Chapala is the largest and the first of the
villages to have been placed on Spanish maps
in the early 1500's. Among the restaurants,
bars and meeting places of Chapala is the
largest American Legion Post outside of the
United States, with its own clubhouse, restaurant
and activities.
Much of the Lake Chapala foreign population
does their banking in Chapala and you will
see them meeting for conversation with friends
in one of the several coffee shops and sidewalk
cafes. Near the pier and the former Braniff
estate (famous airline family) is the Malecon,
a Mexican version of the boardwalk, which
is lined with vendors of souvenirs, food
and more.Just outside of Chapala are the communities
of Las Brisas de Chapala, Chapala Haciendas
and Vista del Lago that features a golf and
country club.
