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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
Santa Bárbara is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Santa Clara, 29km from Teotihuacan.
Santa Bárbara is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 1,763, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Santa Bárbara 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 Santa Bárbara to your route.
Emiliano Zapata is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 36 km2 (14 sq mi). As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 12,309.
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Santa Bárbara is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.6667 latitude, -98.5692 longitude.
Santa Bárbara has a population of approximately 1,763 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.
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ancient ruins
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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
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.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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