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    La Estancia, Actopan, Hidalgo, Mexico. 06

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    La Estancia

    Village Actopan, Hidalgo Municipality of Actopan Mezquital Valley

    A locality northeast of Actopan named for an 1842 hacienda; its fair is on 8 October, and the food is earth-oven barbacoa and ximbó.

    From Pachuca: 45 min by car (43 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    Day trips and guided outings from Mineral del Chico often include La Estancia; with a local guide you can get there without a car.

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    How to get to La Estancia

    • From Pachuca: about 45 min by road (~43 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 1 h 12 min by car to Mineral del Chico
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    About La Estancia

    La Estancia takes its name from the hacienda that landowners built on the spot, and the Hacienda de la Estancia dates from 1842. Today it is a locality in the municipality of Actopan, in the Mezquital Valley, northeast of the city, on flat ground at about 2,140 metres. The soil is alluvial and phaeozem, over volcanic andesite, and the climate is semi-dry and temperate. A curiosity of the area: just over 2 km north and northeast of La Estancia runs the boundary between the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Sierra Madre Oriental, which is why there are faults and some seismic activity.

    The population has grown from 582 (in 1921) to 1,341 in 2010 and 1,715 in 2020. There is a preschool, a primary school, a telesecundaria and a campus of ICATHI, the state's job-training institute. People live from trade, farming, livestock and poultry.

    At the table, the local dishes are lamb barbacoa cooked in an underground oven and ximbó, rooster meat wrapped in maguey leaves and also baked underground, both celebrated by Actopan each July at its Feria de la Barbacoa y el Ximbó. Community festivities follow the religious calendar (Holy Week, Christmas, Day of the Dead and, on 12 December, the Virgin of Guadalupe), and the main fair is on 8 October, marking the founding of the ejido.

    How to get to La Estancia

    Drive from Pachuca: 45 min, 43 km

    La Estancia lies northeast of the city of Actopan, joined to it by the Actopan-La Estancia road. Actopan is on federal highway 85 (Mexico-Laredo), the city's main road, and from there you take the road to La Estancia; it is about 6 km from the centre. Actopan's Central de Autobuses is on Calle Efrén Rebolledo, one block north of the national highway (MEX 85), and is served mostly by Ovnibus and Flecha Roja. From Pachuca, Ovnibus runs one direct bus to Actopan at 6 pm, about 1 hour, with a fare near 100 pesos; from Mexico City you can reach Pachuca (Terminal Norte) and continue to Actopan. Pachuca is about 28 km away in a straight line, roughly 30 minutes by car. Mineral del Chico, the nearest Pueblo Mágico, is about 21 km as the crow flies, roughly 25 minutes.

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    Main fair on 8 October (founding of the ejido); Our Lady of Guadalupe on 12 December. Actopan's Feria de la Barbacoa y el Ximbó is held in early July. Wikipedia (La Estancia, Actopan); Mexico News Daily on Actopan's Feria de la Barbacoa · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting La Estancia: what to see and do

    The Hacienda de la Estancia, built in 1842, which gave the village its name
    The 8 October fair, marking the founding of the ejido
    Lamb barbacoa and ximbó cooked in an earth oven
    The flat Mezquital Valley, with the Volcanic Belt-Sierra Madre Oriental boundary about 2 km to the north
    The city of Actopan and its July fair

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    Pick up a car at NLU (Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles)): about 1 h 12 min by road to Mineral del Chico, then 21 km more to La Estancia, on your own schedule.

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    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), about 1 h 12 min by road from Mineral del Chico, the base for La Estancia.

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    When to go to La Estancia cool

    La Estancia shares the climate of Mineral del Chico, 21 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, April, and May.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Mineral del Chico

    Fountain, clipped hedges and colorful houses on the main plaza of Mineral del Chico, Hidalgo cool
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