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Loma de San José

México, Mexico · North America

About Loma de San José

Loma de San José works well as a base: 5 minutes from Caja de Agua, 29km from Chapultepec Castle.

Loma de San José is in México, Mexico, with about 2,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Caja de Agua, about 4 km away.

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What is there to see near Loma de San José?

Within an hour or so of Loma de San José: Museo Nacional del Virreinato (14 km), Pujol (27 km), Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (28 km), Museo Nacional de Antropología (28 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.

Where is Loma de San José?

Loma de San José is in México, Mexico, about 4 km from Caja de Agua.

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Quick Information

Population
2,541
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
México
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
19.6422, -99.3278

Emergency & Services

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911
Ambulance
911
Fire
911
Driving side
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.

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Worth the detour from Loma de San José

8 notable places within an hour's 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.

14 km · about 25 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.

27 km · about 30 min drive

cathedral

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.

28 km · about 30 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.

28 km · about 35 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.

29 km · about 35 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.

30 km · about 35 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.

31 km · about 35 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.

31 km · about 35 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.

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