Angangueo is located in the state of Michoacan, it is a mining village of origin. Nearby there every year millions of butterflies arrive Monarch Butterfly Sanctuaries Angangueo is located in the state of Michoacan, it is a mining village of origin. . Nearby there every year come millions of butterflies, is a beautiful place because their houses are multicolored and decorated with flowers of different colors and the scenery is surrounded by forest In the Purepecha region, Angangueo means: At the entrance of the cave, because it is an area dedicated to mining. One of the most important attractions of this town located near the Sierra de Angangueo, within the limits of Michoacan and the State of Mexico; It is that every year reach their forests a unique spectacle of nature, the Monarch Butterfly. The concentration of this "beautiful insect" has made the sanctuary, as it is commonly known, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The sanctuary is covered by forests of fir trees that provide shelter to millions of butterflies, this species travels annually from Canada and the United States, making a distance of about 4,000 km for 25 days. They come to Anangueo, in order to reproduce, as for its mild climate and cold is thought to hibernate, when spring arrives, they begin their return to the north to complete their life cycle. This phenomenon occurs between October and March. There are two important shrines the Chincua and Rosario, the first sanctuary in the forest area of Angangueo, was discovered in 1975 by a contributor zoologist Fred Urquhart.

Anangueo can rent a horse or walk to the sanctuaries, there are also public transport that leave you there. It is important that when go take at face value all the security measures given in the sanctuary and do not try to take some of the butterflies that are in place. Anangueo has a variety of hotels, inns and places to eat, must try the cuisine the place is good. Main activities in Angangueo Michoacan Pueblo Magico camping, horseback riding, mountain biking, horseback shrines.

In Angangueo main square is the Church of St. Simon of XVIII century and the Church of the Conception, a private chapel of the brothers Sotomayor. His style is Gothic and has cut Notre Dame de Paris. The Parker House, road to the mine of Carmen, in the center of town, is the home of Bill and Joyce Parker, now a museum, where you stay a photographic chronicle of the mining boom time in his. The tourist tunnel San Simon, a vein discovered in 1792, 9.50 meters deep, with an approximate length of 100 meters.There you can see the work of mining, with the various metals that are mined, as well as tools, a furnace for smelting, clothing for miners, lamps and gondolas to carry. The tunnel starts at the Parker House and ends at the Church of the Conception.