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Six Flags México
Mexico City's premier amusement park with world-class coasters and seasonal events in the south of the city.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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El Palacio
México, Mexico · North America
About El Palacio
El Palacio works well as a base: 20km from Chapultepec Castle.
El Palacio is in México, Mexico, with about 1,300 people. You drive on the right here.
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What is there to see near El Palacio?
Within an hour or so of El Palacio: Six Flags México (17 km), Pujol (19 km), Museo Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul) (20 km), Chapultepec Castle (20 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is El Palacio?
El Palacio is in México, Mexico.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,268
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- México
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.3514, -99.3567
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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 El Palacio
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
19 km · about 20 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
25 km · about 30 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.
25 km · about 30 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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