“Where IS everybody?”
Mike and I asked ourselves this again and again during our weekend stay in Tequila. For a town with one of the most recognizable names in Mexico, there were remarkably few tourists for a Saturday in April.
Did you know Tequila is not just a drink, it’s a place? I suspect a lot of people do not, otherwise many more would be making pilgrimages to this town, just 45 minutes outside of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city. It’s an easy day trip, although we opted to spend two nights in a dingy hotel the overlooked the main square with its enormous 16th century Spanish church.
Tequila is the town that gave tequila its name, like champagne from Champagne or parmesan cheese from Parma. As such, it’s very much a one industry town, home to Jose Cuervo of course but also Sauza, La Rojeña and about 15 other distilleries.
Oddly, even the crowds at the World of Cuervo tour experience were sparse.
Which isn’t to say the town wasn’t full of life. In36 hours we witnessed not one, but two major parades, a concert and a wedding. By day we wandered from distillery tour to distillery tour to get out of the heat. In the evening we hung out in the town square eating street food, drinking beer (we were sick of margaritas by then) and people watching with the locals.
A town like this should be a major tourist attraction, with theme bars, pesky vendors and disney-fied mexican restaurants. And I for one, was really glad that it wasn’t.
We visited Tequila with a complimentary rental care procured by CarRentalsUK.
Never knew tequila got it’s name from a town, I’ve learned something today. A town called Tequila sounds like a place I would definitely get myself into trouble in though…
Heh! That’s awesome! I love it when I find a gem like that and it’s not overrun by everybody in the world :p I also had no idea that Tequila is actually the name of the town… The only tequila I know tastes delicious and makes me woozy!
I’d love to visit Tequila! I never get sick of margaritas 😛
how do i not know about this place! I love tequila! thanks for sharing!
Loved the colorful pictures. This post makes me crave tequila and I don’t even drink.
Wow I feel horrible for not knowing this town existed & my parents are Mexican. I’ll definitely be checking this place out. I love Tequila like a lot, but can’t drink it. It makes me so damn emotional and I always end up crying. I swear it’s true & so wish it wasn’t the case. I’ll be careful while I am there.
Interesting! I want to go and have some tequila. Will definitely visit the town when I go to Mexico later this year.
I’ve been meaning to visit the real Mexico for years now, and Tequilla seems so perfect. A distillery, a wedding, a couple of parades and a concert in 36 hours?! Wow!
I too am glad it’s not Disney-fied! I’m curious as to what coffee tequila tastes like though?! I don’t imagine the two would go well together.
Coffee tequila is delicious! Much better than regular tequila in my opinion!
I’m not a fan of coffee in general so I passed on that. We have some blackberry tequila in our freezer though. It’s delicious!
So nice! I’ve always wanted to go to Tequila since it is not that far away from Mexico City. What was your favorite tequila?