México, Mexico · North America
Tepotzotlán is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Barrio Tlatenco, 34km from Chapultepec Castle.
Tepotzotlán is in México, Mexico, with about 38,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Barrio Tlatenco, about 4 km away.
Tepotzotlán (Spanish: [tepotsoˈtlan] ) is a city and a municipality in the Mexican state of Mexico. It is located 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Mexico City about a 45-minute drive along the Mexico City–Querétaro road at marker number 41. In Aztec times, the area was the center of a dominion that negotiated to keep mostRead more
of its independence in return with being allied with the Aztec Triple Alliance. Later, it would also be part of a "Republic of the indigenous," allowing for some autonomy under Spanish rule as well. The town became a major educational center during the colonial period when the Jesuits established the College of San Francisco Javier. The college complex that grew from its beginnings in 1580 would remain an educational center until 1914. Today this complex houses the Museo del Virreinato (Museum of the Vice Regal or Colonial Period), with one of the largest collections of art and other objects from this time period.
The name Tepotzotlán is of Nahuatl origin and means "among humpbacks," referring to the shape of the hills that surround this area. The oldest surviving Aztec glyph for this area is found in the Codex Osuna, which features a humpbacked person sitting on top of a hill. This is now the symbol of the municipality. Another version of the glyph shows a humpbacked person defending a "teocalli" or sacred precinct. The municipality also has a lesser-known European-style coat-of-arms. This contains the officially adopted version of the glyph in the upper part, a representation of the Arcos del Sitio, the facade of the Church of San Francisco Javier and chimneys and a tractor representing both the agriculture and industry found here. Underneath these are written the words "Libertad, Cultura y Trabajo" (Liberty, Culture and Work).
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Within an hour or so of Tepotzotlán: Museo Nacional del Virreinato (1 km), Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (28 km), Pujol (32 km), Museo Nacional de Antropología (33 km).
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Tepotzotlán is in México, Mexico, about 4 km from Barrio Tlatenco.
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
Full driving guide for Mexico8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
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.
1 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
28 km · about 35 min drive
restaurant
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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
museum
The world's greatest museum of pre-Columbian art and archaeology, home to the Aztec Sun Stone and stunning Maya artifacts.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
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
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
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
castle
A hilltop royal castle built in 1785, the only royal castle in the Americas, now housing the National Museum of History.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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