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Hacienda San Rafael is located 11 km from the town of Lagos de Moreno. |
| Lagos, or Techichiatlan, as called by the indigenous people, is about 1900 m at elevation above sea level, and thus has a very pleasant and moderate climate with annual average temperature of 19 degree celcius (oC) with warm summers and mild dry winters. The vegetation of the area is primarily nopal cactus, savila (aloe vera), agave, maguey, huizache, and mezquite trees. | |
| Lagos is located in the central interior of Mexico, about 600 km north-west of Mexico City. One of the most antique cities in the country, Lagos de Moreno is full of many colorful buildings of colonial architecture and is rich with the history of the Independence and the Revolution of Mexico. The central ubication of Lagos provides easy access to explore towns and cities of cultural richness and fascinating architecture. For example, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Guadalajara, Zacatecas, Dolores Hidalgo and also including many other interesting cities that are within an hour drive to and from Lagos. |
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| Techichiatlan is where battles between the spanish, and guachichiles indigenous were fought. It was also a refuge place for revolutionary farmers, thus its history is compared to none in the world. “The lands where the indigenous people preferred to die before loosing their freedom and the wind of their fields. And where their blood designed the heart of their rocks, is nowadays called Lagos de Moreno” | |
