Guanajuato

[fugawibill]

Was at Bugamville RV Park for two days last week. Have made some changes, with new 30amp electrical, new water and sewer system for all 42 spaces. They now own the property to the highway, so have cleaned things up. Carlos was in the process of building a laundry room. Did check out the park in town, but don't think I could get my Ford wide-body campervan in there.

[moisheh]

When staying at the park we use the bus. Short walk to the highway and we leave the driving to the bus driver. A must see is Diego Rivera's home. The father had quite a history. He was involved in state tourism and told me the story of the Wally Byam caravans that stayed at his park.

Moisheh

[briansue]

Here are Sue's notes on the route in and out of Guanajuato from Bugamville..........Numbers to left are miles from/to Bugamville - there may be a better route but this one works for us.

GUANAJUATO

NOTES ON ROUTE FROM BUGAMVILLE RV PARK TO TUNNEL PARKING LOT THAT COMES UP NEAR MERCADO


0.0 Turn left out of park onto main road towards Guanajuato

3.3 Go past Gran Plaza Hotel on right (big white hotel)

3.8 Follow signs to Centro, be in middle lane, will curve to right

Go through tunnels in left lane, down hill past the tourist guides (5.4)

Stay in left lane, topes

5.7 Follow sign to Centro, goes off to left (2 lanes go left)

5.9 Come around curve, street becomes cobblestone, be in right lane but go straight

Road curves to right, stay on same street

6.4 Go by park on right side

6.5 Glorieta with angel statue – go right, follow sign to Pardo, tunnel

6.6 Go past Cantador on right

6.7 At T go left

2 parking areas on left side of street about 1 block from T and the other one about a block up the street on left

6.8 Stay on street, at next T go right on Juarez

Tienda Comercial Mexican will be on the left, keep going

7.0 Mercado ahead on right, but have to turn right before reaching it, go downhill to tunnel

7.1 Parking in tunnel to the right



RETURN FROM TUNNEL PARKING LOT

0.0 Come out of lot, turn right and stay right following signs to Leon, Pozuelos

Go straight to Leon (be in right lane to keep going straight)

Come out of tunnel

0.4 Right to Plaza Pozeulos, go past Mega on right, keep going, stay right

0.7 Left lane to follow sign to Leon

Stay left to Leon, then straight on 2 lane road (2 lanes in this direction)

1.4 Go past Museo Ex Hacienda San Gabriel on right, keep going

2.6 Left at sign for Silao Cuota

2.8 Keep straight, follow sign for Autobuses, go past Pemex on right (no number)

3.3 Glorieta, left lane, follow signs to SMA and J Rosas

4.7 Next Glorieta, follow signs to SMA and J Rosas Hwy 67 (don’t take Retorno in far left lane)

6.8 RV Park on right

[briansue]

We have stayed at Bugamville a few times in recent years and watched as the improvements have been made. Last winter he had all the 30amp electric wiring done and was just waiting for the inspector to give the OK to hook up the main breakers (I suggested maybe slipping the inspector a little something under the table would speed things up but Carlos said he wouldn't do it). After the father died the brothers split up the land and Carlos completely rebuilt the RV park in a totally new way - everything is new including where the spaces are located. Carlos had his nephew drive us into town to show us how to get in and out and where to park and how to find our way around. We started going there after La Siesta in San Miguel closed but now we split our time between there and San Ramon north of San Miguel. Guanajuato is a fascinating place once we learned how to find our way around. We have a specific route from Bugamville to a parking lot in the tunnel under the Eiffel Mercado and from there we can easily walk to most parts of town - 15 pesos parking - 7 miles from Buramville.

[rocmoc]

Love Guanajuato, one of our very favorite places in Mexico. Good to hear they cleaned up Bugaville, may add a stop this winter. If you are talking about the campground on the hill on the North side of town, we have been there. While it is tight, there were short in length wide-bodies in there. Great location, walk to downtown. They let us park our pickup (for 50 pesos) there while we visited downtown. We were staying in SMA at the time but would have rather stayed in Guanajuato to visit instead of just driving over. Could of seen and enjoyed more of this beautiful city.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico