If during this holiday season it will remain in the city, the authorities expanded their Offer of programs and activities to enjoy tourist attractions. The Guadalajara City Council offers 78 Free morning and evening tours, as well as different activities in museums.
The Gomez family, originally from Campeche, enjoys coming to Guadalajara. It is the fifth consecutive year in which he does it and, on this occasion, he took advantage of the guided tours that are offered in the center to learn more about their history and traditions. “We brought the children to meet. We already went to Chapala and right now we walk here. We also went to Tlaquepaque we will already go to Tonalá to buy remembrance,” said Chantel, head of family.
Of those routes, 24 are by bus and the rest pedestrian. You can visit traditional neighborhoods, such as Santa Quick, Wine y Mexicaltzingoas well as the viewpoint of the ravine of Huentitán and the colosseum sand for a wrestling show. In addition, as a novelty of this year tours in English will be offered on Tuesday 15 and 22, and Friday, April 18 and 25.
The starting and registration point is in the Tourism Module of the City Council located in Plaza Guadalajara, in front of the Municipal Palace, from 9:30 am. By having limited quota, it is recommended to arrive 30 minutes before.
The Urban Forest Metropolitan Agency also has 13 recreational areas. After conforming as a metropolitan organism, the conditions of the mayor parks, the Tlaquepaque urban forest, the blue water, the Montenegro Park, the Huentitán Natural Park, the liberation, the González Gallo Park, the Luis Quintanar (before solidarity) and the Metropolitan Park, among others, with free income.
The Municipal Sports Council of Guadalajara will open its pools located in the sports units on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For his part, the mayor of Zapopan, Juan José Frangie stressed that surveillance will be reinforced on the main roads and religious spaces, as well as in gastronomic and tourist corridors. “We will have a lot of tourism, especially in the Basilica, in the Maz Museum, in the Historic Center …” The access to the forest will be open.
Tlaquepaque The Historic Center offers with a wide gastronomic corridor, but also to exhibit their crafts. And the strongest is the celebration of the Judea Live that takes place this Thursday, Friday and Saturday in San Martín de las Flores.
In Tonalá There will be coordinated tourist tours with the Tapatío City Council. Starting from Plaza Guadalajara, the Tourism Directorate organized a series of guided tours of emblematic and religious points that have given him international fame. Warmer, ceramic mud workshops, canelo mud and blown glass will be visited, among other traditional techniques. In addition, you can visit the National Museum of Ceramics and the Parish of Our Lady of El Rosario.
In Tlajomulco They will receive visitors at the Malecon of Cajititlán, the representation of the Judea in Cuexcomatitlán and the artisan route.
The State Government announced that the C5 urban shield will reinforce monitoring and surveillance in corridors and tourist areas, in order to attend any emergency immediately.
Families will have countless options to enjoy this rest period in the Metropolitan area of Guadalajara. The informant. Navarrese
Guadalajara invites tourists to discover his cultural side
For national or international tourists, or simply for those who decided to stay in the city during the Holy and Easter weeks, The Guadalajara City Council enlisted a scheme of tours guided by points and emblematic areas of the city, in order to rediscover the capital from culture and tradition.
With Guadalajara square as a starting point, there will be pedestrian tours of historical buildings of the center, such as Fray Antonio Mayor’s work. This guided tour begins in the tree sculpture inside and continues towards the Journalism Museum, the Sanctuary, the Civil Hospital Museum and concludes in the Pantheon of Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, bus tours will take visitors to traditional neighborhoods. One of the most prominent is that of Mexicaltzingowhere you will visit the nine corners, the University Square – where the Ibero -American Library is located – and the Ladies bridge.
In addition, in coordination with the City of Tonalá, the option of touring tourist points of that municipality will be provided. “It offers us to go to Cerro de la Reyna, to a craft factory. All are totally different, for the whole family, for adults and children, ”said María del Refugio Plascencia Pérez, head of Tourism of Guadalajara.
As for the museums, during the Holy and Easter weeks they will have a special program of activities in order to promote the cultural and historical heritage of the city. On the one hand, The Museum of Journalism and the Graphic Arts (MUPAG), located on Fray Antonio Mayor Avenue, in the downtown area, will present an installation focused on the history and symbols of the Dolores altars, Tradition dating from the nineteenth century and still lasts in the city. This exhibition will have as a central piece a work by artist Tapatío Gabriel Flores and will be open to the public until April 27.
