luxury properties for sale Querétaro, Mexico

Property for Sale in Querétaro’s Historic Center Located on Hidalgo Street , in the heart of Querétaro’s Historic Center, this single-level property offers a rare combination of location, thoughtful layout, and a private garden , making it an excellent opportunity for those looking for a property with character and the potential to transform it according to their own vision. The home features a well-proportioned layout that allows for excellent use of its spaces, along with a garden that adds a sense of openness and offers a variety of possibilities for future design. Given its characteristics and prime location, the property can be adapted to a range of lifestyles and uses, whether as a private residence, retirement home, offices, coworking space, gallery, creative studio, or even a dining concept incorporating the garden . Living in this part of the city means having Querétaro’s historic architecture, charming plazas, restaurants, cafés, galleries, and everyday local life right outside your door—everything that makes the Historic Center one of the most distinctive and sought-after areas of the city.

Casa del Virreinato is an iconic Querétaro mansion dating from the 1750s. The property is located in the heart of the city of Querétaro. Located in the enclave of the area of ​​monuments declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. During the first half of the 18th century, the Baroque architecture of large public buildings was the most outstanding in the country. The facade of this large house was intervened in the pure French style that invaded Mexico and the world. During this period the most emblematic houses of Querétaro such as Casa de la Marquesa, La Casa de la Corregidora and Casa del Virreinato were designed and built. These private mansions were declarations to the wealth and sophistication of Mexico's upper class comparable to those of Europe. Princess Salm-Salm, most remembered for her valiant effort to save the life of her beloved Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg, was staying in this monumental house. In 1988 this large house was restored and provided with the services according to those of its time, recovering its form of house room. Casa del Virreinato had important restorations both in its façade and in its interiors, responding both to specific programs and to advances and architectural trends from different periods. The current state of this Casona is excellent, today it is inhabited by a family and preserves the uses and customs of the Baroque period where the mansions were built around a large central courtyard, notable for their ornamentation: stairs, fountains and the monumental portal whose hallway is of immense proportions. On the ground floor there is a splendid baroque chapel, the great room, an office, a small study, a bar, terraces and a pool. On the first floor after circulating through the wide staircases, there is the main bedroom, it also has four bedrooms, a family room, a dining room, a kitchen and an upper terrace.