Real de Asientos is an old and tiny mining town on the edge of the desert in Aguascalientes. People come for the simple pleasure of a town built from the famously pink quarried stone. Some of them date back to the mid 16th century. It\'s a quiet town of corner shops and a spa or two. And there are some true treasures within.

Silver mining began in the area in 1647. And this put the little town on the map. By a century later, it was home to textile mills, and homes for all the people who ran them. People come to witness the Escondido de Asientos Aqueduct and the Lord of Tepozán monastery from the 17th-century. The local museum is dedicated in just about equal measures to the history of the mining industry and to the area\'s species of cacti.

The town is centered around the Our Lady of Bethlehem church and the El Piojito Train. But towns people are nearly always celebrating the local cuisine too. This is characterized by wedding roasts, birria quesadillas, chili memelas, and huitlacoche gorditas. These getting special treatment for the Feast of Our Lady of Bethlehem, and the Feast of the Lord of Tepozán.

Travelers can easily get to Real de Asientos by bus from the state capital. Some bus lines, though, will require you to change at the little of Cosio. Estrella Blanca in particular maintains a small station there where some passengers are re-routed. The trip from Aguascalientes city takes just over an hour even with a change of buses.