The Mexican Board of Tourism is promoting the idea that there are magical towns in the country. Judging by the presence of myths and age-old traditions, customs and costumes, that seems to be true.

Some say that living in México gives you the opportunity to regenerate yourself, get in touch with your long-hidden passions. Now, that’s magic, too.

In the last few days, México celebrated the Second National Meeting of Magic Towns, in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. The purpose of this was to promote Mexican touristic destinations and, by those means, create employment and basic services to residents.

Currently, there are 32 areas considered in the Pueblos Mágicos Program:

Real de Asientos, Aguascalientes; Pátzcuaro, Tlalpujahua y Cuitzeo, Michoacán; Álamos, Sonora; Cosalá, Sinaloa; Tequila, Tapalpa y Mazamitla, Jalisco; Valle de Bravo y Tepotzotlán, Estado de México; Huasca de Ocampo y Real del Monte, Hidalgo; Dolores Hidalgo y San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato; Comala, Colima; Izamal en Yucatán and Santiago, Nuevo León.

Taxco, Guerrero; Tepoztlán, Morelos; Mexcaltitlán, Nayarit; Cuetzalan, Puebla; Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí; San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas: Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila; Bernal, Querétaro; Coatepec y Papantla, Veracruz; Todos Santos, Baja California Sur; Bacalar, Quintana Roo; Huamantla, Tlaxcala, and Jerez, Zacatecas.