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Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Iztacalco
Mexico City, Mexico · North America
About Iztacalco
Iztacalco works well as a base: 10 minutes from Colonia Nativitas, 9km from Chapultepec Castle.
Iztacalco is in Mexico City, Mexico, with about 380,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Colonia Nativitas, about 4 km away.
Iztacalco (Spanish: [istaˈkalko] ) is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. It is located in the central-eastern area and it is the smallest of the city's boroughs. The area's history began in 1309 when the island of Iztacalco, in what was Lake Texcoco, was settled in 1309 by the Mexica who would laterRead more
found Tenochtitlan, according to the Codex Xolotl. The island community would remain small and isolated through the colonial period, but drainage projects in the Valley of Mexico dried up the lake around it. The area was transformed into a maze of small communities, artificial islands called chinampas and solid farmland divided by canals up until the first half of the 20th century. Politically, the area has been reorganized several times, being first incorporated in 1862 and the modern borough coming into existence in 1929. Today, all of the canals and farmland are dried out and urbanized as the most densely populated borough and the second most industrialized.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Iztacalco?
Within an hour or so of Iztacalco: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (1 km), Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución) (6 km), Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (6 km), Casa de los Azulejos (6 km).
Are there any good drives near Iztacalco?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Iztacalco?
Iztacalco is in Mexico City, Mexico, about 4 km from Colonia Nativitas.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 384,326
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Mexico City
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.3953, -99.0978
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from Iztacalco
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
8 km · about 15 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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
cathedral
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
10 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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Iztacalco
- 59 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.
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