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Acayuca

Hidalgo, Mexico · North America

About Acayuca

Acayuca is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Lindavista, 37km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.

Acayuca is in Hidalgo, Mexico, with about 8,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lindavista, about 5 km away.

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What is there to see near Acayuca?

Within an hour or so of Acayuca: Mineral del Monte (Real del Monte) (21 km), Huasca de Ocampo (34 km), Teotihuacan (37 km), Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla (37 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.

Where is Acayuca?

Acayuca is in Hidalgo, Mexico, about 5 km from Lindavista.

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Quick Information

Population
8,470
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
Hidalgo
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
20.0257, -98.8411

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Worth the detour from Acayuca

5 notable places within an hour's drive.

landmark

Mineral del Monte (Real del Monte)

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.

21 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Huasca de Ocampo

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.

34 km · about 40 min drive

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.

37 km · about 45 min drive

natural wonder

Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla

Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.

37 km · about 45 min drive

museum

Museo Nacional del Virreinato

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.

53 km · about 60 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.

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