Querétaro, Mexico · North America
Bernal sits on the route: 5 minutes from San Martín.
Bernal is a town located in Querétaro, Mexico. With a population of 3,965, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Bernal sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Mexico City time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bernal to your route.
San Sebastián Bernal, better known as Bernal (Spanish: [beɾˈnal] ; from Basque Vernal, "place of stones or boulders"), is a colonial village in the Mexican state of Querétaro. It was founded in 1642 by Spanish soldier Alonso Cabrera.
Bernal is located 40 minutes by road from state capital Santiago de Querétaro andRead more
two and a half hours from Mexico City.
It is located in Ezequiel Montes municipality, a few minutes from Colón and Cadereyta.
It has a current population of 2909, of which 1377 are males and 1532 are females. A total of 1014 persons are counted as Economic Active Population and there are only 630 inhabited homes in town.
It is known for its enormous monolith of massive rock, the Peña de Bernal, the third highest on the planet.
According to chronicler Omar Ortega Paz, its names in the Otomi language (De'hendo) and in Chichimeca (Ma'hando) have the same meaning: "In the middle of two".
In 2005, Bernal was designated a Pueblo Mágico ("Magical Town") by the Mexican Secretariat of Tourism (SECTUR). The Magical Towns are admitted for being localities that have magic symbolic attributes, legends, history, transcendental facts that associate in each of its cultural manifestations, and that today mean a great opportunity for tourism.
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Bernal is located in Querétaro, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.7403 latitude, -99.9412 longitude.
Bernal has a population of approximately 3,965 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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