Attractions

The Diocesan Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus also known simply as "El Expiatorio" is a temple dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus located in León, Guanajuato, in Mexico. It is neo-Gothic in style. Its construction began on July 8, 1921 and was (supposedly) completed on March 20, 2012 with the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. It is located within the territory of the Parroquia del Divino Redentor, in turn, in the Deanery of San Sebastián.

The largest shopping plaza invites you to get to know its architectural richness, enjoy its charming provincial walk, make purchases in more than 1,000 commercial and service establishments, with the best prices, assortment and variety, as well as delight yourself with its typical dishes and drinks in the pleasant terraces of its pedestrian area.

The Forum Cultural Guanajuato is a cultural complex, entertainment space, artistic and cultural training that promotes the professionalization of regional artists, the training of audiences, as well as cultural tourism.

Explora is one of the best known and best equipped museums and interactive science centers in Mexico and Latin America. It is located in Leon, Guanajuato.

The main resources of the Explora Science Center, in 10,200 m2 of built area, are:

• Six thematic rooms with exhibitions, most of them interactive.
• Leonardo Da Vinci IMAX Theatre, with 296 seats and a large-format 3D film projection system (in three dimensions).
• An area for temporary exhibitions.
• Isacc Asimov Auditorium for screenings and outreach activities.
• The Emerging Technologies Workshop, Tecnotron.
• The Science Classroom, a peculiar laboratory for experimental activities.
• Three science workshops.
• Two multi-activity rooms, called Galileo and Lev S. Vygotsky.
• Cafeteria Newton's apple.
• Souvenir shop and educational games El Péndulo.
• Service areas and offices.

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The Metropolitan Park of León has 337 hectares of protected natural area, it is one of the main attractions of the city for its incomparable natural beauty, it also has several services for you to enjoy with the whole family.

• Services
• Parking lot
• Exercisers
• Quadricycles
• Bikes
• Gym Park
• food area

The city of León, Guanajuato, by order of its Municipal Council, has its official coat of arms, a faithful synthesis of the history and way of life of the people of León. Currently there is the 'Puerta Milenio' monument, which aims to signify our history and development, apart from integrating an attractive cultural space and family recreation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Arch of the Calzada de los Héroes, crowned with its bronze lion, is the most deeply rooted and widespread symbol of León both in our country and abroad.

The Bajío Aquarium has around 10,000 specimens of more than 300 species, including sharks, rays, jellyfish, reef fish, turtles, crocodiles, among many more; which can be seen throughout 11 exhibition areas with a life support system capable of daily filtering more than 22 million liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico, as well as a specialized area to supervise, feed, preserve and reproduce the species made up of biologists, veterinarians, farmers and engineers.