Driving to Gto from US

[doncoulter]

I've driven the route suggested by Doyle, but I've also driven a shorter and much more attractive route. Google Maps will plot it for you, but here are the basics:

--From Phoenix, head south through Tucson to Nogales.
--Cross the border at Nogales, then head south through Hermosillo to Guaymas, whence you'll follow a largely coastal route for most of the trip, passing through Mazatlán and so on.
--At Tepic, head east toward Guadalajara and thence to Guanajuato.

Google Maps says this route takes 23.75 hours. In my experience, Google Maps is always optimistic, so I would add at least a couple of hours to that.

Google Maps' preferred route is via ElPaso/Ciudad Juárez, then south through Chihuahua, Torreón, and Zacatecas. It's supposedly about an hour shorter, but in my judgment this largely desert route would be much less attractive than the coastal route.