Top Guanajuato Classes & Workshops

Take your culinary skills to the next level during a cooking class in San Miguel de Allende. Enjoy step-by-step guidance as you prepare mole sauce, enmoladas, and traditional Mexican rice. Dishes and recipes can be altered to accommodate any dietary restrictions you may have. Once everything is ready, sit down to enjoy the meal with a glass of regional wine and a cacao chocolate drink.

Con la ayuda de una chef norteña, aprenderás a cocinar un platillo representativo y de los más ricos que ofrece esta parte de México. Se explicará un poco de historia de esta cocina y al final podrás degustar el platillo en nuestro acogedor comedor

If you're artistic, or would just like to learn, this Mexican painting class provides the tips and inspiration to create Mexican-themed art. You can choose to focus on portraits, landscapes, or still lifes, and will start by learning about Mexican principles of art and beauty. Paint from models, photos, or props. Produce a work of art to display at home and remember your time in San Miguel de Allende by.

Discover the rich traditions and techniques of pre-Hispanic Mexican cooking during a 3-hour, private cooking class and meal with a warm and wonderful Mexican grandmother in her home kitchen. Isabel is incredibly passionate about pre-Hispanic cooking - so get ready to make salsa picante in a traditional molcajete and prepare a meal alongside your host that features the "three sisters". Enjoy the personal experience of a private class so you can learn every step of the recipe, practice your Spanish or just enjoy Mexican hospitality at its very best. When you are done cooking, sit down to share a hearty meal followed by a traditional Mexican treat.

Mexican Gastronomy was recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in November 2010, by UNESCO. For me, it is a pleasure to show part of the Mexican cultural heritage; based on traditional recipes with a contemporary twist. If travelers so wish, they are taken on a tour of the local market where they can view fresh produce at its best. We will teach them to make the most traditional dishes of Mexican cuisine, where they will be able to use techniques inherited from generations.

Travelers who enjoy the finer things in life will love this 90-minute private drinks tasting with an expert sommelier. Learn more about Mexican wines and liquor, including tequila, mezcal, and others that you might not have heard of before. Drink samples will be provided along with well-paired tapas and canapes. Learn something new while enjoying a delicious experience.

This experience is more like Mezcal workshop, on the firs part we show, process, classification, geographical situation, agaves and regions, and then in the practical part you will have a blind comparative tasting between the different areas and agaves, everything leaded by a professional agave specialist and international sommelier

Learn and work alongside one of the most experienced encaustic artists and teachers in San Miguel de Allende in the studio of the artist herself. Ezshwan Winding works personally with students to explain and demonstrate techniques, as well as assist them to create their own artistic visions. Students will go home with at least one painting, and a new understanding of this unique art form.

We love sharing our passion and knowledge of wine tourism in this exciting region of wine growing. On this private tour, your preferences and interests will lead our guides, whether you like young, natural, or organic wines, are interested in small, family wineries or prefer large big-name facilities. We know all about the history of this region—as well as of Mexico—and we can't wait to show you something new here to discover.

"TOP 10 San Miguel de Allende Art Classes" - Tripadvisor Led by one of the "7 Artists from Panama the World Needs to Know"  - Culture Trip I studied the "secret" methods of the masters in Florence, Italy at the rigorous and beautiful Angel Art Academy. Art is not my hobby, it’s my vocation! I’ve been painting for over 16 years and have exhibited in Germany, U.A.E, Panamá, Thailand, India, Mexico, Italy, and Belgium. In Italy I took intensive workshops on Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro technique and also completed the ‘Charles Bargue’ drawing course, famous for training Picasso, Van Gogh, & Geromê and many more. We learned how to gain command of shapes, anatomy, proportions - all levels welcome!

Guanajuato is a fantastic Colonial town full of history, color and art, captivating views at every corner. This activity will help you feel like a local artist. No experience is needed but experience artists have found it fun and inspiring. You'll be guided step by step in creating an unique painting capturing the beauty of Mexico. All the materials will be ready and waiting for you. Add this unforgettable experience to your amazing trip.

I have been a jeweler for almost six years, I have my signature fine jewelry brand called Azin. I have won awards for artisanal creativity and design as well as participated in jewelry exhibitions. I am part of a collective of women jewelers called Colectivo Soberana. There is no better place to create with silver than Guanajuato, with its mines and its rich past in mining veins.

Our photography tours have been designed to guide you through the most photogenic locations in the city, often away from the typical tourist trails, while at the same time aiding you in perfecting your photographic skills. Our aim is to help you create a work of art, rather than just taking snapshots on the “program” mode of your camera. These tours are an excellent way of combining a visit through the wonders of Guanajuato. Apart from learning how to navigate quickly around modern DSLR and mirror-less cameras, we will show you how to use your inner eye to create images to be proud of. We will go over various techniques to capture images using light, composition, perspective, selective focus, shadows & highlights and other methods! The tour is of benefit to semi-professional photographers as well as beginners and advanced amateurs. All of our tours are for individuals, couples and small groups as we believe this makes for a more productive and enjoyable experience.