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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.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Huixquilucan
México, Mexico · North America
About Huixquilucan
Huixquilucan works well as a base: 19km from Chapultepec Castle.
Huixquilucan is in México, Mexico, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Huixquilucan Municipality is one of the municipalities in State of Mexico, Mexico. It lies adjacent to the west side of the Federal District (Distrito Federal) and is part of Greater Mexico City but independent of Mexico City itself. The name "Huixquilucan" comes from Nahuatl meaning, "place full of edible thistles".
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What is there to see near Huixquilucan?
Within an hour or so of Huixquilucan: Six Flags México (16 km), Pujol (18 km), Chapultepec Castle (19 km), Museo Nacional de Antropología (19 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Huixquilucan?
Huixquilucan is in México, Mexico.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 124,846
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- México
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.3599, -99.3502
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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 Huixquilucan
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.
18 km · about 20 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.
19 km · about 20 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.
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
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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.
24 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.
24 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.
24 km · about 25 min drive
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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