The main church for the Archdiocese of Guadalajara, the cathedral is edged by four plazas that form a cross shape.
This monument has come through a...
A World Heritage Site, this immense complex was established in 1791 as a hospital, almshouse, orphanage and workhouse. With a large rectangular footprint, it...
A swift taxi ride from the Historic Centre, the Guadalajara Zoo is rated as one of the best in Latin America and has a higher variety of species than any in ...
This 17th-century Franciscan church complex is in Zapopan, eight kilometres northwest of Guadalajara Cathedral.
The basilica has theatrical colonia...
In the very centre of the city, opposite the cathedral, is a monument behind railings, paying homage to the State of Jalisco’s most prominent figures.<...
A shining piece of neo-Gothic architecture, this church was built over 75 years between 1897 and 1972. With dainty tracery, crockets, a rose window and mosai...
Once a city of its own, Tlaquepaque was engulfed by the conurbation in the 20th century, and is set just six kilometres southeast of the centre of Guadalajar...
The seat of Guadalajara’s Municipal Council is an eye-catching neo-Colonial building completed in 1952. The facade has an arcade, pinnacles and Guadala...
There are four plazas around the cathedral, all with food vendors if you’re up for a tamale, taco or torta (sandwich). The largest public space is Plaz...
At the boundary between Guadalajara and Zapopan is a lush 92-hectare park with more than 32,000 trees. At Bosque Colomos you’ll meet families having pi...
Just past the zoo on the northern edge of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area is the Barranca de Oblatos, a canyon cut by the Río Grande de Santiago and...
Under an hour south of Guadalajara is Mexico’s largest freshwater lake, with a surface area of 1,100 kilometres.The shore has consistently ...
The road leaving the conurbation to the northwest passes through an ocean of bluish-green spikes.These belong to the blue agave plant, which is t...
