What to see in Guadalajara

Guadalajara highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Hospicio Cabañas

   With Orozco’s murals, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

2. Cathedral

   With its yellow towers.

3. Tlaquepaque

   Crafts and mariachis.

4. Plaza de los Mariachis

   Live music.

5. Tequila

   The town and its agave fields, an hour away.

Day trips from Guadalajara

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Tequila ★ 4.5 (35 reviews)

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Typical food of Guadalajara

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Guadalajara from your kitchen).

Torta ahogada

Guadalajara’s sandwich: birote bread filled with carnitas, “drowned” in tomato sauce and doused in hot chile de árbol salsa. It’s eaten with your hands and plenty of napkins.

• Serves 4
• 45 min

Ingredients

• 4 crusty rolls (birote or short baguettes)
• 600 g pork carnitas (or shredded roast pork)
• 200 g refried beans
• 6 tomatoes
• 1/4 onion and 2 garlic cloves
• 15 dried chiles de árbol
• Vinegar, oregano, cumin and salt
• Red onion rings and lime

How to make it at home

1. For the mild sauce, cook the tomatoes with the onion and garlic, blend with salt and oregano and strain.
2. For the hot sauce, toast the chiles de árbol and blend them with vinegar, garlic, cumin, salt and a little water.
3. Split the rolls, spread them with beans and fill them with carnitas.
4. Put each torta in a deep plate and pour over the hot tomato sauce.
5. Add hot sauce to taste and serve with red onion and lime.

The trick: The bread must have a hard crust so it survives the soaking without falling apart.

Frequently asked questions about Guadalajara