First published: 28/08/19.

Frédéric M 2.0

Tequila

Tequila (Inscribed)

Tequila by Frédéric M

I used a different mean of transportation than Solivagant to visit Tequila, but my experience there was quite similar. As my interest in Tequila was rather weak and my time a little limited, I chose to visit on a half-day tour from Guadalajara. Many tour operators are based in Guadalajara centro and I thought it would allow viewing more of this vast landscape while being less time-consuming.

The tour I took included the visit of a distillery and then some free time in the town of Tequila. Like Solivagant, I think the history and the process of making Tequila is interesting, but I saw very few interesting stuff in the distillery. The visit was mostly aimed at learning how to taste the different kinds of Tequila. We then had way too much free time in the distillery to sample food at the restaurant and buy things. I used this time to walk around a bit and enjoy the agave landscape and the cellars where Tequila is aged. The agave landscape is the most impressive thing this site has to offer in my opinion. Wherever you look, fields are covered with this blue plant. The landscape with the volcano in the background is thus quite good-looking.

The town of Tequila itself is rather uninteresting. It looks like most Mexican towns with a nice zocalo and a church. I believe going more to the countryside might be more interesting for someone looking for a genuine Tequila experience. Tequila deserve to be a WHS for its unmistakable national (and probably international) significance, but the experience offered to visitors is rather poor. It's then probably better to visit on your own if you're motorized, but the tour operator excursion is still pleasant if you want to tick this site, learn a bit, taste Tequila and see the landscape without spending a lot of times waiting for buses between different point of interests of the landscape while seeing more than only the town of Tequila.

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