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    San Diego Huehuecalco

    Village Amecameca, Estado de México Municipality of Amecameca Valley of Mexico Volcano Route

    Village south of Amecameca at 2,511 m, with a chapel to San Diego and a 13 to 16 November fiesta of rodeo and the dance of the Moors.

    From Cuautla: 45 min by car (40 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to San Diego Huehuecalco

    • From Cuautla: about 45 min by road (~40 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 33 min by car to Tlayacapan
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    About San Diego Huehuecalco

    San Diego Huehuecalco lies about 3.5 km south of Amecameca's centre as the crow flies, at 2,511 m, and had 2,079 residents in 2020. The name is Nahuatl: huehuetl, old or elder, calli, house, and the locative co, rendered as "place of old houses" or "in the house of the elders". Saint Didacus of Alcalá, San Diego, is the patron.

    The chapel, painted yellow and red with a small bell tower, is the village's landmark. Its big moment is the feast of San Diego: Amecameca's municipal site gives 13 to 16 November, with a rodeo (jaripeo), the traditional dance of the Moors and other dances. The rest of the year the village is quiet and farming-minded, much like a municipality whose economy rests on agriculture, livestock and trade.

    The reasons people come to the area are in Amecameca, a few minutes away: the parish of the Asunción, the Señor del Sacromonte shrine on its hill, the museums of the Panoaya hacienda, and the road up to Paso de Cortés between Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. Amecameca's tianguis sets up on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays.

    How to get to San Diego Huehuecalco

    Drive from Cuautla: 45 min, 40 km

    Everything runs through Amecameca, on federal highway 115. Drivers leave the Puebla motorway at Chalco; the distance from TAPO is about 53 km and the trip takes around 50 minutes (Rome2Rio). Direct coaches from TAPO are advertised as "Ameca", leave about every 20 minutes and take a little over an hour. Colectivos board on the zócalo's north side, and the large-bus terminal is a few blocks northwest.

    Huehuecalco is 3.5 km south of Amecameca's centre (air distance), roughly 10 minutes by taxi by my reckoning. No public-transport route is published. Coming from Morelos, Cuautla is about 35 km off by air.

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    Before you go to San Diego Huehuecalco: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Amecameca's tianguis (street market) runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays. Wikivoyage (Amecameca) · checked Oct 2026
    Best season
    Patron feast of San Diego, 13 to 16 November, with a rodeo and the dance of the Moors. Gobierno de Amecameca (Tradición) · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting San Diego Huehuecalco: what to see and do

    Look at the yellow-and-red chapel of San Diego.
    Come 13 to 16 November for the fiesta, with rodeo and the dance of the Moors.
    Continue to Amecameca and climb to the shrine of the Señor del Sacromonte, built on pre-Hispanic pyramid remains.
    Visit the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz museum and the volcano museum at Hacienda Panoaya.
    Drive up to Paso de Cortés, between Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl.

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    When to go to San Diego Huehuecalco mild

    San Diego Huehuecalco shares the climate of Tlayacapan, 27 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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