On weekends the boardwalk will be more congested with visitors taking in the sights, buying ice cream, arts, crafts and taking boat rides out to the islands. The boat trip is worth the ride to see the immense size of the Lake along with the views that come along with it of the mountains behind you.
There are sports aplenty in this delightful municipal seat. Across the street from the park, east of the pier, is the Chapala Yacht Club. View Larger Map. To the northwest, Nuevo Chapala is a beautiful gated residential community with a pool and clubhouse, its modern homes are set along cobblestone streets where palm trees rustle.
To the west is Riberas del Pilar, which is only a 10 minute drive from the center of town, most homes here are residential, in a quieter setting and less expensive than homes located further west. Below we have added a few home tours of properties located in these different areas:. Ten minutes east of town, Vista del Lago is home to the Chapala Country Club with a challenging nine-hole golf course overlooking the lake. This is an open club. All you need to play is to pay the greens fee, golf cart and caddy.
Beautiful private homes surround the course. This neighborhood takes its name from the lakefront Hotel Montecarlo. Carol Bowman delights us with her experience of day of the dead Dia de los Muertos in Patzcuaro, Mexico. Zofia Barisas shares her personal experience with the tragic death of a young boy.
The kitchen is equipped with major appliances, and has a separate pantry and laundry area. A master bedroom also with sliding doors to the patio , walkthrough closet and bathroom, plus a half bathroom, complete the first floor. More about this home…. Retirees find that keeping occupied is not a problem; the only dilemma is finding the time to do all the available activities. There are hundreds maybe thousands of activities in the towns of La Ribera de Chapala to keep you entertained and participating in this beautiful community.
This is a brief list of some of the activities, places and organizations, which are not numbered in any particular order. Hope this is of great help for you. Read more about activities in Lake Chapala…. For a variety of reasons more and more Americans and Canadians are contemplating moving abroad for retirement. For many, Mexico ranks high on their list Ajijic, is a magical town of creation, inspiration and connection with nature, where you can enjoy the magnificent climate most of the year.
These are By Catherine A. MacKenzie Early Wednesday morning transforms an ordinary street in Ajijic into a party among strangers. Inside, the tight air tries to shed By Robert M. Burnet Mezcala Island, a rocky and chayote-covered outcrop near the north shore of Lake Chapala, today bears scant evidence of the long By Neill James Ed. Note: The following article was first published in in the magazine Modern Mexico.
The term ecosystem was coined in to denote the physical and biological components of an environment considered in relation to each other as a Ajijic is situated on a narrow strip of land between the mountains to the north and the Lake to the South. It is seven kilometers west of Chapala. Its average annual temperature is Since Tuesday, December 1, , the town of Ajijic, located on Lake Chapala, has been declared the ninth Magic Town of Jalisco Pueblo Magico , delivered by the federal tourism government.
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Related Posts. Also being the Guadalajara International Airport on the road to this destination, it makes it easily accessible to visitors and residents of the small towns that surround the lake as a connected and fast access way with many of the main points in national and international cities. Lake Chapala in the Jalisco state of Mexico extends along the Sierra de San Juan Cosala Jalisco so it is possible to access and reach the town of Jocotepec Jalisco surrounding the mountain range, and for which some is perhaps a little more accessible and fast reaching these villages mainly.
The proximity of this lake as well as the ease of access has given it became one of the closest and most popular resting places near the city of Guadalajara and as a pleasant option to visit for tourists who are touring the region in addition to the recognized tequila region.
The Lake Chapala area is one of the places that attracts foreigners, mainly from the United States and Canada, where foreigner communities have established themselves, achieving a calmer and safer environment for them.
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