Tunnel Ogarrio in Real de catorce - stock photo

The Tunnel Ogarrio is the only way to enter this fantastic Ghost Town, is a 3 kilometers long tunnel. Real de Catorce, often shortened to Real, is a village in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí and the seat of the municipality of Catorce. This Ghost Town in the high and dry expanses of northern San Luis Potosí state was once a thriving silver mining settlement. Real de Catorce has long been a pilgrimage site for both local Catholics and Huichol shamanists, and is now being discovered by international tourists drawn by the desert ambience and reputed spiritual energy.