landmark
Xochimilco Floating Gardens
A network of ancient Aztec canals and artificial islands where colorful trajinera boats glide past floating gardens and mariachi bands.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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San Gregorio Cuautzingo
México, Mexico · North America
About San Gregorio Cuautzingo
San Gregorio Cuautzingo is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Santa María Huexoculco, 36km from Popocatépetl.
San Gregorio Cuautzingo is in México, Mexico, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Santa María Huexoculco, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near San Gregorio Cuautzingo?
Within an hour or so of San Gregorio Cuautzingo: Xochimilco Floating Gardens (26 km), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (29 km), Paso de Cortés (30 km), Museo Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul) (34 km).
Are there any good drives near San Gregorio Cuautzingo?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is San Gregorio Cuautzingo?
San Gregorio Cuautzingo is in México, Mexico, about 4 km from Santa María Huexoculco.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 13,138
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- México
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.2596, -98.8574
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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 Gregorio Cuautzingo
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
29 km · about 35 min drive
mountain pass
Paso de Cortés
The 3,600-m saddle between the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, reached by a paved mountain road from Amecameca: the route Cortés marched into the Valley of Mexico in 1519.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Museo Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul)
The vibrant blue house where Frida Kahlo was born, lived, and died, filled with her art, personal objects, and Diego Rivera's collection.
34 km · about 40 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.
35 km · about 40 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
restaurant
Casa de los Azulejos
An 18th-century Mexico City palace sheathed on three sides in blue-and-white Puebla Talavera tile, its glass-roofed courtyard now the flagship Sanborns restaurant: breakfast under Orozco's staircase mural.
35 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Popocatépetl
An active 5,426 m stratovolcano southeast of Mexico City, visible from the Puebla highway; the Paso de Cortés road runs on its saddle.
36 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near San Gregorio Cuautzingo
- 30 kmPaso de CortésThe 3,600-m saddle between the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, reached by a paved mountain road from Amecameca: the route Cortés marched into the Valley of Mexico in 1519.
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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