Guadalajara Features

Guadalajara Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  The chance to see murals by Orozco: Titanic works by this distinguished artist adorn several buildings.... Read more

• The Struggle of the Huichol
  

  The Huichol (WEE-chol) Indians' true name is Wirraritari, or "people who populate places of thorny plants." It's a fitting name for this hardy... Read more

• Guadalajara Background
  

  The conquistadors had a difficult time founding Guadalajara. A decade of Indian uprisings and Spanish crown interference caused the capital of... Read more

• Slowly Shaking Off Stereotypes
  

  Guadalajarans have begun to come into their own. Called Tapatíos (a name possibly derived from the Nahuatl word tlapatiotl, a pre-Hispanic... Read more