Must-see attractions in Western Central Highlands

  • 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…

  • Museo de Historia Natural

    Morelia

    This strange and very small museum on the eastern side of the Bosque Cuauhtémoc park, displays fossils (including a mammoth's tusk) stuffed, dissected and…

  • Fuente Las Tarascas

    Morelia

    The centerpiece of Plaza Villalongín, this iconic fountain erupts from a fruit tray held by three beautiful, topless Tarascan (now called Purépecha) women…

  • 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…

  • Palacio Municipal

    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…

  • Palacio Legislativo

    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…

  • Orquidario

    Morelia

    Some 3km south of the city center and near the convention center is the Orchid House, which exhibits nearly 3000 species of wild and hybrid orchids. Best…

  • Ex Convento de San Diego

    Morelia

    Built as a monastery in 1761, the Ex Convento de San Diego now houses the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás…

  • La Rojeña Distillery

    Guadalajara Region

    Hourly tours of Mundo Cuervo's La Rojeña distillery, the oldest in the Americas, include tastings.

  • Estatua Ecuestre al Patriota Morelos

    Morelia

    Plaza Morelos, an irregular, conspicuously vacant plaza southeast of the center, surrounds this majestic statue of Morelos on horseback, sculpted by…

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