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Guadalajara Activities and Attractions
City scenery of Guadalajara  Driving
down any of Guadalajara’s long, broad avenues quickly becomes a crash
course in architecture and town planning.
Today’s metropolis, aristocratic and modern, contradictory and powerful, is expressed in the everyday relationship local residents maintain with their urban surroundings. Monuments, roundabouts, fountains, spacious malls and comfortable residential areas are the functional spaces of its inhabitants, which are readily offered to visitors.
Guadalajara cathedral
Gothic, baroque, Moorish and neoclassic influences, the Churrigueresque altarpieces of Our Lady of Aranzazu. Come and see this magnificent old building for yourself.
Teatro Degollado (theather) of Guadalajara
This is a theater with neo-classic style that was open in 1866. In this
place, there are many pictures decorated by Jacobo Gálvez and Gerardo
Suarez in 1861.
Hospicio Cabañas(orphanage house) building
The Hospicio Cabañas is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO,
are a landmark in the history of Mexican architecture.
 Sanctuaries of Guadalajara
The sanctuaries to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Solitude, the Rosary and the Sacred Heart, the Church of the Capuchin Nuns, the Immaculate Conception and San Francisco together with several other expressions of religious fervor are a must for locals and visitors alike.
Tlaquepaque
A craftsmen’s village, Tlaquepaque owes its prestige and international
renown to the skilled potters that mold the local clay. It is a wonderful
place for buying high-quality craftwork, not least because of the excellent
prices found in this town that was once the soul of Mexico.
Tonalá
The former indigenous capital, Tonalá, “the city where the sun rises” is Jalisco’s
pottery center and the only place where ceramics are produced using eleven
different techniques.
Camping in Guadalajara
How would you like to go camping in a fully serviced trailer park where you can swim in private pools of thermal waters provided by the nearby natural springs and also go boating on the nearby lake? This dream will be fulfilled at Villa Corona, only 60 km southwest of Guadalajara, on the edge of the Atotonilco lagoon.
Hiking & climbing in Guadalajara
Guadalajara has two large parks where you can enjoy climbing at Barranca
de Huentitán, a favorite natural park among adventure sports enthusiasts. There are also the volcanoes that form part of the Eje Neovolcánico
Transversal (Neo volcanic Transversal axis) that crosses the country from
Nayarit to Veracruz. The highest in the region is the 2,920 meters high
Tequila volcano, north of the famous Nevado de Colima and about 50 km from
the city.
The rugged hills along the lakeshore between the villages of Chapala and Jocotepec are the launch site of hang-gliders. The air rising up the sides of the several hundred-meter hills allow enthusiasts to climb to high altitudes and glide over the magnificent lake landscape for hours on end.
Golf in Guadalajara
There are five good places to play golf in Guadalajara:
Chula vista country club
This golf course has a surface area of 71,734 square meters and is located 35 minutes from the city of Guadalajara.
Club de golf Santa Anita
This semi-flat course has 18 holes and it is a private club, but visitors are welcome on weekdays as long as they have made a reservation.
Guadalajara Golf Club
This 18-hole course is located 3 km from the city of Guadalajara, on the Guadalajara-Torrelaguna highway.
Las Cabañas country club
Arrangements for playing at the Las Cañadas Country Club can be
made through the leading hotels in the area.
Palomar country club
The Palomar Country Club is one of the newest golf clubs in Mexico and has a splendid view of the city. Although this 18-hole course is privately owned, it has facilities for visitors through agreements made with hotels such as the Quinta Real, the Camino Real and the Presidente Intercontinental.
Guadalajara government palace
Guadalajara Government Palace it was first occupied by the governors of the old territory of Nueva Galicia, now the state of Jalisco, during the colonial period. Then, during the 19th century, it was the lodging of the insurgent, Miguel Hidalgo, who passed the law abolishing slavery from that very palace in 1810. This building has been occupied by the true history of Mexico, a must place to visit.
Sierra de Manatitlán biosphere reserve
The Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve is located a little over 200 km southwest of Guadalajara. This is a mountainous area with a wide variety of flora consisting of endemic plants and another two thousand species that can be found in the pine and oak forests, the mesophyll mountain forest, the low density jungle and the thorny underbrush in this Reserve. More than 139,000 hectares of the rugged Sierra de Manantlán
are protected areas. This reserve is covered in oak, pine and has a low-density
jungle that is inhabited by birds, mammals. To find hotel accommodations in Guadalajara Activities please use the search box below, where you will find the best hotel selection at the lowest guaranteed rates.
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