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    Parroquia de San Mateo Oxtotitlan vista desde la parte de afuera, Estado de México

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    San Mateo Oxtotitlán

    Village Toluca, Estado de México Municipality of Toluca Toluca Valley

    Large Toluca delegación, "next to the caves"; San Mateo fiesta with mojigangas and a Passion play staged up a real hill every Holy Week.

    From Toluca: 5 min by car (4 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to San Mateo Oxtotitlán

    • From Toluca: about 5 min by road (~4 km)
    • Nearest airport: Toluca (TLC), 17 min by car to Metepec
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    Teotihuacan pyramids morning or afternoon without tourist traps ★ 4.9 (10,269) 5 h 30 min From US$59
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    About San Mateo Oxtotitlán

    Oxtotitlán means "next to the caves" (oztotl, cave; titlan, next to), and Saint Matthew the Evangelist is the village's saint. It is a delegación of the municipality of Toluca, about 3 km west of the city centre at 2,719 m, and the 2020 census (as quoted by Wikipedia) gives it 22,500 residents. It should not be confused with Nueva Oxtotitlán, which the city's 2026 programme treats as a separate delegación.

    During the patron's festivities there are carnival-style walks through each barrio, with music, toritos, food, fireworks and mojigangas, the giant figures that a 2026 chronicle links to Oaxacan tradition. At Holy Week the Passion and Death of Christ is staged on a real hill, not in a street or field: the group is about 30 years old and in 2025 had 30 actors; it starts on Palm Sunday, and whoever plays Jesus stays in character from the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday.

    The city has rebuilt streets here, among them Benito Juárez, Juan Aldama Sur and De los Panteones, and Avenida Filiberto Navas, which leads to the Parque de las Ciencias Sierra Morelos. The parish of San Mateo is in the Wiki Loves Monuments heritage catalogue.

    How to get to San Mateo Oxtotitlán

    Drive from Toluca: 5 min, 4 km

    Oxtotitlán lies on the western side of Toluca, about 3 km in a straight line from the centre (roughly 10 to 15 minutes by car or taxi depending on traffic). Recent city works name streets here such as Benito Juárez, Juan Aldama Sur, De los Panteones, Paseo Matlatzincas and Avenida Filiberto Navas, and Avenida Adolfo López Mateos connects with Filiberto Navas toward Sierra Morelos park. There is no published bus route in the MisRutas directory that carries its name: ask at the Toluca terminal, or board any unit heading west and confirm with the driver.

    From Mexico City, reach Toluca on the México–Toluca highway (15D) or the El Insurgente train (Observatorio to Toluca Centro) and finish the stretch by taxi. Metepec is about 10 km away in a straight line.

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    Holy Week, when the Passion of Christ is staged on a hill and begins on Palm Sunday; the patron's fiesta, with barrio walks and mojigangas, is around San Mateo's day. El Universal Estado de México; Métrica Digital · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting San Mateo Oxtotitlán: what to see and do

    Visit the parish of San Mateo, listed as a monument.
    Come for the patron's fiesta to see the barrio walks, toritos and mojigangas.
    Follow the Holy Week Passion play, which starts on Palm Sunday and climbs a hill.
    Walk Avenida Filiberto Navas, with its safe path, to the Parque de las Ciencias Sierra Morelos.

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    Pick up a car at TLC (Toluca): about 17 min by road to Metepec, then 10 km more to San Mateo Oxtotitlán, on your own schedule.

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    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Toluca (TLC), about 17 min by road from Metepec, the base for San Mateo Oxtotitlán.

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    When to go to San Mateo Oxtotitlán cool

    San Mateo Oxtotitlán shares the climate of Metepec, 10 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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