Guadalajara Trip Overview
Take a time to visit the museum in the area, where you can watch a video explaining about the civilization that lived at the archaeological zone of Guachimontones.
On this tour, your guide will take you to explore the archaeological zone and its main areas: The Circle 1 or Great Guachi; the Iguana or Circle 2; the central altar of the Azquelite, the Circle 4, the ball games and the chinampas.
You will have time to have lunch in one of the restaurants from the area (on your own). You can eat meat, seafood or Traditional frog legs!
Additional Info
Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Guadalajara, Mexico
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Archaeology Tours
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Take a time to visit the museum in the area, where you can watch a video explaining about the civilization that lived at the archaeological zone of Guachimontones.
On this tour, your guide will take you to explore the archaeological zone and its main areas: The Circle 1 or Great Guachi; the Iguana or Circle 2; the central altar of the Azquelite, the Circle 4, the ball games and the chinampas.
You will have time to have lunch in one of the restaurants from the area (on your own). You can eat meat, seafood or Traditional frog legs!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Zona Arqueologica Teuchitlan o Guachimontones, Carretera Estatal 604 Guadalajara-San Marcos km 56, Teuchitlan 46762 Mexico
This area is characterized by its peculiar architectural style: stepped conical plinths and circular courtyards that also integrate a ball game and several terraces and buildings. Actually, little is known about the site, since its discovery hardly dates
of 1970. This civilization, known as Tradición Teuchitlán, had its peak among the years 200 and 400 AD and disappeared around 900 AD, and it is known that its antiquity is over of 2 thousand years.
Duration: 4 hours