Quinta Real Guadalajara

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Once nicknamed the country's "biggest small town," Guadalajara has registered astounding growth in recent decades. Yet, although it has become sophisticated and cosmopolitan, it remains a city of parks and fountains, of monuments and flower-lined boulevards. Famed for its talented artisans, for the crafts of the nearby village of Tlaquepaque and for the tequila distilleries in the town of Tequila, Guadalajara is also famous as the birthplace of José Clemente Orozco, one of the 20th centuries greatest artists, who did some of his best work here. It is one of Mexico's most delightful areas for tourists because of its a marvelous climate-eternal springtime, with a rainy season for three months during the summer. But most important in attracting visitors is its evocation of the graciousness and gentility of old Mexico.