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    Parish church of San Antonio de Padua in Huixquilucan de Degollado, Estado de México

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    Huixquilucan de Degollado

    Town Huixquilucan, Estado de México Municipality of Huixquilucan Valley of Mexico

    A hill town of 10,735 at 2,712 m, with an 18th-century parish where Santos Degollado was buried and a long calendar of patron-saint fiestas.

    From Mexico City: 35 min by car (32 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Huixquilucan de Degollado

    • From Mexico City: about 35 min by road (~32 km)
    • Nearest airport: Toluca (TLC), 17 min by car to Metepec
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    About Huixquilucan de Degollado

    Huixquilucan de Degollado, seat of the municipality of Huixquilucan, sits in the Sierra de las Cruces west of Mexico City, at about 2,712 metres. The 2020 census counted 10,735 people. Its name is explained as place full of edible thistles; Otomí people lived here before the Mexica, and under Tlacopan's rule it was tied to the Triple Alliance. The same municipality has tower blocks and gated developments such as Bosque Real, but the old town is a different world.

    The parish of San Antonio de Padua, from the 18th century, stands in the centre, and General Santos Degollado, who gave the town its second name, was buried in its atrium in 1861. Close by is the chapel of Santa María Magdalena, from the early 1700s with a pink quarry-stone facade, and other chapels INAH lists. Local history says the Jesuits founded a language college for Indigenous languages here in 1580, and that Leona Vicario hid in the town from 3 to 10 March 1813. The Jardín de la Cultura groups an auditorium, a library and the Museo de Huixquilucan.

    Fiestas are part of daily life: the municipality holds 87 patron-saint celebrations a year, with decorated streets and fireworks, among them San Antonio on 13 June. People eat mole de guajolote, barbacoa and pipián, and the area has a tradition of paper and piñata work.

    How to get to Huixquilucan de Degollado

    Drive from Mexico City: 35 min, 32 km

    The Chamapa-Lechería highway crosses the municipality and links to Naucalpan, Atizapán, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Tultitlán and the road to Toluca. Bus routes run to Mexico City (Cuajimalpa, Miguel Hidalgo) and some reach the Metro stations Tacubaya, Tacuba, Cuatro Caminos and Observatorio, the most practical departure points; the ATROLSA corridor (route 132) starts at Metro Chapultepec. We did not find the exact minibus to the centre, so confirm the route in a transit app. It is about 24 km in a straight line from central Mexico City, and by car the time depends on traffic (approx.). Metepec is about 29 km away as the crow flies.

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    San Antonio de Padua is celebrated on 13 June; the municipality has 87 patron-saint fiestas a year (Santiago on 25 July, San Miguel on 29 September, Guadalupe on 12 December). Wikipedia · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Huixquilucan de Degollado: what to see and do

    Visit the parish of San Antonio de Padua (18th century), with Santos Degollado's burial in the atrium.
    See the chapel of Santa María Magdalena, in pink quarry stone.
    Stop at the Jardín de la Cultura and the Museo de Huixquilucan.
    Come on 13 June for the San Antonio fiesta.
    Try the mole de guajolote, pipián and barbacoa.

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    Huixquilucan de Degollado shares the climate of Metepec, 29 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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