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All Aboard the Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway

The most popular way to visit the Copper Canyon, indeed the only route many people consider, is aboard the Chihuahua al Pacifico. Traversing switchbacks as well as more than a hundred tunnels and bridges, the narrow-gauge train journey is great fun for people of all ages. There’s a dining car and a bar, and in the passenger cars, swivel chairs are plush and comfortable. Windows might not always be as clean as you’d like, but they are large.

The 645-kilometer (400-mile) trip can be done in one shot (beginning either in Chihuahua, Chihuahua or Los Mochis, Sinaloa), although taking this 17-hour-long approach you’ll miss many wonderful experiences. Along the route are log-cabin lodges at Divisadero and Creel with massive stone fireplaces and incredible canyon vistas. Spend a night or two here, where the flat blue sky punctuated with fat white clouds looks straight out of a Simpsons cartoon. Before continuing the journey, ride a horse or take a walk or van tour lead to simple Tarahumara homes where women in flower-print skirts cook meals over wood-burning stoves and little kids tend goats in rock-strewn meadows.

Around Copper Canyon Train:
   Alamos
   Batopilas
   Chihuahua
   Copper Canyon
   Creel
   Divisadero
   Los Mochis
   Urique
It doesn’t cost extra to make stopovers along the train route, but you should book them in advance. Although the journey can be taken in either direction, heading west to east promises the most spectacular canyon scenery. Rich fields of rice and cotton, alfalfa, tomatoes, and sugar cane near the coast give way to forests of scrub oak and aromatic mesquite, and soon the first glimpses of the magnificent canyons. Then the railway gains nearly 1,067 meters (3,500 feet) in elevation in just 137 km (85 miles), so it’s no surprise that this stretch---between Temoris and Creel stations---boasts the most astonishing scenery and feats of engineering.



Hotel Monse  
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Downtown Batopilas, Batopilas, Chihuahua

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Hotel San Francisco  
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Victoria 409, Centro, Chihuahua, Chihuahua
614/416-7550

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La Casa de los Milagros  
Restaurant
Victoria 812, Centro historico, Chihuahua, Chihuahua
614/437-0693

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Hotel Parador Chihuahua  
Hotel
Calle 3ra #304, Centro, Chihuahua, Chihuahua
614/415-0827

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Antojitos Pam Pam  
Restaurant
Venustiano Carranza 1204, Centro histórico, Chihuahua, Chihuahua
614/410-5147

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Tio Molcas  
Restaurant
Av. Lopez Mateos 35, Creel, Chihuahua
635/456-0033

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Pizza del Rey  
Restaurant
Av. López Mateos 5, Creel, Chihuahua
635/456-0538

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Hacienda Batopilas  
Hotel
Domicilio Conocido, Batopilas, Chihuahua
635/456-0245

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