ancient ruins
El Tajín
UNESCO-listed pre-Hispanic city in the Veracruz jungle, famed for the Pyramid of the Niches with its 365 recessed windows and the flying voladores ritual performed at its gates.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Veracruz, Mexico · North America
Alto Lucero sits on the route: 5 minutes from Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, 57km from El Tajín.
Alto Lucero is a town located in Veracruz, Mexico. With a population of 15,011, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Alto Lucero sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Mexico City time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Alto Lucero to your route.
Tuxpan (or Túxpam, fully Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, for Enrique Rodríguez Cano) is both a municipality and city located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The population of the city was 89,557 and of the municipality was 154,600 inhabitants, according to the INEGI census of 2020, residing in a total area of 1,051.89 km2Read more
(406.14 sq mi). The municipality includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are Alto Lucero (20,380 inhabitants) and Santiago de la Peña (8,178 inhabitants). A local beachside community is also nearby.
In the 1870s, a small colony of some hundreds of former Confederate (Southern U.S.) officers, soldiers and diplomats was established.
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Alto Lucero is located in Veracruz, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.9536 latitude, -97.4419 longitude.
Alto Lucero has a population of approximately 15,011 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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ancient ruins
UNESCO-listed pre-Hispanic city in the Veracruz jungle, famed for the Pyramid of the Niches with its 365 recessed windows and the flying voladores ritual performed at its gates.
57 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
A Totonac hill town in Veracruz's vanilla country, where the Voladores spin down from a 30 m pole beside the church and a huge mural-carved monument to the ritual crowns the hill above the plaza.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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