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    Parroquia de San Juan Bautista,Jiquipilco,México,México

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    Jiquipilco

    Town Jiquipilco, Estado de México Municipality of Jiquipilco Northern Estado de México

    Otomí municipal seat in the north of the Toluca valley: San Juan Bautista parish, the Señor de Jiquipilco feast in March and a pulque fair.

    From Toluca: 45 min by car (52 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    Tours to Jiquipilco

    Day trips around Villa del Carbón sometimes stop in Jiquipilco; a tour is the easy way to see it without a car.

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    How to get to Jiquipilco

    • From Toluca: about 45 min by road (~52 km)
    • Nearest airport: Toluca (TLC), 1 h 12 min by car to Villa del Carbón
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    Tours from Mexico City, near Jiquipilco

    Teotihuacan pyramids morning or afternoon without tourist traps ★ 4.9 (10,269) 5 h 30 min From US$59
    Balloon flight + Breakfast in cave + Pyramids + Pick up CDMX. ★ 4.9 (8,170) 2–8 h From US$149
    Xochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo with Optional Lunch ★ 4.5 (8,395) 9 h From US$40
    Balloon flight + pick up in CDMX + Breakfast in Cave + Pyramids ★ 4.9 (7,685) 4–7 h From US$157
    Teotihuacan Hot Air Balloon Flight from Mexico City / Volare ★ 4.8 (4,447) 3–9 h From US$144

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    About Jiquipilco

    Jiquipilco is the seat of an Otomí municipality in the north-west of the State of Mexico, at about 2,750 m. The 2024 municipal monograph says the Otomí settled here in 1274 and that Franciscan evangelisation began in the mid-1500s; the parish of San Juan Bautista was founded in 1592. The locality has some 2,100 people (INEGI 2020 via Pueblos América); the whole municipality, 76,826. It now carries the Pueblo con Encanto designation, with Bicentennial works including a monument to the Tlachiquero (the pulque tapper), a Paseo Bicentenario, a kiosk and an arch.

    What sets the place apart is its calendar. March brings the feast of the Señor de Jiquipilco, a tepozán-wood Christ brought from Seville in the mid-1500s; he used to be carried out in procession to ask for rain, and today the feast has a novena, dawn mañanitas at six, a mass and a procession with dancers. It is the frame for the pulque fair, since the hills are full of maguey. On 6 January the Virgen de Loreto is honoured with pastoras, Moors-and-Christians and concheros dances; 24 June is San Juan Bautista. A live Holy Week passion play has run since 2001.

    There is a Thursday tianguis in the town. In the municipality you find the El Jabalí and Presa Verde dams and Cerro La Bufa, about 3,550 to 3,600 m, for hiking and camping, and the sanctuary of the Señor del Cerrito on Cerro de Santa Cruz, where thousands of pilgrims arrive on 3 May.

    How to get to Jiquipilco

    Drive from Toluca: 45 min, 52 km

    Jiquipilco is about 30 km straight-line north of Toluca; by road allow roughly 45 minutes to 1 hour. The toll-free roads named in the municipal monograph are Jiquipilco-Temoaya, Jiquipilco-Ixtlahuaca and Jiquipilco-Naucalpan: from Toluca one option is to head toward Temoaya and carry on to Jiquipilco.

    By public transport, first reach the Terminal de Toluca at Felipe Berriozábal 101, open 24 hours (from Mexico City, buses run to Toluca every few minutes from Observatorio and the Terminal Norte). According to the monograph, Autobuses Temoayenses run Jiquipilco-Temoaya-Toluca; other lines connect with Ixtlahuaca (Estrella de Oro, Santa María del Llano) and Naucalpan (Herradura de Plata or Flecha Roja). Check times at the terminal, as the monograph gives none.

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    Before you go to Jiquipilco: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Tianguis (market) on Thursdays in the town; a second one on Saturdays in Santa Cruz Tepexpan. Monografía municipal de Jiquipilco 2024 · checked Oct 2026
    Best season
    Señor de Jiquipilco feast in March, with the pulque fair; Virgen de Loreto on 6 January; San Juan Bautista on 24 June; Holy Week passion play; pilgrimage to the Señor del Cerrito on 3 May. Monografía municipal de Jiquipilco 2024 · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Jiquipilco: what to see and do

    Parish of San Juan Bautista (founded 1592)
    Feast of the Señor de Jiquipilco in March, with procession and dances
    Pulque fair tied to that feast, and the Tlachiquero monument
    Paseo Bicentenario, kiosk and arch in the centre
    Thursday tianguis in the town
    El Jabalí and Presa Verde dams and Cerro La Bufa for hiking and camping
    Sanctuary of the Señor del Cerrito on Cerro de Santa Cruz, 3 May

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    Tours & activities

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Toluca (TLC), about 1 h 12 min by road from Villa del Carbón, the base for Jiquipilco.

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    When to go to Jiquipilco cool

    Jiquipilco shares the climate of Villa del Carbón, 24 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Villa del Carbón

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