He City museum, Located on Independencia Street No. 684, also in the downtown area, will exhibit the project Windows to the past, by Gustavo Ibarra Pacheco, who seeks to publicize the architectural heritage that embellished the city, but that has been forgetting over the years. The assembly includes artificial intelligence with projections of old photographs and will be presented on Tuesday 15 and 22, and Thursday, April 17 and 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the main courtyard.
From Tuesday 15 to Sunday 27, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. The Paleontology Museum – located on Dr. Roberto Michel No. 520 Avenue, in the San Carlos neighborhood – will carry out tours to learn about the largest Mexican collection of animals of animals of the ice age. It will also carry out workshops related to prehistory and present documentaries. The quota is 30 people over five years old.
Finally, during Easter week and on the occasion of the Celebrations for Children’s Day, El Globo, Guadalajara Childhood Museum, celebrates its 25th anniversary with activities focused on childhood. Located on Avenida 5 de February, in the Las Conchas neighborhood, it will have the activation of the Device I piece. Exercises to sign, by the contemporary artist Michelle Larusso. The workshop will also be offered The museum of my dreams, taught by the Electoral Institute and Citizen Participation of Jalisco in conjunction with Education Museums. There will also be film cycles, yoga classes and the construction of a playground with flames and recycled material, as part of the Guadalajara Clean campaign.
For all the routes it is recommended to use sunscreen, comfortable clothes and stay hydrated, as well as attend and respect the guidelines of the guides.
Tourists visit the Historic Center of Guadalajara as part of the free activities organized by the City Council during Easter and Easter. The informant. Navarrese
Guided tours
“You can always know the city better”
The Quiñones family was looking for a place to eat after returning to the center; They returned from a tour of Chapala. Although Ricardo was already tired, Graciela still wanted to walk or, at least, to go to a museum.
“To take advantage of the holidays, not little by little? But yes, it is very beautiful, it is one of my favorite seasons in the city because the weather is pleasant, there is not so much traffic and we have the opportunity to walk as a family. You can always be a tourist in your own city, right? If they do not want, I am going to throw myself even if it is to a museum,” he said.
That last sentence, apparently, convinced Ricardo, because he mentioned that they still reached the evening tourist tour organized by the Guadalajara City Council in the historic center. He accommodated his daughter’s hat in La Carriola and undertook the march. “We eat something and we follow,” he told his wife.
“If they are free and I do not know the city, you have to take advantage”: the center receives national tourists with their free tours
Victor took a selfie in front of the roundabout of illustrious Jalisco. Originally from Tamaulipas, it was the first time that Guadalajara and its historic center visited, so, he said, “architecture is impressive, which I had seen in photos.” He arrived in the city last Saturday and had already had the opportunity to visit Tlaquepaque and Tequila; However, the capital “was denied.”
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Tonalá invites artisan workshops
With free tourist tours to the National Museum of Ceramics or the Parish of Our Lady of El Rosario, the Tourism Directorate of the City of Tonalá invites people who vaccate in the city to know the most traditional and entrenched side of the municipality.
Until April 25, local, national and international tourists can visit the centers that have given international fame to the municipality. Juan Carlos Nuño Gómez, Director of Tourism, said that Burd mud workshops will be visited, low and high temperature ceramics and Canelo mud.
A family of tourists enjoys the walk in Calandria, but without horses. The informant. Navarrese
Magical peoples
More options to vacation without leaving Jalisco
The holidays do not always have to involve large transfers or plane tickets. In this season of Holy Week and Easter, an option is to visit one of the 12 magical villages that houses Jalisco: Destinations that combine culture, nature, gastronomy and traditions. All are located a few hours by road from Guadalajara and offer different experiences to enjoy the holiday pause without leaving the state.
Tequila It is perhaps the best known. Appointed Magic Town in 2003, it is located about an hour from the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara. It is the cradle of the drink that gives identity to Mexico in the world. There you can travel tequila haciendas, climb some of its tourist trains, walk between agave fields or simply sit in its main square to enjoy the landscape and environment.
They are also found Tapalpa and Mazamitla, two ideal options for those who prefer the forest and mountain, cabins and fresh climate. Tapalpa, Recognized in 2001 as one of the first magical towns in the country, it is about two and a half hours from Guadalajara and is famous for “Las Piedrotas”, giant rock formations surrounded by a green landscape, as well as by its picturesque center and its rest atmosphere.
Mazamitla, For its part, it was included in the program in 2005 and has become one of the favorite destinations for weekend getaways and holiday bridges, thanks to its proximity to the metropolis. With its architecture of inclined roofs, its forest, the waterfall “El Salto” -ideal for a fresh walk- and its adventure activities.
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