What can I do when I go to xalapa ?

In Xalapa we have a tour where you teach all the important and historical places of the city. It is something like a train, with a breast speaker is telling you the meaning of each place and its history. It is very entertaining!

Where is Xalapa?

The municipality of Xalapa bordered on the north by the municipalities of Banderilla,Naolinco,Jilotepec and the East of Naolinco and Emiliano Zapata on the South and Coatepec, and west and Tlanelhuayocan.

It was fuonded by totonacs in 1313, in the estate of Veracruz. There is nknow coloquial as the athens veracruzana anthe city of the flowers.

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The streets of Xalapa

The people that gave rise to Xalapa now constitute the city's neighborhoods still retain their old names.




The first to reach Xalapa were Hernan Cortes and his soldiers who, arriving on August 17, 1519

Climate of Xalapa

Its climate is temperate humid regularly at an average temperature of 18 ° C.

Xalapa

The municipality has 5 shopping malls, arcades 4, 6 and 7 market department stores.
in 2000 were 100,767 homes.

The principal  product sectors are agriculture, livestock, industry, the hotel infrastructure, trade and services.

What historical sites I can visit?

Some of the monuments are the Cathedral that its construction began in 1641 and was completed in 1772 when the priest gave alfonso terminating kitten, another colonial buildings are: the historical center, the government palace, the municipal palace, the church of San Jose, the park Juarez and statues of Benito Juarez, Manlio Fabio Altamirano and Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada.

Fauna of Xalapa

There are a variety of wild animals in the mountains surrounding the town, some are: skunk, coyote, opossum rabbit, bobcat, squirrel, gopher armadillo, porcupine, badger and raccoon. It also has several varieties of snakes or snakes and lizards and frogs. With regard to birds, you can see swallows, grouse, woodpeckers, parrots, owls, thrushes, pigeons, eagles and hawks.

TIPIC FOOD

Stuffed jalapenos.
Chileatole chicken.
Mushroom broth.
Tamal izote flowering.
Pipian red.
Green mole with pork or chicken.

 The most representative dishes of the city are:
Stuffed jalapenos
Chipotle peppers stuffed
Izote flowers Stew
Adobo with flower izote
red rice
pambazos
white broth
chileatole
chopped
Rajas de chile poblano
Squash blossom empanadas