Lugares para visitar en Pátzcuaro y sus alrededores

Our guests at Hotel Mansión Iturbe in Pátzcuaro enjoy Michoacan cuisine when visiting us in our Magic Village. Several of these dishes can be found not only in our Doña Paca Restaurant , but also those prepared by traditional cooks in the communities of the Lake Region. Michoacan Cuisine a World Hetitage Thanks to the traditional cooks of Michoacan , much of the culinary background is preserved, delighting us with its ancestral recipes. Michoacan Cuisine a World Heritage Traditional cooks have done a great job sharing their inherited traditions; in addition to recovering and valuing the culinary art of their ancestors. Michoacan Cuisine a World Heritage It is important to note that, in traditional Michoacan cuisine , there are excellent chefs, who have gained renown by innovating dishes using traditional ingredients, as well as preserving the traditions of their mothers and grandmothers. Michoacan Cuisine a World Heritage Michoacan cuisine shows us delicious range of extra...

Hotel Mansión Iturbe invites you to experience the uniqueness of Pátzcuaro’s market , where you can find literally everything from soup to nuts.  Vendors from the Pátzcuaro basin deliver a huge variety of seasonal plants, fruits, herbs, cheeses, spices, fish, grains (and yes, soups and nuts!) to our market, and prepare scrumptious things like corundas, uchepos, tortillas azules, quesadillas, charales, carnitas , and much more. Support our indigenous communities; buy and enjoy their exotic and delicious products. Delicious products from the Pre-Hispanic Cuisine Specialty products that have come down to us from pre-Hispanic times form part of Michoacan’s daily dining experience. As with any region of the world, most fruits and vegetables are seasonal.  But it is in the wet season when the greatest variety of these comestibles can be seen in the market. Delicious pre-hispanic products that you can buy at Pátzcuaro's Market One exotic and outstanding pr...

Enjoying breakfast in Patzcuaro is special.   A Magic Town in Mexico where times seems to stop, and where even the simple act of dining can carry you back to yesteryear. Treat yourself to a quiet breakfast, with the famous Plaza Vasco de Quiroga right across the street.   Watch before your eyes as one of the most lovely villages in all of Mexico gradually comes to life with its daily ritual of activities. Restaurants in Patzcuaro at Plaza Vasco de Quiroga And what better vantage point from which to do so than the Doña Paca Restaurant at the Hotel Mansion Iturbe , where you can choose from more than 30 breakfast items, ranging from the most traditional of the region, to your classic, beloved hotcakes. Breakfasts in Pátzcuaro are delicious And along with the perfect breakfast comes the perfect cup of coffee our  ask for our delicious capuchino Doña Paca .   Want something more traditional?   Try our steaming-hot metate chocolate. One of t...

      On April 26th, 2012 in New York City the Mexican cuisine was once again honored in a big way – this time by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences. The Secretary of Mexican Tourism Gloria Guevara was there to receive the prestigious award.      The iconic Plaza Hotel was the venue for the event.   Attendees enjoyed the finest Mexican cooking with a five-course meal.   The Mexican “Chef Decana” Alicia Gironella designed the menu, which was prepared by renowned Mexican chefs, such as Enrique Olvera, Margarita Carrillo, Ana María González, Daniel Ovadia, Sergio Remolina, and Gerardo Vázquez.      Mexican cuisine, already recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an Intangible cultural heritage (ICH), is rich – figuratively and literally – for its diversity and cultural heritage, and by the ingredients that set it apart.   Significantly, the...

     In November 2010, UNESCO nominated Traditional Mexican Cuisine as an Intangible Heritage of Humanity,* which was adopted by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguard of Cultural Intangible Heritage, in Nairobi, Kenya                                Traditional Mexican Cuisine was thus elevated to the status of an expression of cultural life, taking into consideration its ancient beginnings – including recipes, ingredients, and techniques – that have been handed down for generations.      Specifically, Traditional Cuisine of Michoacan was acknowledged as a representative example of the more general Mexican Cuisine.      December 3-5, 2010, the seventh annual Traditional Cuisine of Michoacan Expo was held, and with renewed enthusiasm, commemorating and cel...