Tequila, Jalisco

We quite like the town of Tequila. It is the location of the first, the largest and many other tequila production companies. The town sit in the middle of the main blue aguave growing area high in the sierras, 50k north of Guadalajara. 

The Mexicans are very proud of their tequila. The larger companies have lavish grounds and facilties to display their history and their products. Jose Cuervo is the largest producer. Sauza is one of the oldest and the first to export tequila. They were also the  instigator of the name "Tequila" for what was once know as tequila extract or mezcal extract.

We wanted a tour of the Sauza factory but the factory was in the middle of a week long maintenance shut down when we went to their facility.  However, they  were gracious enough to make a call and a young English speaking fellow showed up to give us a private tour.  We stared the tour with a shot of their finest!  It was an interesting visit.

We stayed at a very nice hotel on the town square and parked the bike in the lobby. The hotel was inexpensive and there were several nice restaurants and cafes nearby. In all we had a nice relaxing 2day visit, before heading back to Sayulita.

The road from Tequila toward Tepic and then down to Compostela is one of the nicest roads we have seem on this trip. It is called Ruta Tequila and winds through lush agricultural mountains. Blue aguave, corn and sugar cane grow along the route.... Very scenic!

We arrived back in Sayulita at about 3 pm and settled back into the Diamanté.

Street between distilleries

Our Orange hotel in the town square

The busiest building in town

And the chapel across the street