Valle de Bravo, Mexico Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

West from Toluca , the road towards Morelia and the state of Michoacán is truly spectacular. Much of this wooded, mountainous area – as far as Zitácuaro – is given over to villas inhabited at weekends by wealthy refugees from the capital, and nowhere more so than the small colonial town of VALLE DE BRAVO , reached by turning off to the left about halfway. Set in a deep, pine-clad valley surrounded by low mountains, the town sits on the eastern shore of an artificial lake, Lago Avandaro . With terracotta-tiled roofs, iron balconies affixed to many of the older buildings, and a mass of whitewashed … more »