Located 160km (100 miles) from Mexico City, Taxco has been classed as a national monument. The town’s fortune was made from the silver mines. The selling of silverware and jewelry is a thriving local trade. As well as numerous interesting, narrow and winding cobbled streets, the Church of Santa Prisca and San Sebastián is a jewel of Churrigueresque architecture, with a reredos decorated with gold leaf and a wealth of statues and ornaments. Residences of the colonial period include the Casa Humboldt, Casa de Borda and Casa de Figueroa. A cable-car runs from Los Arcos, at the northern end of the town, to the summit of Monte Taxco. The view over the valley and surrounding mountains from the top are spectacular. The Cacahuamilpa Caves are to the north of Taxco.