did on it in another video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHXXpKiZZd52sNE

[@carolinareyes9595]

Hola amigos, just for your information Pulque is a excellent probiotic. Usually the local artesanal drinks are probiotics if they are fermented. Cilantro has soil base probiotics. I miss Mexican real food. Saludos a todos. Visiten todas las 32 estados del país.

[@NewstateNomads]

That's awesome to know, not only is it delicious but also healthy! ☺️ Real Mexican food is the best 🤤 we can't wait to come back and explore more! We love Mexico! Thanks for watching, Carolina! -Katelyn

[@gac5936]

You mised out on so much more in Mexican food. Its so much more than tacos.

[@leonjorgecouturier7684]

I love your videos

[@NewstateNomads]

Thank you so much León!! ♥️🙌

[@juanmjimenez1884]

Awesome downtown Guanajuato! Did you guy go to the “alley kiss?

[@NewstateNomads]

The line was very long when we went by it a few times, but I have a feeling we will be back. 😉 Thanks for following our journey! -Howard

[@albertocastillo6813]

Visita catemaco y brujos en veracruz ;MEXICO.

[@NewstateNomads]

Grandes sugerencias! Catemaco ya está en nuestra lista, ¡también agregaremos Brujos! -Howard

[@mexicoelpaismasimportantedeAL]

👌

[@EnriqueMarq]

I looooove yoga

[@HS-yk9he]

Great video, thank you!. Nice job. very good editing. it was informative and interesting. Recommendation: It would be more interesting if it was more about the people and the city and less about yourself.

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks so much! This was one of our very first videos, so the format has definitely evolved over time. If you check out our more recent videos, you'll see that's exactly the route we took! ☺️ We love sharing the stories of the places we explore. Of course, there will always be some of "us" in it, since it's our channel 😅 thanks again for watching! -Katelyn

[@ivonnegomez7142]

Anyone know the name of the roof top tequila bar?

[@estevandiaz3056]

Can you list the bars ???

[@bananapatch9118]

We are researching cities in Mexico for retirement. We prefer cool weather, speak Spanish, and have it narrowed down to Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Morelia, Puebla, Queretaro, and San Cristobal de las Casas. Thoughts ? Thx !

[@sunlight6659]

Queretaro!!

[@rubenramirez4350]

SEE HOW THE HOUSES ARE MADE?

[@lidia4474]

I recommend going to their museums!. Also if you dare going to the mummy museum hehe

[@NewstateNomads]

Yesss! We did! We just weren't sure we should include the mummy museum in the video... it certainly isn't for everyone but we loved it. Such a fascinating history! We loved Guanajuato! -Katelyn

[@lancephillips8740]

Hey guys hope you guys are all ok - Are you cancelling your plans? and coming back to the USA? befor they close the boarders? - I think all of your SUBs would like to know! - thanks stay safe - Lance from Canada

[@NewstateNomads]

Lance, appreciate the concern, and hope you're also in a safe place! We have a special video coming out Wednesday (in addition to the Mexico Monday video tonight at 6PM) to talk about Coronavirus and our plans. In fact, we're considering doing our first live video to answer questions! -Howard

[@lancephillips8740]

@@NewstateNomads ok great thanks buddy b safe

[@mariamar2114]

No subieron a.la Universidad de Guanajuato.

[@chelseaaventura4986]

Great video but I hate to see all this styrofoam (unicel en español). In some parts of Mexico they are trying to eliminate or at least lessen the use of styrofoam. Guanajuato is also one of my favorite cities in Mexico, and I agree that the interior has so much to offer.

[@minorityofone3045]

can you please tag the places thanks.

[@NewstateNomads]

Hi Kevin! Out of respect for the tour company who put this together, we didn't show the exact locations. If you're interested in taking their tour, we linked it in the description. It's a great way to experience Guanajuato! -Katelyn

[@minorityofone3045]

@@NewstateNomads Understood thank you!(:

[@juanmiguelescutiaarzate7621]

The green leaf has to be removed from the tamal

[@NewstateNomads]

Juanmiguel, thanks for watching, that's not a normal leaf! In Guanajuato, there is a special tamale wrapped in edible swiss chard. It's delicious! 👍 -Howard

[@ericvaneck4296]

Hope you all have made it back to the US with the mess going on now around the world. Worm salt, yum, not

[@NewstateNomads]

Thanks for watching, Eric. Beaches are pretty good places to wait out all the "social distancing," too! You should give the worm salt a try, it actually was pretty good. -Howard

[@blancabulgrin5560]

Rent before you buy !

[@ivanpatriciovillanueva4500]

Why do Americans have to say “tamale”? It’s just “tamal”. 👊

[@kippsguitar6539]

Why not tell the truth about the rising crime and dangers there?

[@NewstateNomads]

We never, ever felt unsafe in the six months we traveled around Mexico. This is our truth about travel south of the border. Thanks for watching. -Howard

[@amoney8830]

It’s not “ Gadajuanto” it’s Guanajuato 🤦🏻‍♀️ plz don’t visit my land if you can’t even pronounce its name. and 2 I couldn’t take the whiteness in this video 😂

[@NewstateNomads]

You got us, we're white, not trying to pretend otherwise. Regardless, thanks for watching, we really enjoyed our visit to Guanajuato. Sorry to read you didn't enjoy the episode. -Howard

[@amoney8830]

@@NewstateNomads I actually enjoyed the video. Sorry if I came off rude. I just think it’s important and respectful to learn how to pronounce the name of lands you visit

[@NewstateNomads]

Glad to hear you did enjoy it. We totally agree and made every effort to pronounce it correctly. We aren't sure where you're referring to us saying it with a D but we asked locals how to correctly pronounce it and do our research when visiting an area. We do apologize if it sounds off because we don't speak the language fluently. We absolutely love Mexico and were honored to share our time visiting here on KZbin. Traveling is about learning and experiencing different cultures for us and we do appreciate feedback. ☺️ Thanks again for watching!

[@lidia4474]

@@amoney8830 Guanajuato is difficult to pronounce. You can't expect foreigners to talk like a native. I don't expect people who are only Spanish speakers to speak perfect English. Please be mindful next time.