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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
Tezontepec is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Ixtlahuaca de Cuauhtémoc, 49km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.
Tezontepec is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 5,214, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Tezontepec 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 Tezontepec to your route.
Tezontepec (also Villa de Tezontepec and Tezontepec de Aldama) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 133.6 km2 (51.6 sq mi) and, in the 2020 INEGI census, reported a total population of 13,032.
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Tezontepec is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.8806 latitude, -98.8197 longitude.
Tezontepec has a population of approximately 5,214 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.
21 km · about 25 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
44 km · about 50 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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
49 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
54 km · about 60 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.
60 km · about 70 min drive
cathedral
The largest cathedral in the Americas, built over three centuries on the north side of the Zócalo in central Mexico City.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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