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    Santo Domingo Ocotitlán

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

    Village in Tepoztlán municipality at 2,072 m, "place surrounded by pines", reached by van from Tepoztlán on an old road with amate trees.

    From Cuautla: 35 min by car (32 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Santo Domingo Ocotitlán

    • From Cuautla: about 35 min by road (~32 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 25 min by car to Tepoztlán
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    About Santo Domingo Ocotitlán

    Ocotitlán comes from Nahuatl: ocotl, the resinous pine, and titlan, "among" or "surrounded by", so the full name, Santo Domingo Ocotitlán, reads as a place surrounded by pines under the patronage of Saint Dominic de Guzmán. It stands at about 2,072 metres above sea level, well above the Tepoztlán valley floor, and belongs to Tepoztlán municipality, separate from the Pueblo Mágico people often confuse it with. There are no ruins or spas to advertise here; what you find is a mountain community with its own festive calendar.

    The population has risen unevenly. The count was 1,039 in 1900 and 1,104 in 1910; the 1921 census found only 274, and it stayed under 377 until 1970. After that it grew: 744 in 1980, 1,317 in 2000, 1,541 in 2010 and 1,799 in 2020, the highest on record. The village's religious festivals were the subject of a 1999 anthropology thesis at UAM, "Calendario anual de fiestas religiosas en Santo Domingo Ocotitlán".

    For walkers, a 2015 photo on Wikimedia Commons documents an amate fig growing around a rock on the old road to Ocotitlán, a detail that says a lot about the wooded, rocky landscape of this part of the range. Ask in the village before you head into the hills.

    How to get to Santo Domingo Ocotitlán

    Drive from Cuautla: 35 min, 32 km

    Santo Domingo Ocotitlán is about 5 km from Tepoztlán in a straight line and some 21 km from Cuernavaca, and higher up at 2,072 m. From Tepoztlán, Ometochtli local vans to Amatlán, Santo Domingo Ocotitlán or Santiago Tepetlapa leave from Avenida Revolución de 1910 and pass Camino a Meztitla every 10 to 15 minutes; the local fare is about 10 pesos, and there are no stops, so flag the van and tell the driver where you get off. To reach Tepoztlán from Cuernavaca, direct Ometochtli buses run every 30 minutes (about 35 pesos, 45 minutes), and from Mexico City Pullman de Morelos buses leave Taxqueña roughly every 40 minutes. By car, enter Tepoztlán on the Cuernavaca-Tepoztlán road (21 km by the toll road) and ask for the turn to Ocotitlán; the last stretch is a local road of roughly 10 to 15 minutes (approximate). Confirm fares with the driver.

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    Visiting Santo Domingo Ocotitlán: what to see and do

    Walk the old road to Ocotitlán and look for the amate fig growing around a rock.
    Wander the village centre, whose patron saint is Dominic de Guzmán.
    Ask about the patron saint's feast and the rest of the local festive calendar.
    Walk the surroundings, above 2,000 m, in sturdy shoes and after asking locally.
    Drop down to Tepoztlán, about 5 km away, for the former convent of La Natividad and the market.

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    Pick up a car at MEX (Mexico City): about 1 h 25 min by road to Tepoztlán, then 5 km more to Santo Domingo Ocotitlán, on your own schedule.

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    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (MEX), about 1 h 25 min by road from Tepoztlán, the base for Santo Domingo Ocotitlán.

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    When to go to Santo Domingo Ocotitlán mild

    Santo Domingo Ocotitlán shares the climate of Tepoztlán, 5 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Tepoztlán

    Tepoztlán's cliffs rising behind a white colonial church, Morelos mild
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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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