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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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San Martín Azcatepec
México, Mexico · North America
About San Martín Azcatepec
San Martín Azcatepec is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Ojo de Agua, 14km from Teotihuacan.
San Martín Azcatepec is in México, Mexico, with about 35,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ojo de Agua, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near San Martín Azcatepec?
Within an hour or so of San Martín Azcatepec: Teotihuacan (14 km), Museo Nacional del Virreinato (26 km), Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (27 km), Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución) (33 km).
Are there any good drives near San Martín Azcatepec?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is San Martín Azcatepec?
San Martín Azcatepec is in México, Mexico, about 4 km from Ojo de Agua.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 35,390
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- México
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.6867, -98.9728
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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 San Martín Azcatepec
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.
26 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.
27 km · about 30 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
racetrack
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
34 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near San Martín Azcatepec
- 75 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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