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Puebla aerial view

Puebla, Mexico

Puebla's UNESCO-listed historic centre is a grid of baroque churches, tiled facades and arcaded squares, with the snow-capped volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl on the horizon. Home of mole poblano, chiles en nogada and hand-painted Talavera, the city keeps its finest hotels in restored colonial buildings and former factories, a short walk from the cathedral and the Biblioteca Palafoxiana.

Banyan Tree Puebla

The former Rosewood Puebla, now under the Banyan Tree flag: restored colonial buildings around courtyards in the historic centre, with three restaurants, an outdoor pool and a full spa.

La Purificadora

A 19th-century water-purification plant beside the San Francisco church, reworked by Legorreta into a Grupo Habita hotel of stone, glass and timber with a terrace and spa above the city.