natural wonder
Pico de Orizaba
Mexico's highest peak at 5,636 m, a dormant volcano on the Puebla-Veracruz border visible from Highway 150D near Ciudad Serdán.
37 km · about 45 min drive
Veracruz, Mexico · North America
Ixcatla sits on the route: 5 minutes from Ocotitlán, 37km from Pico de Orizaba.
Ixcatla is a town located in Veracruz, Mexico. With a population of 1,137, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Ixcatla 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 Ixcatla to your route.
Huatusco de Chicuellar (commonly known as Huatusco), is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the Xalapa–Mexico City railroad that was founded by Italian immigrants. It is bordered by Calcahualco, the state of Puebla, Ixhuatlán del Café and Federal Highway 180.
The oldest church in Huatusco isRead more
dedicated to San Antonio de Padua with a height of approximately 20 meters. A nearby hill, called "Cerro de Guadalupe" has a church on top of it, where every year on December 11 and 12 Catholic people hold religious festivities. In these days, the priest celebrates with a mass, and after that, people stay around the hill to have a picnic.
Economic activities in Huatusco include growing coffee, sugar cane and several fruits.
Huatusco is a small quiet town during the week. Important geographical features in the vicinity include Cerro de ecatepec, Cerro de Elotepec, and the Sierra Madre Oriental; the highest mountain in Mexico, Pico de Orizaba is also visible from the town. Huatusco is sometimes called the city of pianos ("La Ciudad de los Pianos"), because having a piano and playing it used to be common within the city.
The suffix of Huatusco, "de Chicuellar" allegedly comes from a story where a man wanted to buy the town to industrialize it, but a poor farmer named Chicuellar paid a large amount of money to prevent that from happening.
From 1902 to 1953, Huatusco was served by the Córdoba and Huatusco Railroad narrow gauge railroad.
Manuel Chacón, commander of the municipal police department, was assassinated in May 2020.
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Ixcatla is located in Veracruz, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.0753 latitude, -96.9189 longitude.
Ixcatla has a population of approximately 1,137 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
Full driving guide for Mexico3 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Mexico's highest peak at 5,636 m, a dormant volcano on the Puebla-Veracruz border visible from Highway 150D near Ciudad Serdán.
37 km · about 45 min drive
waterfall
A steep Veracruz coffee town whose main draw is Cascada de Texolo, 3 km out: an 80 m fall dropping into a jungle gorge crossed by a 19th-century iron footbridge, used as a location in Romancing the Stone.
39 km · about 45 min drive
cafe
Mexico's self-declared coffee capital, a Veracruz Pueblo Mágico of pastel arcades and wrought-iron balconies in the cloud-forest foothills, with roasteries and old beneficios on nearly every block.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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