landmark
Xochimilco Floating Gardens
A network of ancient Aztec canals and artificial islands where colorful trajinera boats glide past floating gardens and mariachi bands.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Chalco
México, Mexico · North America
About Chalco
Chalco is worth a stop: 5 minutes from San Lucas Amalinalco, 33km from Paso de Cortés.
Chalco is in México, Mexico, with about 170,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is San Lucas Amalinalco, about 4 km away.
Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃaːɬko]) is a city that is municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Chalco. It lies in the eastern part of the State of Mexico just east of the Federal District of Mexico and is considered part of the Mexico City metropolitan area.
Chalco name is ofRead more
Nahuatl origin, and comes from the word Chalchihuitl "green stone, jade", and Co: "place." Together, these words mean "the place of jade".
The municipal head, bears the surname of Diaz Covarrubias, in honor of Juan Díaz Covarrubias, one of the practitioners of medicine who was heroically shot in Tacubaya in 1859.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Chalco?
Within an hour or so of Chalco: Xochimilco Floating Gardens (22 km), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (26 km), Museo Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul) (30 km), Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución) (31 km).
Are there any good drives near Chalco?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Chalco?
Chalco is in México, Mexico, about 4 km from San Lucas Amalinalco.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 168,720
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- México
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.2617, -98.8978
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from Chalco
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
26 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Museo Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul)
The vibrant blue house where Frida Kahlo was born, lived, and died, filled with her art, personal objects, and Diego Rivera's collection.
30 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Six Flags México
Mexico City's premier amusement park with world-class coasters and seasonal events in the south of the city.
33 km · about 40 min drive
mountain pass
Paso de Cortés
The 3,600-m saddle between the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, reached by a paved mountain road from Amecameca: the route Cortés marched into the Valley of Mexico in 1519.
33 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Chalco
- 33 kmPaso de CortésThe 3,600-m saddle between the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, reached by a paved mountain road from Amecameca: the route Cortés marched into the Valley of Mexico in 1519.
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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