Huamantla is a Magical Town in Tlaxcala of beautiful traditions and many other attractions. Huamantla is the head of the Tlaxcala municipality of the same name, being also the second most populated city in the state of Tlaxcala.
In 2007, Huamantla was elevated to the category of Mexican Magical Town by the Ministry of Tourism to take advantage of its various attractions, among which are interesting artistic, religious and culinary traditions; an admirable architectural heritage and spaces for the enjoyment of nature and the practice of outdoor entertainment.
The first registered pre-Columbian inhabitants of the current territory of Huamantla were the Otomís. The city was founded on October 18, 1534 by orders of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and was called San Luis Huamantla. Due to its strategic location, it was the scene in 1847 of the Battle of Huamantla, during the American-Mexican War. In 1858, during the War of the Reform, Huamantla was designated the capital of Tlaxcala, a status that it maintained until 1863.
The great attractions of Huamantla are its traditions around the Virgen de la Caridad festivities, among which the Night that Nobody Duerme stands out; the beautiful sawdust rugs and the bullfighting festival of Huamantlada. In the city the brave festival is lived intensely, as the bullring, the fighting bull ranching and the Bullfighting Museum also attest. Other interesting Huamantla traditions revolve around puppets and pulque.
Bullfighting is so immersed in the popular culture of the town, that Huamantla is called the Bullfighting City. The La Taurina bullring is one of the places where the brave festival is lived with more fervor and Huamantla is the seat of cattle ranches of fighting bulls. In its journey that already exceeds 60 years, the Huamantlada has become one of the most emotional bullfighting shows in Latin America. The entire history of the Huamanteca bullfighting tradition is collected in the Bullfighting Museum.
The Huamantla Bullfighting Museum is located at Allende Norte 205 and operates in an 18th century building, next to the Plaza de Toros La Taurina. The museum was inaugurated in 1981 and has a collection of models of the main Mexican bullfighting venues, such as the Monumental in Mexico City and El Relicario de Puebla. Likewise, it exhibits old bullfighting posters, light suits, crutches, capes, flags, rapiers and other objects, as well as photos, sculptures and technical sheets of great bullfighters.
In the architectural landscape of the city, the basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, the former convent of San Luis, the church of San Luis and the Municipal Palace stand out.
The municipal administration of the city of Huamantla works in a building with two main floors, with wrought iron balconies on the upper level, the first version of which was built at the end of the 16th century as a tithe collector for the Franciscan order. Before being the municipal palace, the building was also a viceroyalty alhóndiga, hospital, prison and social center. Since 2001, the City Museum has been operating in the palace, with free access.
Huamantla's puppetry tradition dates back to the third decade of the 19th century, when the Aranda brothers (Julián, Hermenegildo, María de la Luz and Buenaventura) and Antonio Rosete, María de la Luz's husband, founded the Rosete Aranda puppet company, which remained active between 1835 and 1958. They became so famous that President Benito Juárez requested a function in the presidential palace. After the founders, the tradition was continued by their descendants.
Tlaxcala and Huamantla are sites of great pulquera tradition since the Otomi natives who inhabited the area made the drink for their ceremonies and as a stimulant for combat. 5 minutes from Huamantla, at km. 3 of the highway to Puebla, is the Hacienda Soltepec, which has a small Museum of Pulque. It was a pulque farm whose owner converted the area where the pulque tinacos were into a place to show some of the culture about the drink. They display the elements that were used in the manufacture and have a bar of pulques.
Casa de los Magueyes in Hacienda Tecoac is a small restaurant with a family atmosphere that is distinguished by the excellent seasoning of its typical regional cuisine.
Hacienda Santa Bárbara Casa Malinche is one of the historic Huamanteca haciendas converted into a peaceful hotel, with delicious food in the middle of a beautiful landscape.
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