Imala is a rural community located at a Town that bears the same name, which belongs to Culiacan, near the Tamazula River.
This place is famous due to hot springs there. Its name derives of the Aztec word “Imalacatlán”, which means “water that rolls”.
In this Town, they gathered large amounts of minerals produced in mines from Villages of Topia and Canelas in Durango, which were carried down on the back of animals from the mountains and then on wagons to be sent to the capital of New Spain.
The History of Imala
Its history dates back to 1531, when the Spanish conquer Nuño Beltran Guzman sent his captains to explore the rivers from Sinaloa, who moved to different ways on brigades to find a route that connects to Veracruz port and facilitates the access to Sierra Madre Occidental through Sinaloa shores, where they discovered this Town called Imala.
It caused trading activities with Tamazula Town and served as access to different sectors of the mountain range.
These hot springs are located in a zone of family entertainment, where can be found leafy green areas, palapas, restaurants, food booths and cabins for rent.
One of the main attractions of the town is the natural hot springs composed of various pools, each one with different heat intensity. The first one that catches the water from the spring is 50° C of temperature.
Attractions
Its church is the second attraction, which can be viewed at some kilometers before arriving to Imala, built of red brick and ocher, with red domes displayed at the top of its tower.
Around the town many local products can be found, such as chorizo, bread, panela, cheese and pottery.
Next to the church there is a small square full of mixed vegetation and cobblestoned sidewalks. Around it there are some old buildings, a heritage from the presence of Spanish people when travelled on these lands.
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How was this Virtual Tour made
It was a Sunday when my wife and I went to Imala to have a breakfast, it was a sunny day with a very pleasant weather, the food was delicious and people were lovely to tourists.
At noon, I made the virtual tour about the beautiful red and ocher church with its domes on the towers and a larger one upon the altar.
It caught my attention the gothic and ogival openings on the bell tower and the balustrade pattern at the top of the nave.
The light that passed through the stained glass set up beauty lighting.
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English language translation made by Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa through the collaboration of Centro de Estudio de Idiomas Culiacán
THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF IMALA IS THE NUTERAL HOT SPRING COMPOSED OF VARIOS POOLS ECHS ONE WITCH DIFERENT HEAT INTENSITY
THE MAIN ATRACTION OF IMALA IS THE NUTERAL HOT SPRING COMPOSED OF VARIOS POOLS ECHS ONE WHICH DIFERENT HEAT INTENSITY