{"id":1755,"date":"2010-10-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2067.temp.domains\/~atinytri\/teuchitlan-tips\/"},"modified":"2021-04-07T21:39:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T01:39:36","slug":"teuchitlan-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atinytrip.com\/teuchitlan-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Teuchitlan (Guachimontones) Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Guachimontones is a pre-Columbian site near Guadalajara that is actually part of the UNESCO World Heritage site<\/a> that includes Tequila<\/a>. This is a fabulous location to go on a day trip from Guadalajara<\/a> Mexico!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a quick overview of what you can expect on a day trip to Teuchitlan, the neighboring village named for the Teuchitlan Culture which lived in this region, and of course Guachimonotones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Our latest day trip took us an hour outside the city, on a pretty disheveled road to the small town of Teuchitlan. A short stop in the visitors’ center and a trying-really-hard-to-be-professional video later, we were off to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teuchitlan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Start you visit in the town of Teuchitlan which has a small museum to give you the historical background on what you will find in the archaeological site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Casa de Cultura Teuchitl\u00e1n<\/u> is a small musuem with a display of artifacts from Guachimontones and a half-hour video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located at no. 10 Calle16 de Septiembre, one half block west of the main plaza in Teuchitlan. Open Tues-Sun 9:00-15:00, 10 pesos entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guachimontones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But the real reason we went, was to see Guachimontones<\/a>, the largest pre Columbian site in Jalisco. Here you will see circular stepped pyramids from around year 0 A.D. One day, they will have a nice museum there. But for the time being, we just explored the pyramids\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get to Guachimontones<\/span><\/u>, there are signs in town to get to the site. It is fairly rustic so hiking attire is advisable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This 13-step pyramid isn’t the biggest, but it’s the only one you can see fully exposed; not covered in trees, that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And around the pyramids are these raised platforms all around where huts used to stand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Directions from Guadalajara to Teuchitlan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


To get to Teuchitlan, the town nearest the ruins in Guchimontones, take Avenida Vallarta out of town (towards Puerto Vallarta). The road will split towards Tequila (cuota) and Ameca (libre)- bear left to go towards Tala\/Ameca. Appx. 17 kilometers later you will pass Tala and then turn right into Teuchitlan (you will see blue signs for Guachimontones)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guachimontones is a pre-Columbian site near Guadalajara that is actually part of the UNESCO World Heritage site that includes Tequila. This is a fabulous location to go on a day trip from Guadalajara Mexico! Here’s a quick overview of what you can expect on a day trip to Teuchitlan, the neighboring village named for the …<\/p>\n

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