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    Antigua hacienda de Exquitlán

    Landmark Tulancingo de Bravo, Hidalgo Municipality of Tulancingo de Bravo

    A Porfirian mansion (1868-1908) on Tulancingo's edge, with art nouveau plasterwork, a chapel to St Basil and a cider works beside it.

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    How to get to Antigua hacienda de Exquitlán

    • From Huauchinango: about 40 min by road (~45 km)
    • Nearest airport: Poza Rica (PAZ), 1 h 41 min by car to Acaxochitlán
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    About Antigua hacienda de Exquitlán

    The old Exquitlán hacienda, also known as the hacienda del Pomar, stands on the outskirts of Tulancingo on the way to Cuautepec de Hinojosa, near the San Miguel municipal cemetery and the Capilla de la Expiración. It was built for Pánfilo García Otamendi, who owned several haciendas around Mexico. Inscriptions on the house, over the door lintel and on an urn in the front garden, give its dates: work began in 1868 and it was inaugurated in 1908. The chapel came first, since every hacienda was expected to have one; it was finished in July 1901 and is dedicated to St Basil, whose name appears on its front. The estate had its heyday under Porfirio Díaz.

    The main house has 20 rooms, including several sitting and dining rooms, with plaster reliefs of angels, cherubs, landscapes and women's faces, and art nouveau decoration on the ceilings. The large garden holds the chapel, stables, storerooms and some small underground chambers.

    Today the estate is split in two. The better-kept part belongs to the Bodegas de Exquitlán cider works, which runs from newer industrial buildings, and is the home of Pomar cider, sold across Mexico above all at Christmas. The mansion itself shows its age but keeps its original look. Local lore has grown around it, from ghosts to a coffin found outside its grave and a buried fortune nobody has found, and in the mid-2000s it hosted haunted-house tours in October. No visiting hours are published.

    How to get to Antigua hacienda de Exquitlán

    The hacienda lies southeast of central Tulancingo, on the road out to Cuautepec, a little over a kilometre from the cathedral. Reaching the city takes about two hours from Mexico City on the México–Tuxpan toll road, 45 minutes (50 km) from Pachuca on federal highway 130, 45 minutes (42 km) from Huauchinango and 25 minutes (23 km) from Acaxochitlán. Bus travellers can catch Autobuses Conexión at Mexico City's Terminal Norte, hourly and a bit over two hours, or at Indios Verdes every 20 minutes. From the centre, take a taxi or drive out along the Cuautepec road past the San Miguel cemetery.

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    At Expo Tulancingo, during the fair of Our Lady of the Angels (31 July to 9 August), stalls sell local ciders, fruit wines and preserves. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Antigua hacienda de Exquitlán: what to see and do

    The mansion's front, with its arched window and long balcony.
    The St Basil chapel, finished in July 1901.
    The dates carved over the door and on the garden urn.
    The nearby Capilla de la Expiración and San Miguel cemetery.
    Local cider at the Expo Tulancingo fair, late July to early August.

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