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Cantera de Villagrán

Hidalgo, Mexico · North America

About Cantera de Villagrán

Cantera de Villagrán is worth a stop: 5 minutes from San Ignacio Nopala, 49km from Chapultepec Castle.

Cantera de Villagrán is in Hidalgo, Mexico, with about 1,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is San Ignacio Nopala, about 4 km away.

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What is there to see near Cantera de Villagrán?

Within an hour or so of Cantera de Villagrán: Museo Nacional del Virreinato (17 km), Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (44 km), Pujol (47 km), Museo Nacional de Antropología (48 km).

Are there any good drives near Cantera de Villagrán?

The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.

Where is Cantera de Villagrán?

Cantera de Villagrán is in Hidalgo, Mexico, about 4 km from San Ignacio Nopala.

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Quick Information

Population
1,588
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
Hidalgo
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
19.8408, -99.3092

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Worth the detour from Cantera de Villagrán

8 notable places within an hour's 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.

17 km · about 20 min drive

cathedral

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.

44 km · about 50 min drive

restaurant

Pujol

Enrique Olvera's Polanco restaurant, where the signature mole madre is a black mole reheated for thousands of days and served as a single ring beside a fresh one. Two Michelin stars; book months ahead.

47 km · about 55 min drive

museum

Museo Nacional de Antropología

The world's greatest museum of pre-Columbian art and archaeology, home to the Aztec Sun Stone and stunning Maya artifacts.

48 km · about 55 min drive

castle

Chapultepec Castle

A hilltop royal castle built in 1785, the only royal castle in the Americas, now housing the National Museum of History.

49 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución)

One of the largest public plazas in the world and the historic heart of Mexico City, surrounded by the National Palace and Metropolitan Cathedral.

49 km · about 55 min drive

cathedral

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The largest cathedral in the Americas, built over three centuries on the north side of the Zócalo in central Mexico City.

49 km · about 55 min drive

restaurant

Casa de los Azulejos

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.

49 km · about 55 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

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

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