Stay at La Purificadora, a former water factory
- Puebla, Mexico
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La Purificadora, beside the San Francisco church, is a 19th-century water purification factory turned into a hotel, with the restoration designed by the Legorreta architecture firms. It is a stay where the building is part of the experience. Its third-floor terrace looks over church domes and works well at sunset. Book ahead, since the hotel also hosts events.
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Stay at La Purificadora, a former water factoryBeside the Templo de San Francisco, Centro Histórico, Puebla
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