Lugares para visitar en Pátzcuaro y sus alrededores

     Many of our guests at Hotel Mansión Iturbe have asked us about destinations between places like Guadalajara and Mexico City , and Pátzcuaro.           Just where the México-Guadalajara and Morelia-Salamanca freeways converge, we find the enormous, lovely Lake Cuitzeo .  Adding to the existing beauty of the area are numerous graceful herons, and Canadian geese call Lake Cuitzeo their home in the winter, providing one of Nature’s spectacular shows for the weary freeway traveler.       Another sight for sore eyes are the picturesque canoes used by fishermen in search of succulent fish – famous in the region – prepared in different, delicious ways.  Other Traditional Mexican Cuisine (recently named an “Intangible Heritage of Humanity”), such as carnitas, mole de Guajolote, and pulque-based stew, add their own flavor to the above-mentioned visual attractions.   ...

      Muchos de nuestros huéspedes del Hotel Mansión Iturbe, nos han preguntado por lugares en donde se pueda realizar una escala en el camino rumbo a Pátzcuaro, provenientes del Bajío, Guadalajara y Ciudad de México.            Justamente en donde convergen la Autopista México-Guadalajara y la Autopista Morelia-Salamanca, Usted encontrará el Lago de Cuitzeo que destaca por su belleza, su tamaño y por ser el hábitat de diversas especies como las Garzas y el pato canadiense, que durante la temporada de invierno aunado a los bellos atardeceremos conforman un espectáculo de la naturaleza para el viajero que transita por la Autopista.                          En el Lago de Cuitzeo también podrá contemplar las canoas con los pescadores en busca de carpas y charales que son utilizados dentro de la gastro...

At the most recent International Tourism Fair in  Madrid (FITUR 2011) , the “Route of Don Vasco” was hailed as “the best cultural tourism product.” We invite you to explore that very Route of Don Vasco, beginning in Pátzcuaro – the heart of the Route.   Stay at Hotel Mansión Iturbe, located on the plaza that bears Don Vasco’s name – one of the most illustrious in all of México.             Following the Route will be a unique experience for you: you will walk in the same steps that Don Vasco de Quiroga took, and you will sense the presence of a great visionary, leader, and humanitarian – a great man who began his work almost 500 years ago, and the fruits of whose labor live on and on.             Don Vasco de Quiroga is one of the most beloved personages in all of Michoacán.   He was a great benefactor of the indigenous (Purépecha) and is still...