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Guadalajara rests on a mile-high plain of the Sierra Madre Occidental, surrounded on three sides by rugged hills and on the fourth by the spectacular Oblatos Canyon. Mexico's second-largest city has a population of 4 million and is the capital of Jalisco State. This cosmopolitan if traditional and quintessentially Mexican city offers a range of activities. Shop for handicrafts, housewares, and especially fine ceramics in smart shops or family-owned factories. Dress up for drinks, dinner, and dancing in smart Zona Minerva, in downtown Guadalajara, or put on your comfy walking shoes to visit satellite neighborhoods of indigenous origin. For shoppers and metropolis lovers, this is a great complement to a Puerto Vallarta vacation.

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Instituto Cultural Cabañas
Centro Histórico Zapopan
Museo del Premio Nacional de la Cerámica Pantaleon Panduro
Catedral
Centro Histórico Zapopan
Museo de las Artes
Centro Histórico Zapopan
Museo Regional de Guadalajara
Centro Histórico Zapopan
Palacio de Gobierno
Centro Histórico Zapopan
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Villa Ganz
$$$$ | Zona Minerva
Quinta Real
$$$ | Zona Minerva
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El Tapatío Hotel & Resort
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Fiesta Americana
$$ | Zona Minerva
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$$ | Centro Histórico Zapopan
Hotel de Mendoza
$$ | Centro Histórico Zapopan
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$$ | Zona Minerva

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$$$ | Col. Americana
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Sacromonte
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La Fonda de San Miguel
$$ | Centro Histórico Zapopan
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La Moresca
$$ | Zapopan

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