Striper dejalisco gay night club
Catedral Metropolitana, photo Jalisco Tourism Ministry. This colorful colonial-era old city has streets night with graceful mansions and towering baroque churches. The many gay bars and clubs are one reason this has become a gay mecca. The scene is constantly changing, with new places opening as others close, and they range from swanky lounges to multi-level dance clubs that turn the beat around until dawn.
Many of the clubs feature male strip shows, some nude, plus dark rooms and play spaces for fooling club with a new friend. There are ten days of stripers including fiestas, dance parties, art exhibitions, concerts, parades, pageants, a film festival, and a carnival. Getting here Guadalajara International Airport is one of the busiest in the country.
Getting to your hotel will mean a local bus, shuttle bus, taxi, or limo. Puerto Vallartain the same state of Jalisco, is just over five hours away by car or coach. Mexico City is about seven hours by road. ETN website in English is one of several companies dejalisco modern inter-city coach service, with eleven daily arrivals from Vallarta, and twenty from Mexico City from this company alone.
They also connect Guadalajara with over 70 other Mexican cities, and some of their coaches offer Wi-Fi access. Getting around town Taxis may often be the best option, and a rental car is handy for visiting out-of-the-way sights. Buses are always packed, and drivers may or may not stop even if you wave ; also bus stops may or may not be marked, and there are no set schedules.
Should you want to try anyway, the main stations are at Central Vieja and Central Nueva. Take exact change with you. A guide to bus routes is sold at most downtown magazine kiosks. Find rider information, in Spanish, for the Macrobus bus rapid transit system at the Siteur website.
The Tren Ligero light rail system is easier to use. On an gay and surface network of 29 stations on two lines, the trains run about every 15 minutes between 6am and pm. Unfortunately the stations aren't close enough to most favorite tourist destinations. In the exchange rate ranged from pesos to the US dollar.
See XE for current rates. GayMexico also has area maps and guides. Ohm is the national Mexican gay magazine.
Guadalajara Gay Bars
The website of Urbana Magazine is down, but their facebook page has events listings, and there's a monthly print edition in circulation around town. SCTours Marseille 80, upstairs is a travel agency that caters to gay and lesbian travellers to Mexico and the world. For local general-public English language information see the Guadalajara Reporter.
For map locations and website links to the businesses below, and more, see our gay Guadalajara listings pages.