It is located in the center north of the State geography, which is located in the west of the country, in the coast of the Pacific Ocean, 215 kilometers to the south Guadalajara, the most important city of the West of the country.

You can get to this city by different means; particular automobile, passenger bus and airplane.

By particular or rented automobile, you can acceed by the 56 freeway Guadalajara - Colima, 215 km to the south of the city of Guadalajara.

Means of transport:

There are commercial lines of buses of the main cities of the country that arrive to the east terminal of the city of Colima.

There are also air lines that arrive to the Miguel De la Madrid Airport (Aeromar, Aerocalifornia and Aeroméxico), coming from the City of México, Tijuana and Guadalajara.

The name of Colima comes from Colliman, Nahuatl word used to designate the old kingdom or dominion: Colli, means hill, volcano or grandfather, and Maitl, hand or dominion. In other words: Place conquered by our grandparents, or " Place where the old God or God of the fire dominates, talking about the volcano.

After the Conquer, Gonzalo de Sandoval founded on Caxitlán the Village of Colima on July 25th, 1523, establishing therefore the second City council of the West of the New Spain; in 1524 Don Francisco Cortés arrived to Colima with the title of Greater Mayor of the New Village. This way began the colonial time in the province of Colima, nevertheless the prevailing unhealthiness determined that the Village had to be transferred to the place where it is today, January 20th, 1527.

It is the State Capital, founded on 1527 and communicated by modern and safe highway that unites this city with Guadalajara and Manzanillo. It also has an airport of a great Colimote Ranch architecture, the Miguel De la Madrid Hurtado airport, used for domestic flights.

Colima receives you with its characteristic gentility, inviting you to travel by its historical, cultural, artisan, recreative and folkloric places, like the Government Palace, with its singular neoclassic architecture and the impressive murals of the Colimense painter Jorge Chávez Carrillo; the Cathedral now elevated to Smaller Basilica and consecrated since 1894; the Hidalgo Theater with a rich scenery that dates from century XIX. There is also the Main Garden named Libertad (Freedom), with its fountains, kiosco and ebullient vegetation. Surrounding it there are three beautiful and admirable “portales” (entrance halls), where the Regional Museum of History can be found. It projects the past of Colima, cultural and artistic activities of diverse themes. Other important places that we recommend you to visit are: the Museum of the Western Cultures, Maria Ahumada, because it contains more than 700 pre-Columbian archaeological pieces; the University Museum of Popular Arts Maria Teresa Pomar, whose assignment is to rescue, conserve and spread the folklore and Mexican crafts; the ruins of the Convent of San Francisco de Colima, after the Almoloyan, are the oldest in the West of the New Spain; the Esplanade and Temple of San Felipe de Jesus (Beaterio), where the Santo Patrono de Colima is venerated and in whose altar is a handmade altarpiece carved in cedar of century XVII. The University Pinacotheca is a space appointed to the diffusion of the culture, located between Vicente Guerrero St. and Constitution Ave., in the Historical Center of the City of Colima (Downtown)

You can have fun in one of the metropolitan parks, like the Griselda Alvarez Park, which has a watering place with pools and toboggans, or the Rodeo, great green and wooded space located in the town La Estancia, 4 km from downtown.

One of the representative symbols of the City is the outstanding monument of Rey Colimán (Coliman King) that represents the encounter of the pre-Columbian and spanish cultures, where the inscription can be read Colima raises here the virtues of its lineage as a patriotism definition.

The City is famous in all the country for its excellent candies, such as the coconut candies, the alfajor (paste typically made of almonds, walnuts and honey) with coconut and pineapple flavor, the pulp of tamarind and the pellizcos, all of excellent quality. The drinks of greatest tradition and settling are the fresh tuba - sweet sap or mead of the palms - the tejuino and the refreshing bate; some dishes stand out in typical gastronomy, like the sweet enchiladas, the pricked sopitos, the scraped tortilla toasts, white pozole, the milk cornflour drink with meat tamales, tatemado and birria with beans and hot sauce. Therefore, if you want to return to this green and calm city, all you have to do is slide by the Piedra Lisa (Smooth Stone), which legend assures that anyone who does it will stay in Colima, or a

Se encuentra ubicada en el centro norte de la geografía del Estado, el cual se ubica en el occidente del país, en la costa del océano Pacífico, a 215 kilómetros al sur de la ciudad de Guadalajara, la más importante del occidente del país.

A esta ciudad se pueden acceder por diferentes medios, en automóvil particular, autobús de pasajeros y avión.

En automóvil particular o rentado, se accesa por la autopista 56 Guadalajara - Colima, a 215 Km. al sur de la ciudad de Guadalajara.

Medios de transporte:

Existen líneas comerciales de autobuses de las principales ciudades del país que arriban a la central oriente de la ciudad de Colima.

También existen líneas aéreas que arriban al Aeropuerto Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (Aeromar, Aerocalifornia y Aeroméxico), procedentes de la Ciudad de México, Tijuana y Guadalajara.

En este lugar es posible disponer de todos los servicios que puede ofrecer una Capital de Estado que cuenta con excelentes comunicaciones:

* Baños públicos en todos los edificios públicos y museos.

* Alimentos y bebidas en restaurantes y bares.

* Telefonía pública.

* Cajeros automáticos.

* Instalaciones bancarias.

* Agencias de Viajes, guías de turistas y operadores turísticos.

* Casas de Cambio.

* Servicio de taxis y transporte público.

* Estacionamientos públicos.

* Servicios de salud.

* Servicios de hospedaje en hoteles de diversas categorías.

* Infraestructura comercial y de servicios.

* Oficinas de información.

* Protección al Consumidor.