El Secreto

Top choice in San Cristóbal de las Casas


Possibly San Cristóbal's best choice for fine dining and one of the best value places this side of the equator. High end gourmet cuisine in a color palate and presentation that would make Frida Kahlo blush. Get your senses around everything from mushroom ceviche to suckling pig tacos to Zinancantan bass.

Good Mexican breakfasts, too (M$120 to M$130). Two words: don't miss.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Cristóbal de las Casas attractions

1. Museo del Cacao

0.05 MILES

This chocolate museum runs along an open upstairs balcony of a cafe. Learn about the history of chocolate and how it was used by the Maya. Also on display…

2. Catedral

0.12 MILES

On the north side of the plaza, the candy-colored cathedral was begun in 1528 but wasn't completed until 1815 because of several natural disasters. Sure…

3. Plaza 31 de Marzo

0.15 MILES

The leafy main plaza is a fine place to take in San Cristóbal’s unhurried highland atmosphere. Shoe-shiners, newspaper sellers and ambulantes (mobile…

4. Templo de la Caridad

0.17 MILES

Built in 1712, the Templo (or Iglesia) de la Caridad has an imposing facade consisting of Tuscan columns and a central bell tower, decorated in the…

5. Café Museo Café

0.18 MILES

This combined cafe and coffee museum is a venture of Coopcafé, a grouping of more than 17,000 small-scale, mainly indigenous, Chiapas coffee growers. The…

6. Hotel Santa Clara

0.2 MILES

The Hotel Santa Clara was built by Diego de Mazariegos, the Spanish conqueror of Chiapas. His coat of arms is engraved above the main portal. The house is…

8. Museo de los Altos de Chiapas

0.22 MILES

One of two world-class museums inside the Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo (on the western side of the Templo de Santo Domingo), this exhibits several…