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    Church and bandstand of San Andrés de la Cal, Tepoztlán, Morelos

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    San Andrés de la Cal

    Village Tepoztlán, Morelos Municipality of Tepoztlán Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl Northern Morelos

    A maize-farming village of Tepoztlán, also called Tenextitla, with two churches facing each other and common land bordering El Texcal.

    From Cuernavaca: 25 min by car (20 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to San Andrés de la Cal

    • From Cuernavaca: about 25 min by road (~20 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 25 min by car to Tepoztlán
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    About San Andrés de la Cal

    San Andrés de la Cal is one of the villages ringing Tepoztlán, at roughly 1,500 metres, with 1,645 residents in the 2020 census. Its Nahuatl name is Tenextitla, "place where there is lime". Its common lands, about 2,767 hectares, touch the El Texcal ecological reserve on the south and the lower slopes of the Tepozteco range on the north; according to Wikipedia, the village lies inside El Tepozteco National Park.

    For centuries life here has revolved around farming. It is the municipality's second-largest maize producer, and the crop is rain-fed: it depends on the water that falls between June and September and that the hills channel toward a small micro-basin. The surrounding scrub is dry tropical forest, with casahuate trees, plums, guavas and huizache, and the animals people see include squirrels, ringtails, opossums, iguanas and vipers. Two hills serve as local landmarks: Cerro de la Cruz and Cerro de la Corona, also called Barriga de Plata.

    The visible heritage is two churches, San Andrés and El Salvador, standing face to face. That explains the two patron festivals: 30 November for Saint Andrew the Apostle and the third Sunday of January for El Salvador, when families offer a meal in the saint's honour. The village is also home to some gardens for social events, the start of a small tourist trade. Catholicism predominates, with a community of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    How to get to San Andrés de la Cal

    Drive from Cuernavaca: 25 min, 20 km

    San Andrés de la Cal lies on the federal road between Cuernavaca and Tepoztlán, around kilometre 14. Tepoztlán, the nearest pueblo, is about 4 km away in a straight line, approx. 5 minutes by car; Cuernavaca is about 13 km as the crow flies, approx. 15 minutes. From Cuernavaca the route is that same road northward, and the village sits between the edges of El Texcal and the Tepozteco range. By bus, Cuernavaca's Central de Autobuses has frequent departures to Tepoztlán (Wikivoyage), and from Tepoztlán you continue by taxi or local transport. From Mexico City, the usual way is to go down to Cuernavaca (southern terminal, Taxqueña) or carry on to Tepoztlán and double back a few kilometres. We found no direct service with published timetables to the village: ask the driver where to get off.

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    Two patron festivals: 30 November (Saint Andrew the Apostle) and the third Sunday of January (El Salvador). The maize is rain-fed and depends on the June to September rains. Wikipedia (es) · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting San Andrés de la Cal: what to see and do

    The churches of San Andrés and El Salvador, facing each other.
    The festival of Saint Andrew on 30 November and El Salvador's on the third Sunday of January.
    Cerro de la Cruz and Cerro de la Corona (Barriga de Plata), the village's landmarks.
    The dry tropical forest around it, with casahuate and plum trees, best in the rainy season.
    The fireworks castle burned at the patron festivals.

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    When to go to San Andrés de la Cal mild

    San Andrés de la Cal shares the climate of Tepoztlán, 4 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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