 Their
histories goes from a supossed cousin “of Nessy”, called Chac by the
inhabitants of the zone and which, is said, lives in the underground
tunnels that connect the craters; until sightings of ufo´s, vegetables and
fruits of great size or the fact that, according to the mexican
astroarqueology Guadalupe Rivera de Iturbe, the volcanos are aligned with
the Big Bear constellation.
Ideal
destiny for the weekend, the zone includes 16 craters, although the
traditions and legends only make reference to the seven of the
well-known denomination.
Inside most of the craters exists small lakes that the inhabitants of this region call "Hoyas" or "Joyas". The main ones are:
  "La Alberca" (Tallacua), is located in the urban zone of Valle de Santiago, with a crater edge of 750 meters of diameter, of sulfurous
waters and, in which is said, no bottom is known. It is
very visited by divers and it exists boats service to make a ride in his waters.
"La Hoya de CÍntora" (Andaracua), of salt water to which healing
properties for diseases of the skin are attributed. Located in
the heart of this fascinating topography, it has a lot of caves, where
inside many of them there are enigmatic and mysterious cave paintings.
There are orchards of fruit trees and abundant vegetation.There have been found archaeological vestiges . At the
moment it is used to cultivate.
" La Hoya de Flores" (Membereca), where rests of a pre-Hispanic ceremonial
center, cave paintings and sources flowing of
the rocks exist. It is the gratest crater. In his interior there are thermal
waters and their fertile lands have produced great harvests. The first
giant vegetables occurred here.
"Rincón de Parangueo" (Liricua), of alkaline waters, at which it is possible to
arrive through a tunnel of 500 meters long excavated on the
rock. In his interior there is a calm water lake. Also there is
possible to found lot of caverns just explored. There are petroglyphs in some of them.
 Not all the luminarias have water. The "Hoya de Alvarez y Solíz" are dry and have been used from old times as
agricultural aims. The one of "Alvarez" is considered
a privilegious point to observe the nocturnal sky, for his elevated edges.
Finally,
in the "Hoya de San Nicolas", exists registries that their waters
change of color, just as happens to the crater of the neighboring city
of Yuriria.
Sight
from the heights, Valle de Santiago presents a view that
could belong to a lunar crater landscape, that when
the zone is flown over, is difficult to resist the temptation to evoke
space mysteries. Perhaps the strange of this landscape, is the cause
of so many histories related to aliens.
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