A one-stop shop for visitor information.

Situated along the historic route of El Camino Real de Los Tejas (today's Main Street), in historic downtown Nacogdoches, the Visitor Information Center offers exhibits on local trail history and provides information on visiting historic sites in the area.

This district is a centuries-old neighborhood at the cultural core of one of southern New Mexico’s oldest communities. As a drive or walk through the district reveals, the area’s eclectic collection of homes and small businesses reflect the pioneering spirits of those who set down roots along the southerly path of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, then known as the Chihuahua Trail, after the Mexican-American War.

Welcome to Santa Fe, where three historic trails meet at the historic Santa Fe Plaza! Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the US, founded in 1610, and the highest US capital at 7,000 feet. Santa Fe is the historic hub of the southwest connecting the Santa Fe Trail with the Old Spanish Trail, and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trails.

Since 1610, this block-long, one-story adobe building has housed the offices and living quarters of 58 Spanish Colonial Governors, 16 Mexican Governors, four military and three civilian governors during U.S. rule, and 17 Territorial Governors. The building endured the 1680 Pueblo Indian Revolt; the 1692-1693 Spanish reconquest; the 1846 arrival of Brigadier General Kearny; and the 1862 invasion of Texas Confederate Troops.

Known historically as an oasis in the middle of the country’s northern deserts, Parras de la Fuente presents an architecture connected to its natural surroundings, such as the Chapel of Santo Madero, erected on the Sombreretillo mountain. It is also the birthplace of the so-called “Apostle of the Revolution,” Francisco I. Madero.

In 1555, Juan de Tolosa, along with a group of Spanish adventurers, Franciscan friars, and indigenous people from central Mexico, founded the Real y Minas de Sombrerete in Zacatecas, a region that was previously inhabited by pre-Hispanic groups belonging to the Chalchihuites culture.

The historic center of Lagos de Moreno is located northeast of Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco. During the second half of the 16th century, this area was turned into a war zone by the Chichimeca people. In response, as part of strategies for pacification and protection of the Spanish settlers, Viceroy Luis Velasco ordered the construction of forts, garrisons, or bulwarks at strategic points along the Camino Real de Minas. These fortifications housed contingents of soldiers who would patrol the road and accompany travelers to defend them from Chichimeca attacks.