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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
Tolcayuca sits on the route: 10 minutes from Zapotlán de Juárez, 50km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.
Tolcayuca is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 6,836, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Tolcayuca 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 Tolcayuca to your route.
Tolcayuca is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 120.8 km2 (46.6 sq mi). As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 11,746.
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Tolcayuca is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.9581 latitude, -98.9194 longitude.
Tolcayuca has a population of approximately 6,836 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 Mexico6 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.
31 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
42 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
50 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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