ancient ruins
Teotihuacan
The massive pre-Aztec city featuring the towering Pyramids of the Sun and Moon and the grand Avenue of the Dead, once one of the largest cities in the ancient world.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Las Pintas
México, Mexico · North America
About Las Pintas
Las Pintas is worth a stop: 10 minutes from General Felipe Ángeles (Los Ángeles), 51km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.
Las Pintas is in México, Mexico, with about 1,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is General Felipe Ángeles (Los Ángeles), about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Las Pintas?
Within an hour or so of Las Pintas: Teotihuacan (23 km), Mineral del Monte (Real del Monte) (35 km), Museo Nacional del Virreinato (41 km), Huasca de Ocampo (47 km).
Are there any good drives near Las Pintas?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Las Pintas?
Las Pintas is in México, Mexico, about 4 km from General Felipe Ángeles (Los Ángeles).
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,020
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- México
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.8967, -98.8869
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from Las Pintas
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Mineral del Monte (Real del Monte)
Hidalgo's "Little Cornwall" at 2,700 m: red-roofed houses, a Cornish cemetery whose graves face England, and 30 bakeries selling pastes, the Mexican descendant of the Cornish pasty.
35 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Museo Nacional del Virreinato
A vast former Jesuit college at Tepotzotlán whose Church of San Francisco Javier holds Mexico's most overwhelming set of gilded Churrigueresque altarpieces: a wall-to-wall gold explosion, plus colonial art across the cloisters.
41 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Huasca de Ocampo
Mexico's first designated Pueblo Mágico, a Hidalgo village of red-tiled roofs beside the 18th-century Santa María Regla and San Miguel Regla silver haciendas, now set among reservoirs and basalt canyons.
47 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
51 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
52 km · about 60 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.
58 km · about 65 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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