Beyond the stadium
Your Local Guide to Guadalajara
GDL has much more than the stadium. Visitors typically stay around 12 days · this is what a local would send them to see.
Tu guía local a Guadalajara · más allá del estadio.
Top experiences
- Tlaquepaque · Cobblestones, artisan shops, craft beer, galleries. Take a taxi or Mi Tren + walk.
- Tonalá · Mexico's largest artisan market · Thursdays and Sundays are the real deal.
- Tequila (the town) · 1 hour out of GDL · hacienda tours, distilleries, agave fields.
- Centro Histórico · Catedral, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Mercado San Juan de Dios.
- Chapultepec · GDL's 'Zona Rosa' · bars, restaurants, slow Saturdays.
Food you must try
Birria
GDL’s signature dish · slow-cooked beef/goat stew.
Torta ahogada
Bread dipped in tomato-chile sauce · spicy, messy, classic.
Tejuino
Fermented corn drink with lime and salt · refreshing.
Carne en su jugo
Bean-and-beef broth · local specialty.
Pepitorias
Pumpkin-seed sweets from Tonalá.
Jericallas
GDL’s answer to flan · firmer, burnt top.
Getting around
- Mi Tren (light rail): 3 lines, cheap, reliable. Line 3 goes to the stadium area.
- Uber / DiDi: cheaper than CDMX · most trips $80-200 MXN.
- MiBici: public bikes · ~$150 MXN/week. Good for short downtown rides.
- Don’t rent a car for matches · no stadium parking allowed on match days.
Events during the Cup
- Rawayana · Auditorio BanamexWed, Jun 10
- Rawayana · Auditorio BanamexWed, Jun 10
- Rawayana · Auditorio BanamexWed, Jun 10
- Rawayana · Auditorio BanamexWed, Jun 10
- Rawayana · Auditorio BanamexWed, Jun 10
- Rawayana · Auditorio BanamexWed, Jun 10
- World Cup: Match 1 Group A - Mexico vs South Africa · Estadio AztecaThu, Jun 11