Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau The new reality show project ¡Qué Chilo Sonora! (Sonora is so cool!) brings together talented artists and TV hosts from Televisa Sonora to compete in challenges at sites across the state, while promoting the entire region. The Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau encourages the local tourism and business […]
US Embassy in Mexico City: Event: Mexico COVID-19 Update (March 4, 2021) The number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico continues to decrease after reaching a peak in the first week of January 2021. As of February 28, Mexico City, Mexico State, Guanajuato, Queretaro, and Puebla report the highest number of active cases. States reporting the highest hospital occupancy rates are Mexico City and Puebla (above 50 percent). Mexican health authorities reiterated calls for people to follow prevention measures including leaving home only for […]
Press Release. Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau The film “Sonora” won two Ariels at Mexico’s most important film awards event held on Sunday, September 27th. Shot principally in the desert surrounding the Pinacate, “Sonora” brought the impressive landscape to the world on the big screen, taking home an Ariel for Best Adapted Screenplay as […]
By José Antonio Pérez Puerto Peñasco historian, chronicler, and author Guillermo Munro Palacio was warmly embraced by applause and well-deserved recognition on Tuesday evening, Aug. 27th, at the local premier of the film Sonora, based on his novel La Ruta de los Caídos (The Route of the Fallen). Family, friends, and invited guests who filled […]
Por José Antonio Pérez El cronista y escritor puerto peñasquense Guillermo Munro Palacio fue arropado en su tierra con aplausos y reconocimiento, durante la presentación de la película “Sonora”, basada en su libro “La Ruta de los Caídos”. Familiares, amigos e invitados presenciaron el filme, rodado en locaciones de El Pinacate y el Gran Desierto […]
By Azucena Mazón and José Antonio Pérez. Spring 2017 The majestic sand dunes and rocky landscapes of the Pinacate and Grand Desert of Altar Biosphere Reserve served as background for the Sonoran “road movie” filmed in the area last Spring, directed by Alejandro Springall and based on a script by Puerto Peñasco novelist Guillermo “Don […]
The internationally recognized Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Festival (FAOT) is celebrating its 30th anniversary with performances and celebrations taking over the colonial town of Alamos, Sonora from Jan. 24th – Feb. 1st. The festival, named in honor of Mexican tenor Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, fills the streets and plazas of Álamos with opera, jazz, art exhibitions, theater, […]
State press release The Secretary of Infrastructure and Urban Development (SIDUR) is working to procure Federal resources to restore five religious temples in Sonora, reports SIDUR Secretary Enrique Torres Delgado. SIDUR is looking to coordinate with the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Sonora to respond to this community need. Restoration sites include: […]
State Press Release According to information from the State Commission for the Promotion of Tourism (COFETUR), more than 1.6 million visited Sonora over the recent vacation period. Sonora continues to be fashionable, proof of which can be seen in the influx of 1.644 million tourists to the state during the 2013 summer vacation period, recently […]