Key Attractions
Colonial Center
Guanajuato doesn't have a main square like the other Colonial Cities; but the Jardin de la Union (Union Garden) botanical space is a popular meeting place here.
However, Guanajuato does have lots of small plazas, each of which is connected by an intricate and complex series of cobbled streets and narrow alleys. Guanajuato winds and bends all over the place - it's a delight to discover! Get a tourist map at the local tourism office (see below). If you get lost, the locals are very friendly and will point you in the right direction!
Some of the more photogenic plazas are Plaza San Roque, which hosts outdoor theatre productions during the Festival Cervantino (see Special Events, below), and Plaza de la Paz, adjacent to the Basilica and surrounded by mansions, owned by former Silver magnates who lived here during the boom years.
Teatro Juarez is a major attraction - the architecture outside and the decor inside are both well worth a look.
For great birds-eye photographs of the city get up to El Pipila; the statue at the top of the hill, commemorating Jose de los Reyes Martinez, who is said to have given his life opening the doors of the granary where Guanajuato's rich and powerful magnates were sheltering after Dolores Hidalgo stormed the town, enabling his rag-tag army to move in and kill their enemies, thus taking control of the town during the struggle for Independence.
Templo de Cata is a small miner's church, which you'll see up on the mountain to the north of the City. Admission is free and this is another good place from which to take photographs.
The Basilica is the main place of worship in Guanajuato; other main churches include Inglesia de San Diego, Templo de la Compañia de Jesus and Templo de San Francisco.
Callejon del Beso is extremely famous. Translated it means "alley of the kiss", and is so named because the balconies of adjacent buildings are so close to each other they nearly touch. Locals will recite an old tale of forbidden lovers for a small tip!

Museums & Art
Guanajuato's Mummy Museum is situated just outside of the town on the north-west side. The local water supply is so packed full of minerals, that people who drink it all of their lives are effectively preserved naturally when they die. Coupled with the ultra-dry climate, their bodies don't decompose, and those who cannot afford the cemetery's land rents end up cremated or on display at the mummy museum (only about 1% end up here!). Glass cabinets house mummified remains of the dead, and a tour guide will happily tell you stories about the people currently on display. Rather macabre, but also a fascinating tour - certainly different!

Those who like art won't want to miss Diego Rivera's Birthplace. The house has been restored recently and converted into a museum. Some of Rivera's early works are on display. Sightseeing