ancient ruins
Teotihuacan
The massive pre-Aztec city featuring the towering Pyramids of the Sun and Moon and the grand Avenue of the Dead, once one of the largest cities in the ancient world.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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San Francisco Zacacalco
México, Mexico · North America
About San Francisco Zacacalco
San Francisco Zacacalco is worth a stop: 10 minutes from El Carmen, 55km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.
San Francisco Zacacalco is in México, Mexico, with about 7,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is El Carmen, about 5 km away.
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What is there to see near San Francisco Zacacalco?
Within an hour or so of San Francisco Zacacalco: Teotihuacan (30 km), Museo Nacional del Virreinato (35 km), Mineral del Monte (Real del Monte) (40 km), Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (51 km).
Are there any good drives near San Francisco Zacacalco?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is San Francisco Zacacalco?
San Francisco Zacacalco is in México, Mexico, about 5 km from El Carmen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,420
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- México
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.9288, -98.9828
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from San Francisco Zacacalco
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Museo Nacional del Virreinato
A vast former Jesuit college at Tepotzotlán whose Church of San Francisco Javier holds Mexico's most overwhelming set of gilded Churrigueresque altarpieces: a wall-to-wall gold explosion, plus colonial art across the cloisters.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Mineral del Monte (Real del Monte)
Hidalgo's "Little Cornwall" at 2,700 m: red-roofed houses, a Cornish cemetery whose graves face England, and 30 bakeries selling pastes, the Mexican descendant of the Cornish pasty.
40 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Huasca de Ocampo
Mexico's first designated Pueblo Mágico, a Hidalgo village of red-tiled roofs beside the 18th-century Santa María Regla and San Miguel Regla silver haciendas, now set among reservoirs and basalt canyons.
52 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución)
One of the largest public plazas in the world and the historic heart of Mexico City, surrounded by the National Palace and Metropolitan Cathedral.
57 km · about 65 min drive
cathedral
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
The largest cathedral in the Americas, built over three centuries on the north side of the Zócalo in central Mexico City.
57 km · about 65 min drive
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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