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Santa Cruz Ajajalpan

Puebla, Mexico · North America

About Santa Cruz Ajajalpan

Santa Cruz Ajajalpan works well as a base: 10 minutes from Santiago Acatlán, 39km from Great Pyramid of Cholula.

Santa Cruz Ajajalpan is in Puebla, Mexico, with about 1,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Santiago Acatlán, about 5 km away.

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What is there to see near Santa Cruz Ajajalpan?

Within an hour or so of Santa Cruz Ajajalpan: Autódromo Miguel E. Abed (10 km), Puebla Cathedral (28 km), Museo Amparo (28 km), Puebla (29 km).

Are there any good drives near Santa Cruz Ajajalpan?

The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.

Where is Santa Cruz Ajajalpan?

Santa Cruz Ajajalpan is in Puebla, Mexico, about 5 km from Santiago Acatlán.

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Quick Information

Population
1,357
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
Puebla
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
18.9517, -97.9500

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Mexico

Police
911
Ambulance
911
Fire
911
Driving side
right

Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.

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Worth the detour from Santa Cruz Ajajalpan

5 notable places within an hour's drive.

racetrack

Autódromo Miguel E. Abed

A Mexican circuit at Amozoc de Mota near Puebla with both a road course and an oval, home to NASCAR Mexico and set against the volcanic backdrop of the central highlands.

10 km · about 20 min drive

cathedral

Puebla Cathedral

A Renaissance cathedral on Puebla's Zócalo with Mexico's tallest bell towers, in a UNESCO-listed historic centre off Highway 150D.

28 km · about 30 min drive

museum

Museo Amparo

Two 16th–18th-century buildings in central Puebla housing one of Mexico's finest pre-Hispanic collections alongside colonial art, with a modern rooftop terrace looking straight across at the cathedral towers and Popocatépetl.

28 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Puebla

A UNESCO-listed colonial city famous for its Talavera tiles, baroque churches, mole poblano cuisine, and views of snow-capped volcanoes.

29 km · about 35 min drive

ancient ruins

Great Pyramid of Cholula

The largest pyramid by volume in the world, topped by a Spanish colonial church, with tunnels revealing layers of ancient construction.

39 km · about 45 min drive

Driving roads near Santa Cruz Ajajalpan

  • 75 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.

Nearby Destinations

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