Cuauhtémoc works well as a base: 10 minutes from Venustiano Carranza, 5km from Chapultepec Castle.
Cuauhtémoc is in Mexico City, Mexico, with about 530,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Venustiano Carranza, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Cuauhtémoc: Casa de los Azulejos (1 km), Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución) (2 km), Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (2 km), Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (5 km).
Are there any good drives near Cuauhtémoc?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Cuauhtémoc?
Cuauhtémoc is in Mexico City, Mexico, about 4 km from Venustiano Carranza.
Road trip
Drive to Cuauhtémoc
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
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.
1 km · about 5 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.
2 km · about 5 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.
2 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
5 km · about 10 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.
5 km · about 10 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.
5 km · about 10 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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
racetrack
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Driving roads near Cuauhtémoc
66 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.
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.