The tour begins at the Alhóndiga de Granaditas, a symbol of Guanajuato's mining, social, and political history, where visitors are introduced to the urban context that gave rise to the city and its spaces for popular socializing. Since the 19th century, cantinas have become key places in everyday life: not just places to drink, but true social hubs where miners, muleteers, students, merchants, and travelers shared news, discussed politics, closed deals, sang, played games, listened to music, and built a collective identity. From this point, the tour takes the form of a guided walk through the historic center that allows you to understand how the layout of streets, alleys, and squares connected mining work life with leisure and socializing. Over approximately 1.5 hours, three emblematic cantinas are visited in order, representing different stages and expressions of Guanajuato's cantina culture. The first stop is Aquí Me Quedo (30 min), a traditional cantina that provides an opportunity to explain the origins of these spaces, their rituals, unwritten codes, the importance of the bar as a meeting point, and the social role of snacks as an element of hospitality and permanence. The second visit is to Los Barrilitos (30 min), where we delve deeper into the cantina as a popular and bohemian space, its relationship with music, collective conversation, the local clientele, and the permanence of traditions that have survived urban changes and contemporary tourism. Finally, the tour culminates at Bar Luna (30 min), a historic cantina associated with the student, artistic, and intellectual life of Guanajuato, where we reflect on the continuity of the cantina tradition, the mix between the old and the contemporary, and the role of these spaces as guardians of urban memory. Between each stop, there are short walks during which the tour guide tells anecdotes, historical episodes, and urban legends related to mining, floods, student life, and the cultural use of mezcal and other beverages as elements of identity, always from a perspective of responsible consumption. The experience combines history, heritage, togetherness, and flavor, allowing visitors to experience Guanajuato through its most representative cantinas, which are seen as living museums where each bar, each object, and each glass tells a story that continues to beat in the present.
