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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Tecámac
México, Mexico · North America
About Tecámac
Tecámac is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Sanata Lucía, 13km from Teotihuacan.
Tecámac is in México, Mexico, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sanata Lucía, about 4 km away.
Tecámac is a municipality in State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 157.34 km2 (60.75 sq mi). The municipal seat lies in the town (locality) of Tecámac de Felipe Villanueva. Its largest town, Ojo de Agua, with a population of 242,283 inhabitants, is the largest locality in Mexico that is not aRead more
municipal seat.
As of the 2020 census, the municipality had a total population of 547,500, with most people residing in Ojo de Agua.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Tecámac?
Within an hour or so of Tecámac: Teotihuacan (13 km), Museo Nacional del Virreinato (26 km), Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (30 km), Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (35 km).
Are there any good drives near Tecámac?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Tecámac?
Tecámac is in México, Mexico, about 4 km from Sanata Lucía.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 15,244
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- México
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.7129, -98.9690
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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 Tecámac
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.
30 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.
35 km · about 40 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.
36 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.
36 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.
37 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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Tecámac
- 78 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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