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    Artisan from Capácuaro with her handmade dolls, Michoacán

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    Capácuaro

    Town Uruapan, Michoacán Municipality of Uruapan

    A Purépecha woodworking town on the Paracho–Uruapan highway, lined with furniture workshops and roadside showrooms.

    From Uruapan: 20 min by car (21 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    Where to stay near Capácuaro

    Paracho, 11 km away, is the closest town with places to stay.

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    Tours to Capácuaro

    Day trips around Paracho sometimes stop in Capácuaro; a tour is the easy way to see it without a car.

    Tours from Morelia Morelia City Tour ★ 4.9 (115) · From US$33
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    How to get to Capácuaro

    • From Uruapan: about 20 min by road (~21 km)
    • 11 km south of Paracho
    • Nearest airport: Uruapan (UPN), 42 min by car to Paracho
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    Tours from Morelia, near Capácuaro

    Morelia City Tour ★ 4.9 (115) 3 h From US$33
    Monarch Butterfly Tour (Departing from Morelia) ★ 5.0 (63) 9–10 h From US$200
    Pátzcuaro Tour From Morelia ★ 5.0 (43) 8 h From US$113
    Patzcuaro & Janitzio Private Tour ★ 5.0 (33) 8 h From US$83
    Monarch Butterfly Private Tour (Morelia) ★ 5.0 (32) 8 h From US$371

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    About Capácuaro

    San Juan Capácuaro is a Purépecha town of some six and a half thousand people on Highway 37, between Paracho and Uruapan, in the municipality of Uruapan. Like Paracho with its guitars, Capácuaro lives from wood: furniture making and carpentry are the town's main work, and you notice it the moment you drive in.

    Houses along the highway double as workshops and showrooms, with chairs, tables, beds, wardrobes, doors and carved pieces stacked by the road, much of it in pine from the forests of the Meseta. The traffic between Uruapan and Zamora gives the carpenters a constant stream of buyers, and stopping to browse is part of the drive for many locals.

    Capácuaro is also the turning point for Angahuan and the Paricutín volcano, which are reached by the road heading west from here, so it is a natural stop on the way. Away from the highway, the town keeps the language, wooden houses and community life typical of the Meseta Purépecha.

    How to get to Capácuaro

    Drive from Uruapan: 20 min, 21 km

    San Juan Capácuaro lies on federal Highway 37 between Uruapan and Paracho: about 20 km north of Uruapan (roughly 20 minutes) and about 17 km south of Paracho (roughly 15 minutes). The furniture shops and workshops face the highway, so you can simply pull over. Uruapan is reached from Morelia on toll Highway 14. Without a car, the buses and combis running between Uruapan and Paracho pass through town; ask the driver to let you off at Capácuaro.

    11 km south of Paracho

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    Distances are in a straight line; the road is usually longer.

    Where to stay Hotels in Paracho Paracho, 11 km away, is the closest town with places to stay. See prices →

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    Visiting Capácuaro: what to see and do

    Browse the furniture workshops and showrooms along Highway 37.
    Watch carpenters at work in the roadside workshops.
    Compare prices and woods before buying; many pieces are made to order.
    Turn west here for Angahuan and Paricutín.

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    Places to stay in Capácuaro

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    Tours & activities

    Day trips around Paracho sometimes stop in Capácuaro; a tour is the easy way to see it without a car.

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    Rental cars

    Pick up a car at UPN (Uruapan): about 42 min by road to Paracho, then 11 km more to Capácuaro, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Uruapan (UPN), about 42 min by road from Paracho, the base for Capácuaro.

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    When to go to Capácuaro cool

    Capácuaro shares the climate of Paracho, 11 km away. The best months to visit are January, March, April, and November.

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    Make Paracho your base

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    Michoacán Paracho

    Capácuaro is an easy trip from Paracho, a Pueblo Mágico with places to stay, food, and more to see.

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    Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

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