Guadalajara Mexico’s 2nd Largest City, full of Art and History.
Guadalajara in the State of Jalisco in Mexico, is a City with over 5 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area. Guadalajara is the second largest City in Mexico, with many attractions as well as large industrial settings. Guadalajara can be considered a World Class big City with all the amenities people would expect to find. Guadalajara Hotels, museums, restaurants, bars, night clubs and shopping areas will satisfy the most experimented traveler.
Guadalajara’s aborigine and Colonial heritage is full of attractive buildings, plazas and parks that go back in time in to the 16th and 17th Century. Guadalajara is nestled in the prairies enclosed by Mexico’s 2 Main Sierra Mountain structures. The countryside and the climate are generous to agriculture and live stock raising. Guadalajara is also well-known for tequila, charros, music and cuisine. These are the essence of Guadalajara’s folklore. People in Guadalajara are very proud of their City and are very welcoming and service oriented. Guadalajara has a quite busy International Airport with Direct Flights from Europe and the United States.
In the Down Town Colonial part of Guadalajara Mexico, there are countless Parks, Squares and Pedestrian areas where locals and tourists meet. Guadalajara is a vibrating city where you can still see the people having time to peacefully enjoy their leisure hours in the large open spaces that Guadalajara has to Offer. Guadalajara’s Plaza Tapatía is a Monumental area of 70,000 square meters with patches of well kept plants and trees, producing a refreshing sensation to this very attractive ´place.
Plaza Tapatia in Guadalajara has 2 main pedestrian paths connecting to the Degollado Theater and to the Cultural Cabañas Institute with the Jose Clemente Orozco World Famous Mural Paintings. All over this huge area you find sculptures of very renowned artists such as Beatriz Hernandez and Miguel Ibarra. In the midst of the Down Town Guadalajara’s social and commercial area, on 16 of September Avenue, you will find Los Portales. These are different series of Arches as lower part of buildings providing different type of purposes, such as cafés, restaurants, pedestrian commercial passages and more. You find Los Portales in Front of the 16th Century Government Palace and the Portal of The Agustinos which has the same time seniority and leads to the Main Square or Plaza de Armas.