Colima - Comala - Retro 39 - 40

If I could borrow the introduction from my last blog and just add a little twist, it would read something like this.

Ok, so you don't like the beach - Barra de Navidad/Melaque - and you don't like the big city - Manzanillo. Your cup of tea is not even a green, classy, quiet mid-size city like Colima. Well today's destination - Comala - a small town designated as a "pueblo mágico", may just be what you are looking for.

Located only 6 kilometers from Colima, Comala is the quiet alternative to Colima. Since they are so close you are getting two for one: a city and a town as well.

Comala's tranquil life is centered around its beautiful main square that contains the Jardin Principal - a beautifully landscaped park. On several sides, the plaza is surrounded by "los portales del centro" which could be described as arcades. At least one side of the arcades is almost all occupied by restaurant tables. We wondered how everything was so empty at twelve noon, however by one-thirty most of the tables were occupied.

Beyond the main square the streets fan out into the rest of the town lined mostly with one-story whitewashed houses. As a result it is known as "Pueblo Blanco de América". As we walked around I was very much reminded of the whitewashed villages of the Greek Islands.

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