Patzcuaro

Couple of years ago we rented a car on Wed and returned on Sat then turned car in a couple of days later. We stayed at a Hotel just out side of center of town(changed name now). We were on a road just off the road around town. At the time there was a problem of cars in center of town being broken into parked on the street at night. When you walked through the gate the view was spectacular. The hotel sat on a side of the hill and the view was out of this world. There was the island of Patzquaro and the mountains behind the island. The only problem I had was we had to hit the ATM every night because we did the village tour around the lake and Kathie kept buying items at each village- precious memories day. The funny thing was in the morning of our tour went past a Swiss Chalet type place. On our way back stopped there for a early dinner- food was good and the owners at the time were Swiss. We loved the old downtown- like being except for the cars and clothes of today in early Spain. Be sure to go the library off one of the squares- there is a famous mural by an American depicting Utopia that a Bishop in the 1700's was trying to do- his idea was to teach each village a trade so they would not be competing against each other. He built the church in Patzuaro.We had a great tour of the little villages between Patzuaro and Morellia. That was 1 day of history and getting to know the area. The only problem was the students in Morellia were on strike and was causing a lot of problems. They had blocked the road between Patzuaro and Morellia and each vehicle had to make a donation to get through.