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    Exterior de Capilla de la Virgen de Guadalupe, San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan 01, Estado de México

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    San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan

    Town Toluca, Estado de México Municipality of Toluca Toluca Valley

    Pueblo originario south of Toluca with cobbled streets, cambaya looms, the Paseo de Los Locos and fairs of pulque, pozole and harvest.

    From Toluca: 10 min by car (7 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan

    • From Toluca: about 10 min by road (~7 km)
    • Nearest airport: Toluca (TLC), 17 min by car to Metepec
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    About San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan

    San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan is a pueblo originario south of Toluca, at 2,726 metres and right next to Metepec. The name is Nahuatl (tlalli, earth; mimilulli, a cylinder or round thing; pan, on top) and is read as "on the rounded earth"; the patron is Saint Philip the Apostle. It grew slowly until 1960 (1,364 people in 1900, 2,435 in 1960) and fast afterwards: 9,512 in 2010 and 13,310 in 2020. A 2025 news piece puts it at about 14,000 residents, with an economy built on small retail trade.

    The time to come is when there is a fiesta. In the Paseo de Los Locos, held in the Easter season, people walk the cobbled streets in bright skirts with big chiquihuite baskets, oxen teams, floats and pack animals, asking Saint Isidore the Farmer for a good maize planting; on 7 June 2026 hundreds of the faithful turned out, with music and dancing. The central plaza has hosted a Feria del Pulque y Pozole (April 2022, free entry, with pulque producers from Jiquipilco, Villa Victoria, Rayón, Otzolotepec, Toluca and Ocoyoacac) and, in August 2025, the first Fiesta de la Cosecha: three days of dances, brass bands, corn dishes, pozole, mole de olla, hand-made gorditas and a loom workshop. Cambaya looms were shown there, a cotton weave used for the local costume, tablecloths, napkins and rebozos.

    The village has a chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the municipal delegation is on the central plaza.

    How to get to San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan

    Drive from Toluca: 10 min, 7 km

    San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan lies south of Toluca and very close to Metepec: about 6 km in a straight line from central Toluca and 5 km from Metepec, roughly 5 to 15 minutes by car depending on traffic. From Mexico City, La Silla Rota suggests taking the El Insurgente interurban train at Santa Fe station, getting off at Pino Suárez in Toluca, and continuing by taxi for about 15 minutes. The train starts at Observatorio, which links to the Metro (Lines 1 and 12) and the Terminal Poniente bus station, and takes about 50 minutes from Observatorio to Toluca; it runs Monday to Friday 5 am to midnight, Saturday 6 am to midnight and Sunday 7 am to midnight. Stations in the area include Toluca Centro and Metepec. We found no source for the local bus routes, so ask at the station or take a taxi.

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    Before you go to San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan: hours, prices and tips

    Entry
    The Feria del Pulque y Pozole in the central plaza was free to enter in 2022; you pay only for what you eat and drink. Milenio · checked Oct 2026
    Best time of day
    Paseo de Los Locos is held in the Easter season (a 2026 report is dated 7 June); the Fiesta de la Cosecha was held for the first time in late August 2025 over a Friday to Sunday. Informativo Mexiquense / La Silla Rota · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan: what to see and do

    Walk the cobbled streets and the central plaza, home to the village fairs.
    Watch the Paseo de Los Locos, with floats, oxen teams and devotees of Saint Isidore the Farmer.
    Catch the Fiesta de la Cosecha or the Feria del Pulque y Pozole if they fall on your dates.
    See the cambaya looms and the cotton weaving used for rebozos and tablecloths.
    Stop by the chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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    When to go to San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan cool

    San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan shares the climate of Metepec, 5 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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