
WE START THE TOUR TRAVELLING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 15, WE GO BY THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THEN MAKE OUR FIRST STOP, A BRICK YARD. YOU WILL SEE HOW BRICKS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR MANY YEARS, BY HAND. AFTER THIS, WE WILL GO FURTHER SOUTH AND THEN TURN ON TO HIGHWAY 40 WHICH GOES EAST TOWARDS THE SIERRA MADRES. WE STOP IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED MALPICA, WHERE YOU WILL SEE FLOOR TILES MADE IN A PRESS THAT IS OVER A 100 YEARS OLD, PLUS A BAKERY THAT MAKES THE PASTRIES THE OLD WAY, AN OVEN OF BRICK AND MUD. AFTER THIS STOP, WE CONTINUE OVER TO A COLONIAL STYLE FURNITURE FACTORY AND AT THE SAME PLACE AN ARTISAN MAKES RED CLAY ROOF TILES AND POTTERY. WE ARE ALMOST IN CONCORDIA, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL TOWN FOUNDED IN 1565 AS VILLA DE SAN SEBASTIAN, LATER NAMED CONCORDIA.YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO SEE THE CHURCH, CITY HALL AND MAIN PLAZA. THEN WE CONTINUE TO THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TOUR, COPALA. THIS IS ANOTHER TOWN FOUNDED IN 1565 AS A MINING TOWN. IT IS VERY MEXICAN, WITH COBBLESTONE STREETS AND COLONIAL BUILDINGS. THE CHURCH IS FROM THE 1700´S. THIS IS THE PLACE, WHERE WE HAVE LUNCH (not included) AND OF COURSE A PIECE OF THE GREAT BANANA COCONUT CREAM PIE. THEN AFTER THIS GREAT TOUR, WE HEAD BACK TO MAZATLAN, AND SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CITY. |
| NICE COLONIAL ARQUITECTURE |
| If you are on a CRUISESHIP you can be sure that you will be back on board on time. |
| WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT THE REAL MEXICO? WELL, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. GO BACK IN TIME AND SEE COLONIAL TOWNS, OLD CHURCHES, NARROW STREETS? WELL THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! TAKE THIS TOUR WITH ME, I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL REALLY ENJOY IT. I DO IT MAYBE 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK AND NEVER GET TIRED OF IT. YOU GO BACK IN TIME. |






| THIS IS NICO, A HARD WORKER MAKING BRICKS BY HAND IN THE HOT SUN |
| Streets in Copala |
| Streets in Copala |
| Important Note Mazatlan time is the same time as ship time. For example: If it is 8 am on the ship, in Mazatlan it is 8 am. Just in case, check with the ship. |

