Which Mexican Retirement Community is Right For Me? – Part 2: Living in Mexico’s Traditional Cities

So, your planning to live in Mexico for your retirement, and you love the beachfront for vacations, but you also love the idea pf having close contact with the country’s wonderful old architecture, colorful culture and strong traditions of festivals and art.  While some beachfront areas offer varying degrees of this as well, you may wish to consider the “other” Mexico retirement option – a colonial city or traditional town.

Colonial Cities – Morelia

This is a beautiful, undiscovered colonial gem.  Located in the beautiful central interior of the Mexico real estate regions, offers romantic, narrow city streets, running in perfectly straight lines through the centuries old buildings.  Just outside of downtown, buyers can find beautiful traditional homes, offering a short walk to the historic area, and parks full of old trees and colorful flowers.  Nearby, modern luxury is also also available.  In the surrounding countryside, beautiful Mexico land is available among rolling hills, lush trees and little streams, where you can build for a more active retirement.  Since it is still undiscovered, prices are also very accessible.

Similar choices – Merida, the city of Campeche, Mazatlan

Traditional Small Towns – Lake Chapala

The quaint villages of this area nestled between the lake and the surrounding wooded hills are defined by cobble stone roads and little white houses with clay tile roofs.  Many modern services are available for the thousands of retirees who call Lake Chapala home, and the many more who arrive in the winter.  The nearby city of Guadalajara (the second largest in Mexico, 1 hr away) offers even more services and a big city atmosphere for those who get the small town blues.

Similar choices – Valle de Bravo

If you prefer to save the traditional for festival time and weekend site-seeing, you can stick with beachfront, and make little excursions; but if a retirement lifestyle defined by the romance of tradition and culture appeals to you, consider one of these locations.

Thomas Lloyd graduated from Purdue University Krannert School of Management with a degree in Management/Financial Option Investments. He has been living, investing, and working professionally in Mexico for over 15 years. In the summer of 2009, he received the first federally applied Mexico Real Estate Degree and Mexico Professional Real Estate License S.E.P. #5978657. He is the current president of TOPmexicorealestate, you can contact him at (512) 879-6546 or through the company’s web site www.TOPmexicorealestate.com NETWORK

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