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A private day among Jalisco's two great craft towns, led by a local expert.
A private 6-7 hour tour starting at a family-run ceramic workshop in Tonalá that has practiced the barro petatillo technique for five generations, continuing to Tlaquepaque's historic galleries and artisan shops.
This private journey lets you explore at your own pace, accompanied by a private driver and a local cultural guide with a lifelong connection to both towns. It begins at a family-run Tonalá ceramic workshop that has practiced the barro petatillo technique for five generations, then continues to Tlaquepaque's converted-mansion galleries and artisan shops.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Hotel pickup in Guadalajara, Zapopan, or Tlaquepaque.
A five-generation family workshop practicing the barro petatillo technique.
The everyday life of a traditional Jalisco artisan town.
Converted colonial mansions now housing art museums and galleries.
Local dishes paired with cocktails, craft beer, or coffee in Tlaquepaque.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private 6-7 hour tour starting at a family-run ceramic workshop in Tonalá that has practiced the barro petatillo technique for five generations, continuing to Tlaquepaque's historic galleries and artisan shops. This private journey lets you explore at your own pace, accompanied by a private driver and a local cultural guide with a lifelong connection to both towns. It begins at a family-run Tonalá ceramic workshop that has practiced the barro petatillo technique for five generations, then continues to Tlaquepaque's converted-mansion galleries and artisan shops.
The name Tlaquepaque comes from Nahuatl and is usually translated as the place above clay land, which tells you what the town was built on. On 25 March 1530, Nuño de Guzmán formally claimed the kingdom of Tonalá and its subject towns, including Tlaquepaque, so both places have a documented history reaching back to the conquest.
Pottery is the older craft, but glassblowing is also central here. Records mention a glass furnace in Jalisco in the sixteenth century, yet the industry only took root in the early nineteenth century, when a factory owned by the Ávalos family trained several families who then set up their own workshops in Tonalá and Tlaquepaque.
That is why a workshop visit followed by a stroll among Tlaquepaque's gallery-lined streets is more than shopping: you are seeing a craft lineage that has been handed down within families.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.
