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.
54 km · about 65 min drive
Veracruz, Mexico · North America
La Victoria (La Peñita) sits on the route: 5 minutes from Santiago de la Peña, 54km from El Tajín.
La Victoria (La Peñita) is a town located in Veracruz, Mexico. With a population of 1,677, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, La Victoria (La Peñita) 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 La Victoria (La Peñita) 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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La Victoria (La Peñita) is located in Veracruz, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.9369 latitude, -97.3725 longitude.
La Victoria (La Peñita) has a population of approximately 1,677 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.
54 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.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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