Located in the depths of Copper Canyon in Chihuahua State, this small mining town history is located. Batopilas betas and La Bufa came to have international reputation, thanks to the mineral wealth with its geological depths. As remnants of this huge wealth of different architectural buildings worth preserving, such as estates and stately buildings of centuries XVIII and XIX.

Among the most important buildings include the house where Batopilas born former UNAM rector Manuel Gomez Morin; Hacienda San Miguel and the City Hall. In earlier times, they are worthy of mention, buildings as the residence of the Marquis Bustamante and Barffuson House. When the Magical town of Batopilas, you have to admire its plazas, bridges of rock, a river and a beautiful aqueduct nineteenth century part of the Ruta de la Plata. It is advisable to listen to legends that are told in these parts of Chihuahua about Porfiriato times, and even some senior. In them we are told the most important discovery of the mines in the region, in 1708. Also in the vicinity of this Magical town, you can develop different recreational activities such as mountain biking and many more.

When you visit this Magical town of Chihuahua, it is advisable to sample specialties like meat cuts , stews, chili with cheese, hobbled beans, flour tortillas, milk sweets and tesgüino refreshing drink typical of the region that is prepared with corn. In addition, as part of this trip is a good experience to meet the old mines that have long provided a wealth to the locals, but eventually they ran out and today are completely abandoned. In the same way please visit Satevó, site located about 8 kilometers of Batopilas . This is a built in 1760 mission, is one of the most beautiful in Mexico and today is almost abandoned. Activities in Batopilas Pueblo Magico If you like the outdoor activities and direct contact with wild spaces, then do not miss the Batopilas River and make camp on its shores. You can also go on bike tourism, tours AWD vehicles and mountain biking.

If you want to get a true idea of the sierra’s size, a trip to isolated BATOPILAS is all but compulsory. Located 123km south of Creel, the town is accessible only via a nerve-wrenching five-hour drive on primitive dirt roads. The route rises and falls through four of the sierra’s six canyons before commencing a final, convoluted descent to the floor of Batopilas canyon.

Founded in 1632, the town emerged as a prosperous silver-mining centre, with production peaking in the nineteenth century under the auspices of the Batopilas Mining Company. By the early twentieth century, the surrounding mineral reserves were exhausted and the population had plummeted. For many years Batopilas was forgotten by the outside world – the town only received road connections in the 1970s and electricity in 1988.

Today it’s a peaceful, subtropical place with a population of about eight hundred. Resplendent with bougainvillea, palm and citrus trees and strung along a single two-kilometre road by the Río Batopilas, it’s a world away from the fresh pine forests of Creel. There are several worthwhile hikes here, leading to everything from Rarámuri villages to abandoned mines and waterfalls. The best of these go to the “Lost Cathedral”, the huge Misión de San Miguel de Satevó, 8km away in a desolate landscape of cacti and dust. A longer, two-day trek leads to the town of Urique, and can be easily organized with an operator in Creel.

Much of the appeal which relates to Batopilas offers adventure to reach this Magical town. As part of this journey one can have wonderful views of the Sierra Tarahumara. A good option is to visit from Batopilas from Creel and then make an interesting descent to the viewpoint La Bufa, where you can see the impressive Canyon Batopilas.

When this ride is done you can observe different types of vegetation and climates, ranging from coniferous forests, even private tropical plants. Likewise, you will learn mining communities and amazing natural wonders. The name of Batopilas in Tarahumara language means "river boxed". It emerged as a promising mining community, after the discovery of large deposits of silver in 1708. The population identified by the Spanish explorer Jose de la Cruz, currently now has a thousand inhabitants, although in his time greater prosperity had more than fifty thousand inhabitants. One interesting aspect about Batopilas is that it was the site where Manuel Gomez Morin was born, who would become rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and as the second population of Mexico, then of the capital, to have electricity. There are also fascinating in this Magical town, the craft traditions that are grown there. For example, you can buy handicrafts made by the Tarahumara Indians. Pots, drums, flasks, basses, bows and violins.

Towards the eastern end of the Copper Canyon rail line, the city of Cuauhtémoc contains Mexico’s largest Mennonite community (around 50,000). You’ll come across Mennonites throughout Chihuahua and Durango – the men in bib-and-tucker overalls and straw stetsons, as often as not trying to sell the tasty cheese that is their main produce, and the women, mostly silent, wrapped in long, nineteenth-century dresses with a headscarf. The Christian sect, founded in the sixteenth century by a Dutchman, Menno Simons, believe only in the Bible and their personal conscience: their refusal to do military service or take national oaths of loyalty has led to a long history of persecution. The Mennonites arrived in Mexico in the 1920s from Manitoba, Canada, but among themselves they still speak a form of German, although so divergent as to be virtually unintelligible to a modern German-speaker.

Buses and vans leave Creel six times a week from El Towi artesanía shop on López Mateos (buses: Tues, Thurs & Sat 7.30am; vans: Mon, Wed & Fri 9.30am). Return buses leave from outside the church in Batopilas at 5am, but always check for changes in the schedule. There is no official tourist office in Batopilas.