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    Atenguillo, Jalisco

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    Atenguillo

    Village Atenguillo, Jalisco

    Western Jalisco sierra seat at 1,307 m, with a neoclassical sanctuary and San Miguel festivities in September.

    From Guadalajara: 2 h 20 min by car (150 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Atenguillo

    • From Guadalajara: about 2 h 20 min by road (~150 km)
    • Nearest airport: Puerto Vallarta (PVR), 3 h 12 min by car to San Sebastián del Oeste
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    About Atenguillo

    Atenguillo is the seat of the municipality of the same name, in the Costa-Sierra Occidental region of Jalisco, at 1,307 metres above sea level. The name is a diminutive of Atengo, "at the water's edge", from Nahuatl atl, water, tentli, lip, and co, place. At the 2020 census the town had 1,589 people, 38% of the municipality's 4,176; the other large locality is Los Volcanes, with 1,016.

    The area belonged to the old kingdom of Xalisco and its people spoke Cuyateca. After the conquest of 1535, Atenguillo fell within the Tenamaxtlán encomienda, which covered the town of that name and sixteen outlying estancias. In the 18th century it was a visiting town under the district of Huachinango, and on 20 March 1885 a decree made it a municipality.

    The plaza holds the main sights. The neoclassical Santuario del Cristo del Señor de la Misericordia keeps a Christ sculpture dated 1888 that, according to the EcuRed encyclopedia, was brought from Compostela, Nayarit. The Templo de San Miguel dates from the 19th century, and so does the plaza kiosk. The municipality lists the Salitre and Limón waterfalls and El Limón mountain. Local dishes include birria, pozole, mole, tamales and guava roll. The longest festivals are San Miguel Arcángel in late September and the Virgin of Guadalupe in December.

    How to get to Atenguillo

    Drive from Guadalajara: 2 h 20 min, 150 km

    Atenguillo is in the western Jalisco sierra, about 28 km from San Sebastián del Oeste (approx., around 30 minutes) and about 80 km from Puerto Vallarta (approx., an hour and a half). Mascota is a neighbouring municipality to the north and west. The municipal encyclopedia names the Guadalajara-Ameca and Guadalajara-Barra de Navidad highways, plus rural roads, as the municipality's routes, and says travel is by public bus, rental car or private car. The state statistics institute counts 80.5 km of highway in the municipality, with medium connectivity, and no bus station. There are no published bus schedules for the town; ask at the Guadalajara or Mascota terminals.

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    Best season
    San Miguel Arcángel, 21-29 September; Independence festivities, 13-16 September; Virgen de Guadalupe, 8-12 December; San Pablo charreada, 28 December-1 January. Wikipedia (Municipio de Atenguillo) · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Atenguillo: what to see and do

    The neoclassical Santuario del Cristo del Señor de la Misericordia, with its 1888 Christ sculpture.
    The 19th-century Templo de San Miguel.
    The plaza kiosk, also 19th century.
    The Salitre and Limón waterfalls, in the municipality.
    The San Miguel Arcángel festivities, 21-29 September.

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    Pick up a car at PVR (Puerto Vallarta): about 3 h 12 min by road to San Sebastián del Oeste, then 28 km more to Atenguillo, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Puerto Vallarta (PVR), about 3 h 12 min by road from San Sebastián del Oeste, the base for Atenguillo.

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    When to go to Atenguillo mild

    Atenguillo shares the climate of San Sebastián del Oeste, 28 km away. The best months to visit are March, April, May, and November.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: San Sebastián del Oeste

    Tiled roofs and white church of San Sebastián del Oeste in a forested valley, Jalisco mild
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    Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

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