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Magical Towns on the way from Mexico City to Guadalajara

8 Magical Towns are less than 30 km from the road between Mexico City and Guadalajara, a trip of roughly 560 km on the Occidente highway (15D). El Oro, Tlalpujahua, Cuitzeo and Tlaquepaque are right on the way.

Seven hours of highway that can become a road trip: the mining towns of El Oro and Tlalpujahua, Cuitzeo and its lake, Yuriria with its fortress convent and, on arrival in Guadalajara, Tlaquepaque and its craft workshops.

Distance
≈ 560 km
Driving time
≈ 6 h 30 min
Stops
8

Stops in order, from Mexico City

  1. Illustration of Tepotzotlán, Estado de MéxicoKm 27
    Estado de México

    Tepotzotlán

    ≈ 23 km off the road

    A jewel of New Spain baroque on the UNESCO-listed Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: a former Jesuit college that now houses the National Museum of the Viceroyalty.

  2. Illustration of Villa del Carbón, Estado de MéxicoKm 55
    Estado de México

    Villa del Carbón

    ≈ 13 km off the road

    Leather jackets, wool sarapes, cobbled streets and reservoirs such as Presa del Llano and Taxhimay in the Sierra de Monte Alto, near Mexico City.

  3. Illustration of El Oro, Estado de MéxicoKm 137
    Estado de México

    El Oro

    Right on the way

    Mining heritage and Porfirian architecture: the Municipal Palace, Juárez Theater, Mining Museum, the San Juan mine tunnel and northern forests.

  4. Illustration of Tlalpujahua, MichoacánKm 142
    Michoacán

    Tlalpujahua

    Right on the way

    The town of eternal Christmas: over 300 workshops of hand-blown glass ornaments, the Dos Estrellas mine, sanctuaries and Michoacán forests.

  5. Illustration of Angangueo, MichoacánKm 152
    Michoacán

    Angangueo

    ≈ 27 km off the road

    A mountain mining town and the best base for the El Rosario and Sierra Chincua monarch butterfly sanctuaries in Michoacán.

  6. Illustration of Cuitzeo, MichoacánKm 268
    Michoacán

    Cuitzeo

    Right on the way

    On the shores of Lake Cuitzeo: the Augustinian convent of Santa María Magdalena, the Tres Cerritos archaeological site and nearby hot springs.

  7. Illustration of Yuriria, GuanajuatoKm 279
    Guanajuato

    Yuriria

    ≈ 24 km off the road

    The fortress-like Augustinian convent of San Pablo (1559) and Lake Yuriria, considered the first major hydraulic work in Latin America.

  8. Illustration of Tlaquepaque, JaliscoKm 554
    Jalisco

    Tlaquepaque

    Right on the way

    Folk art in Guadalajara: ceramics, galleries and workshops, the Independencia pedestrian street, El Parián with mariachi and ceramics museums.

Kilometers are approximate, measured along the main highway; the detour is the straight-line distance from the road to the town, so by road it will be longer. Times are estimates: check your route and road conditions before you leave.

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