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.
16 km · about 20 min drive
México, Mexico · North America
Temascalapa is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Tepojaco, 16km from Teotihuacan.
Temascalapa is a town located in México, Mexico. With a population of 6,314, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Temascalapa 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 Temascalapa to your route.
Temascalapa is a city in the State of Mexico in Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located to the north of Mexico City and in the west of the municipality, close to the border with the state of Hidalgo and connected with the city of Tizayuca by land. ThisRead more
locality was formerly known as San Francisco Temascalapa.
The municipality covers an area of 168.26 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 33,063.
The region is noted for drug cartel activity after the death of Netflix's location scout, Carlos Muñoz Portal, for the TV Series Narcos: Mexico, who was found dead in his car with multiple gunshot wounds on September 15, 2017.
Martha Rodríguez Martínez, a member of the Temascalapa city council, died on January 31, 2021, after being run over by a tractor-trailer that refused to stop while the mayor carried out an awareness-raising operation about health measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.
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Temascalapa is located in México, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.8277 latitude, -98.9017 longitude.
Temascalapa has a population of approximately 6,314 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.
Full driving guide for Mexico8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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.
16 km · about 20 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.
36 km · about 40 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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
44 km · about 50 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
The largest cathedral in the Americas, built over three centuries on the north side of the Zócalo in central Mexico City.
50 km · about 60 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
racetrack
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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