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    Exconvento-Fortaleza de San Agustín de Acolman, Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl, México

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    Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl

    Town Acolman, Estado de México Municipality of Acolman Valley of Mexico Teotihuacan Valley

    Seat of Acolman and the town people call the birthplace of the Christmas piñata: a December fair and a big 16th-century Augustinian convent.

    From Mexico City: 40 min by car (41 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl

    • From Mexico City: about 40 min by road (~41 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 35 min by car to Teotihuacán
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    About Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl

    Acolman, often called San Agustín Acolman, is the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, about 40 km northeast of Mexico City and a short hop from the pyramids of Teotihuacan. The 2020 census counted 6,449 people in the town itself; most of the municipality's 171,000-plus residents live elsewhere, above all in Tepexpan. The name comes from Nahuatl Ahcolli, usually rendered as the place where the waters twist. It was a Nahua town paying tribute to Texcoco, and in 1877 it took on the name Nezahualcóyotl.

    What most visitors come for is the old Augustinian convent, built in the 16th century and covered on its own page here: a Plateresque doorway, a cloister with wall paintings and an INAH viceregal museum. Around it the town keeps a small-town street plan and likes to call itself the cradle of the Christmas piñata. Tradition says the first one was broken at the convent more than four hundred years ago, and the first posadas are said to have started here too.

    That makes December the busy month. The Feria de la Posada y la Piñata fills the Calzada de los Agustinos with food stalls, rides, dances, free concerts and contests for the biggest or most original piñata. Dates shift from year to year (in 2023 it ran 14 to 17 December), so check before going. At other times of year the town has horse races and staged posadas, and the municipality marks the Señor de Gracias on 3 May and its founding anniversary on 6 January.

    How to get to Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl

    Drive from Mexico City: 40 min, 41 km

    By car from Mexico City, take the México-Pachuca highway and, after about 35 km, turn off onto the México-Tulancingo road (federal 132) that runs to Acolman. The other way is up Insurgentes Norte to Ecatepec and on along the 132 toward Tulancingo and the Pirámides. It is about 40 km and, depending on traffic, 45 minutes to over an hour (approx.). By public transport, the Mexibús goes to the Central de Abasto station, and from there a bus or van takes around 20 minutes to the town. From Teotihuacan it is about 9 km as the crow flies. From Pachuca, take federal 105 to Venustiano Carranza and then the 132.

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    The Feria de la Posada y la Piñata runs in mid-December (2023: 14 to 17 December, free entry, on the Calzada de los Agustinos); other sources give 13 to 21 or 16 to 24 December, so confirm each year. México Desconocido / Chilango / Wikipedia · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl: what to see and do

    Go into the ex convento de San Agustín Acolman: Plateresque doorway, painted cloister and the Museo Virreinal (it has its own page).
    Walk the centre and the Calzada de los Agustinos, where the fair is set up.
    Come in December for the Feria de la Posada y la Piñata: food, dances, free concerts and a piñata contest.
    Look for piñatas and seasonal sweets on sale around the convent.
    Combine it with Teotihuacan's pyramids, about 9 km away in a straight line.

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    Pick up a car at NLU (Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles)): about 35 min by road to Teotihuacán, then 9 km more to Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), about 35 min by road from Teotihuacán, the base for Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl.

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    When to go to Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl mild

    Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl shares the climate of Teotihuacán, 9 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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