Welcome to Alamos, Sonora, Mexico


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Alamos, 475 miles from Tucson, Arizona, is in the southeast corner of Sonora, Mexico.
This media project by Anders Tomlinson takes one back through time to a National
Colonial Monument, in a majestic landscape, where a sense of serenity greets one’s arrival.

Indians from the surrounding countryside hold a festival in Alamos during the Spring, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. Photo by Anders Tomlinson.

Indians from surrounding countryside stage a Spring festival in the Alameda.

Located at 1,360 feet elevation, Alamos, gateway to the tropics, savors a new season every six weeks in a picturesque valley that combines high Sonoran Desert, Sinoloan Thorn Forest and Tropical Deciduous Forest. Sierra de Alamos, the highest point in southern Sonora, is a federal preserve for the protection of flora and fauna. You may find many things to do here, and or, like numerous visitors who are simpatico with Alamos, you will find yourself enjoying the profound realization of simply being…”if you stare at a cloud long enough it will disappear“.
Let your imaginations soar in this elegant outpost along the El Camino Real.

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