{"id":3935,"date":"2018-02-15T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=3935"},"modified":"2018-02-19T22:33:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T22:33:56","slug":"guadalajara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=3935","title":{"rendered":"Guadalajara, Mexico."},"content":{"rendered":"

POP 1.5 MILLION<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s second largest metropolis is actually a confederation of three cities \u2013 Zapopan, Tlaquepaque and Guadalajara proper \u2013 each with its own airs and idiosyncrasies. Together they form a culturally compelling whole, a blended cocktail not unlike one of the locally concocted margaritas \u2013 sharp, potent and remarkably well-balanced.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you\u2019re intimidated by the size and intensity of Mexico City, Guadalajara delivers a less frenetic alternative. Many of the cliche\u0301d images recognized as Mexican have roots here: mariachi music, wide-brimmed sombreros, the Mexican hat dance and charreadas (rodeos). But, Guadalajara is as much a vanguard of the new Mexico as it is a guardian of the old. Chapultepec hipsters drive the cultural life forward, fusion chefs have sharpened the edges of an already legendary culinary scene (famed for its tender stews and \u2018drowned\u2019 sandwiches), while foresighted local planners are doing their damnedest to tackle the traf- fic and congestion (a bike-sharing scheme is the latest wild card).<\/p>\n

Guadalajara\u2019s most comprehensive museum tells the story of the city and the region from prehistory to the revolution. The ground floor houses a natural history collection whose unwitting star is a mightily impressive woolly mammoth skeleton. Other crowd-pleasers include displays about indigenous life and a superb collection of pre-Hispanic ceramics.<\/p>\n

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POP 1.5 MILLION Mexico\u2019s second largest metropolis is actually a confederation of three cities \u2013 Zapopan, Tlaquepaque and Guadalajara proper \u2013 each with its own airs and idiosyncrasies. Together they form a culturally compelling whole, a blended cocktail not unlike … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-3935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mexico","tag-guadalajara"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3935"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4022,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3935\/revisions\/4022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}