Prickly Pear Festival

Photo: Juan Carlos Prieto

In the neighboring municipality of San Martín de las Pirámides, there’s the Prickly Pear Festival, famous for its agricultural and culinary expo. Here, you’ll find prickly pear cactus and prickly pear fruit-derived products like cosmetics, candies, liquors, and jams. Concerts, rides, fireworks, and a contest for the region’s best prickly pear fruit round out the event.

When: August