Pictures of Zitacuaro, Mexico
 
If you don't take the express bus from Morelia to Mexico City you will go right through Zitacuaro. Certainly here you should not run into tourists, at least none from north of the boarder. There is quite a bit of activity to be found in the zocalo and the nearby market street Cinco de Mayo which boarders the zocalo to the east. One more street east is the main drag Revolucion Ave. where the bulk of the hotels are to be found.
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Looking across the zocalo to the southeast. The pink building is the Hotel Michoacán (180 pesos single). The view of the city and surrounding area from the Cerrito de la Independencia is breathtaking.
The balcony atop the Cerrito. It is an easy walk east of the city up this hill.