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    Hostotipaquillo, Jalisco

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    Hostotipaquillo

    Village Hostotipaquillo, Jalisco

    Former silver-mining town dating to 1605, near the Nayarit border, with a roughly 400-year-old church and mine and hacienda ruins.

    From Guadalajara: 1 h 30 min by car (99 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Hostotipaquillo

    • From Guadalajara: about 1 h 30 min by road (~99 km)
    • Nearest airport: Guadalajara (GDL), 1 h 16 min by car to Tequila
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    Full Day Tour to Tequila and Amatitán with Fun and Culture ★ 4.9 (751) 9 h 30 min From US$44
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    Tour to Lake Chapala, MAGIC TOWN of Ajijic from Guadalajara ★ 4.6 (518) 8 h 30 min From US$44
    Full Day in Tequila with Tasting and party in Cantaritos ★ 4.9 (435) 10–11 h From US$72
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    About Hostotipaquillo

    Hostotipaquillo is the seat of a mining municipality in the Valles region of Jalisco, at about 1,300 metres above sea level and some 84 km west of Guadalajara. At the 2020 census it had 3,500 residents, about 40% of the municipality's 8,732. The old name, Ostotipac, is read as "above the cave or crevice", and locals still call the town El Hosto.

    The original settlement lay further west, at a place called La Coronilla. Cristóbal de Oñate conquered the region in 1530, and in 1605 the discovery of ore deposits turned it into the Real de Reales de Hostotipaquillo. In the early 17th century it had ten mining haciendas producing more than 150,000 pesos of silver a year, according to the chronicler Arregui, and local women made well-known silver beads. In 1824 it passed to the department of Tequila and by 1825 it had its own council. The municipal motto, "Progress, Tradition and Mining", still recalls that past.

    On the plaza stand a bandstand and the parish church, about four hundred years old; the streets keep mansions with shaded patios and wide entrance halls. Around the municipality you can visit the ruins of the Ópalo mine and of a large hacienda where metals were processed, viewpoints such as La Cejita and Cerro del Águila y la Cruz, and archaeological sites such as La Ciendia and Los Arquitos. Chapels include Amajac, Cinco Minas and Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Typical food is goat birria, pozole and peanut sweets.

    How to get to Hostotipaquillo

    Drive from Guadalajara: 1 h 30 min, 99 km

    Hostotipaquillo is about 84 km west of Guadalajara. Take the Guadalajara–Tepic highway toward Tequila and Magdalena; shortly past Magdalena a junction off the Tepic road leads to a paved road that climbs through oaks and pines to the town. From Tequila, the nearest Pueblo Mágico, it is about 30 km (approx.) and 35 minutes; from Guadalajara, about 84 km. There is no direct bus from Guadalajara: according to Rome2Rio, Tequila Plus runs from Terminal Zapopan to Magdalena every 30 minutes, in about 1 hour 40 minutes, and you must then connect on to Hostotipaquillo; the whole trip with transfers takes around 2 hours 45 minutes. Ask in Magdalena about local transport, as there are no published schedules.

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    Before you go to Hostotipaquillo: hours, prices and tips

    Best season
    Virgen del Favor 24 January-2 February; Holy Cross 3 May; Assumption 15 August; Virgin of Guadalupe 12 December. Wikipedia · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Hostotipaquillo: what to see and do

    The plaza with its bandstand and the nearly 400-year-old parish church.
    The mansions with shaded patios and wide entrance halls in the centre.
    The ruins of the Ópalo mine and of a large processing hacienda.
    The viewpoints of La Cejita and Cerro del Águila y la Cruz.
    The fiesta of the Virgen del Favor, 24 January to 2 February.

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    When to go to Hostotipaquillo mild

    Hostotipaquillo shares the climate of Tequila, 30 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, November, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Tequila

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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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