1528. That is the year Spaniards founded San Cristobal de las Casas on a site nestled in the mountains of Chiapas.
The vestiges of their low-slung buildings lend this colonial city a distinctive intimacy.
These snapshots, postmarked after our return, provide a glimpse of the architecture in the heart of the city that has grown to about 150,000 people.
Thick stucco walls. Wood-framed windows. Clay tile roofs. No fear of color. Whimsical details. And… wait… even a Burger King?
Postcards from Barton Springs 
What a pretty city! I haven’t been there yet. The photos remind me so much of Guatemala.
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Susan – There certainly is not much distance, as the crow flies, between San Cristobal and the Guatemala border.
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Burger King is coming to San Miguel! Out on the libremento so NO ONE can start an uproar over it!
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Babs – The best part about Burger King in San Cristobal is that I stood right next to it and didn’t realize what it was. Not sure you observed it in the photo because it is housed in such a distractingly quirky – white with gobs of funky burgundy adornments – corner building…
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