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10 Instagram spots around Puebla
Puebla offers tile-covered façades, historic streets and a hilltop fort. These ideas focus on architecture and public spaces across the city.
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Zócalo de Puebla
The San Miguel fountain sits in Puebla’s central square, surrounded by trees and historic buildings. Use the fountain as a foreground subject and leave enough space to show the life of the square around it.
Search Google MapsPuebla Cathedral
Puebla Cathedral occupies a prominent block beside the historic centre’s main square. From the public pavement, compose the façade and its towers together, keeping some of the surrounding street in the frame for scale.
Search Google MapsPlazuela de los Sapos
The Plazuela de los Sapos is a historic square associated with antiques traders. Photograph along its surrounding streets to bring several colourful façades and their doorways into one frame, without focusing on individual stalls.
Search Google MapsBarrio del Artista
The Barrio del Artista centres on the pedestrian Plazuela del Torno, long associated with Puebla’s artists. Use the path through the square to lead the eye past the studios, keeping their surroundings in view.
Search Google MapsCasa de los Muñecos
The Casa de los Muñecos has a tiled façade with human figures set into its brickwork. From the pavement on Calle 2 Norte, photograph a wider section first, then look for one of the figures as a detail.
Search Google MapsCasa del Alfeñique
The Casa del Alfeñique takes its name from the sweet-like plaster decoration on its façade. Photograph the corner exterior from the pavement, combining the pale ornament with the patterned brickwork.
Search Google MapsTemplo de San Francisco
The church of San Francisco has an exterior combining brick, stone and tiles. Photograph the façade from outside, then look for a detail where the different materials meet, taking care not to block the entrance.
Search Google MapsCalle de los Dulces
Calle 6 Oriente is known as the Calle de los Dulces for its traditional sweet shops. Photograph along the pavement to bring the storefronts and upper façades into one street scene, leaving entrances clear for customers.
Search Google MapsTeatro Principal
The Teatro Principal is a historic theatre in Puebla’s centre, with an open plaza in front. From the plaza, include the space around its exterior to give the theatre room in your composition.
Search Google MapsFuerte de Loreto
Fuerte de Loreto crowns a hill and now houses the Museum of Non-Intervention. From the exterior approach, frame the fortifications with their raised setting. Check the museum’s separate photography rules if you enter.
Search Google MapsSources for these photo spots
- Puebla Municipal Archive: Civil heritage of the city
- INAH: Historic monuments of Puebla de Zaragoza
- Puebla Municipal Archive: Apuntes del viajero
- Puebla Municipal Council: Barrio del Artista
- Secretaría de Cultura: Museo Regional Casa del Alfeñique
- INAH: Museo de la No Intervención, Fuerte de Loreto
- INAH: Fuerte de Loreto visitor information