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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
México, Mexico · North America
Santa María Palapa is worth a stop: 5 minutes from San Martín de las Pirámides, 5km from Teotihuacan.
Santa María Palapa is a town located in México, Mexico. With a population of 1,849, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Santa María Palapa 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 María Palapa to your route.
San Martín de las Pirámides is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 70 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,511.
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Santa María Palapa is located in México, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.7359 latitude, -98.8483 longitude.
Santa María Palapa has a population of approximately 1,849 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
museum
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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
One of the largest public plazas in the world and the historic heart of Mexico City, surrounded by the National Palace and Metropolitan Cathedral.
45 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
The largest cathedral in the Americas, built over three centuries on the north side of the Zócalo in central Mexico City.
45 km · about 50 min drive
racetrack
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
45 km · about 50 min drive
restaurant
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.
45 km · about 50 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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