Ahuacatlan, Place of Avocados

We wanted to spend a few weeks inland where it would be cooler so we looked for an interesting place, not too far away but inland, to use as a home base,

In our search, what came up and interested us, were three villages, close together, all Magic Towns - Ahuacatlan, Jala and Ixtlan del Rio.

“Mexico's 177 Magic Towns (or Pueblos Mágicos) are villages awarded with this designation for their mystical and mythical character and for maintaining their original architecture, culture, folklore, and history intact.” Every one that we have been to, has been special.

We figured that we could spend a week in each of the three villages, starting with Ahuacatlan, to check out what made them magic. What was great was that it was an easy 2 hour bus ride away from Chacala. A quick taxi ride took us to the hotel.

We booked a week in a beautiful hotel with gardens and a pool in Ahuacatlan, the place of avocados. More about the hotel in the next blog.

Little did we know that it didn’t take long to fall in love with this little town, the people and the hotel and staying longer became the new plan. By the way, Jala and Ixtlan del Rio are a very short local bus ride from where we are so there was no need to change hotels.

From our hotel, we can see the town’s name up in the hills. People told us we could take a long set of stairs up to the sign. On the first day, Chris decided to go up on his own. A half an hour later, he phoned me to tell me to look up at the sign on the hill and check out if I could see him sitting on the L of Ahuacatlan. I could see him! So funny.Read more