Guadalajara Region
El Salto del Nogal is a jaw-dropping, 105m-high waterfall about 18km south of town, off a dirt road. A taxi costs around M$250 one way.
Must-see attractions in Guadalajara Region
Guadalajara
The cathedral in Guadalajara includes a Gothic crypt, where three archbishops are buried.
Guadalajara
This huge plaza due east of the cathedral was a 1980s urban planner’s dream project – two whole blocks of colonial buildings to be knocked down and…
Guadalajara Region
Just opposite Tequila's main plaza and immediately recognisable by the enormous statue of a crow (cuervo in Spanish), Mundo Cuervo, which is owned by the…
Guadalajara
Orozco’s former home and studio, used briefly by the celebrated muralist in the early 1940s, today hosts temporary exhibitions. On permanent display in…
Guadalajara
This large, leafy park about 2km south of the city center is a nice place to rehab from too much urbanity. There are benches and lawns to lounge upon and…
Guadalajara
The Museo Regional de la Cerámica is set in a great old adobe building with stone arches and mature trees in the courtyard. It's a relatively small…
Guadalajara Region
A ticket booth (9am to 7pm) at the pier’s entrance sells boat tickets to Isla de los Alacranes (Scorpion Island), 6km from Chapala, which has some…
Guadalajara Region
Call ahead for tours at this fine tequila distillery in Atotonilco el Alto, a town about 110km northeast of Chapala. It's located in a large purple…
Museo Arqueológico de Ciudad Guzmán
Guadalajara Region
This tiny museum, no larger than a room divided into various sections, does a decent job outlining the history of southern Jalisco state through various…
Templo de Santa María de Gracia
Guadalajara
A block northeast of Plaza de la Liberación is the Templo de Santa María de Gracia, with a rather rough and austere interior; it was built as part of a…
Guadalajara
On the north side of Plaza Guadalajara is the Palacio Municipal, which was built between 1949 and 1952 but looks much older. Above its interior stairway…
Guadalajara
On the north side of the Plaza de la Liberación, near the Museo Regional de Guadalajara, is the Palacio Legislativo. Distinguished by thick stone columns…
Guadalajara Region
Hourly tours of Mundo Cuervo's La Rojeña distillery, the oldest in the Americas, include tastings.
