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    Tumba de niño decorada para el dia muertos en el pueblo de San Antonio Tecomitl, Ciudad de México

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    San Antonio Tecómitl

    Village Milpa Alta, Ciudad de México Municipality of Milpa Alta Valley of Mexico

    A Milpa Alta pueblo originario with a 16th-century Franciscan church, the Olla de Piedra chapel and one of the city's busiest Day of the Dead cemeteries.

    From Mexico City: 45 min by car (37 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to San Antonio Tecómitl

    • From Mexico City: about 45 min by road (~37 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 25 min by car to Tepoztlán
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    About San Antonio Tecómitl

    San Antonio Tecómitl is one of the twelve pueblos originarios of Milpa Alta, a few minutes northeast of Villa Milpa Alta and bordering Tláhuac, at about 2,260 metres. The Nahuatl name is read as "in the stone pot", after a lava hollow of the Teutli volcano, the Olla de Piedra, where pots, obsidian and other prehispanic objects have turned up. A chapel to St Anthony stands there. Tradition dates the first Chichimec settlers to about 1140 and Mexica families to 1409; for centuries it was a lakeside chinampa town until the lake dried up.

    The centre revolves around the Franciscan former convent of San Antonio de Padua, from the 16th century, sober and fortress-like, with a five-arch porter's lodge and a plateresque tower; inside are Baroque art and paintings of the saint's life. Across the way is Plaza Corregidora with its bandstand, and a short walk on Avenida 5 de Mayo is the market, a good place to eat. A procession of about twenty minutes links the church to the Olla de Piedra chapel. On Boulevard José López Portillo, north of the centre, a statue shows a nahual, the man who in local legends turns into a dog, donkey or pig.

    The big dates: the feast of St Anthony on 13 and 14 June, now also a fair; Holy Week, with a Passion play that walks from the plaza to the calvary and has run since the 1980s; and above all Day of the Dead, with a giant offering, a grave-decorating contest on 2 November and paper balloons. There is also an ice-cream fair with flavours made in the village.

    How to get to San Antonio Tecómitl

    Drive from Mexico City: 45 min, 37 km

    By Metro, get to Tláhuac, the terminal of Line 12, and board a microbus marked Tulyehualco-Milpa Alta (route 21; about 9 pesos) on Avenida Tláhuac. From the north, Metro Tasqueña (Line 2) has microbuses to Milpa Alta-Xochimilco centro (about 8 pesos). Both reach the borough's centre; confirm with the driver whether they pass through Tecómitl, or get off in Villa Milpa Alta and take a local bus or combi, since the village is a few minutes northeast. By car, from Metro Tláhuac it is about 10 km and aprox. 12 minutes; from the Zócalo, 37 km and aprox. 45 minutes with no traffic. On feast days the village's traffic bunches up.

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    Before you go to San Antonio Tecómitl: hours, prices and tips

    Best time of day
    Early November: the village cemetery is one of the city's busiest for Day of the Dead. Mexico City tourism · checked Oct 2026
    Best season
    Feast of St Anthony of Padua on 13-14 June; Day of the Dead (1-2 November) with a giant offering and a grave contest on the 2nd; Holy Week Passion play. Wikipedia (es) · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting San Antonio Tecómitl: what to see and do

    Step into the Franciscan former convent of San Antonio de Padua (16th century) for its five-arch porter's lodge, altar and paintings of the saint's life.
    Sit in Plaza Corregidora, by the bandstand and clock tower.
    Eat at the San Antonio Tecómitl market on Avenida 5 de Mayo.
    Walk the procession route to the Olla de Piedra chapel, the source of the town's name.
    Look for the nahual statue on Boulevard José López Portillo.
    Visit FARO Milpa Alta-Tecómitl, a cultural centre about 600 m from the centre.

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    San Antonio Tecómitl shares the climate of Tepoztlán, 28 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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