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◈ The gleam of its main square will help you to understand why it is referred to as “America’s white town”. Your visit will be slow paced, enjoyable and very memorable. You will savor the food of its talented cooks, and you can sculpt or embroider stories guided by master artisans. Drinking organic coffee,
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You will search for clues about the real Comala, and later sleep peacefully in a hacienda or in one of the beautiful places that only an indigenous paradise can offer.
◆Visit the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel in the main square.
◆Take home one of the region’s handicrafts.
◆Take part in the coffee tour.
◆Spend an evening under the colonnades enjoying good music and local food and drink.
Spend an evening under the colonnades enjoying good music, and local food and drink.
❖ Main Garden and Juan Rulfo Statue
The gleam of its main square will help you understand why it’s referred to as “America’s white town”.
Surrounded by white houses and cobbled streets, this square boasts a statue of the writer Juan Rulfo, in actual size, in which he appears sitting down on one of the benches reading his famous novel, Pedro Páramo.
This is a good place to appreciate Comala’s tranquil atmosphere whilst enjoying a tuba, a drink made from the extract of a coconut tree’s palm frond spikes.
❖ Parroquia de San Miguel del Espíritu Santo
Constructed in 1884, this church is considered to be Comala’s only historic monument. Due to constant modifications, its style appears to be neoclassical. A coral window immediately stands out, with its beautiful limestone arch. This window, located on the second floor, has a frieze decorated with plant-like patterns and above this you will spot a curved top piece with a sculpture of St Michael Archangel.
❖La María and Carrizalillos Lagoons
La María is one of the area’s most popular bird watching spots.
You can camp here or rent a cabin. Very close by is the old hydroelectric plant El Remate, which has several bodies of water. You can also go to Laguna Carrizalillos, where you can rent boats and enjoy the spectacular view of the lake and the volcano. The Volcán de Fuego (Fire Volcano) is 8 miles away in a straight line, reaching 12,500 feet above sea level.
❖Go Hiking and Explore El Terrero
Discover the Valle de Minatitlán on a 90-minute journey that offers the region’s best views, as well as visiting a vegetable and medicinal plant nursery. For those who are passionate about the secrets hidden beneath the ground’s surface, there are many caves and more than a hundred tunnels beneath El Terrero’s terrain. If you are interested in exploring them, hire a local guide to take you.
❖ Explore the Volcán de Fuego
This is one of Colima’s most iconic sights, with a height of 12,500 feet above sea level. Studies estimate that it formed during the late Pleistocene period, around the same time as the emergence of Homo Sapiens.
To climb this behemoth, you must make your way to La Yerbabuena, a community that forms part of the Nevado de Colima National Park. This is where your experience begins, as well as the test of your fitness level. If you come in a car, you will have to leave it in Los Aguacates and continue on foot to the community of Mezcal Blanco, which is around 4 miles from the Volcán de Fuego. From here you can see the volcano in all its glory.
Volcán de Fuego is around 6 miles from the Nevado de Colima. To visit both, you should arrive first at the latter, from Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco.
We recommend you climb to the top before midday, following the signposted route, and that you stop at the volcano observatory to marvel at the crater of the Volcán de Fuego. If you follow the trail that leads to the foothills of the Nevado, you will see deep ravines surrounded by pine, oak and oyamel forests.
Tour Operators:
Corazón de Colima Tours
(312) 314 0896
corazondecolimatours.com
Admire Mexico Tours
(312) 314 5454
admiremexicotours.com
❖Spoil Yourself in Hacienda de San Antonio
Walk through the farm or its organic vegetable garden. Find out about how they look after the environment through their programs or ecological activities.
Towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century it was a coffee plantation, and it still produces a significant amount of it.
Staying here is a unique experience for several reasons, the main one being the incredible view of the Volcán de Fuego. During your stay, you can enjoy all kinds of activities: have a picnic, go horse riding, hiking, practice bird watching, or play tennis.
❖ Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day Celebration
It starts on the last Sunday of November and ends on December 12; During these days there are several parades, bullfights and regional music. This celebration is held in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe and is characterized by the charrotaurinas festivities.
❖Comala’s Punch, Bread and Coffee Fair
This fair takes place during the month of April, when you can try Comala’s most traditional foods. Exhibitors from this Magical Town come together so you can familiarize with their products.
There are also cultural events such as dance, music, theater and productions.
❖ Holy Week
In Comala, this time is spent participating in pilgrimages, mass, collecting flowers, fruit, seeds and other offerings that accompany Christ’s Passion, his death, the silent march and his resurrection. The parishioners carry out the burning of Judas, and they sing and dance. During these days, the people of Suchitlán dance the traditional dance of Los Morenos, in which various animal characters appear, each of them wearing a different mask.
