Colonial architecture: San Nicolas parish church the town's protector

Handcrafts: Traditional wood furniture.

Festivities: On September 10th villagers celebrate San Nicolás de Tolentino, their protector.

Gastronomy: To those with a great hunger, cannot miss to taste a dish called "olla podrida" made with different kinds of meat and vegetables.

Hospital: Centro de Salud Tel. 388 2348

Interesting place: A water spring called "manantial de ojo de agua chiquito"

Historical site: During the French Intermission this town was a witness of the interchange between Belgian and French prisoners with Mexican prisoners in 1865 this is how it got it's name

Archaeology: Close to the village a human settlement founded before the Tarascan kingdom around XII a.c. known as Coantepec.