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    Templo de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Temixco, Morelos

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    Temixco

    Town Temixco, Morelos Municipality of Temixco Southern Morelos

    A city next to Cuernavaca with a 17th-century sugar ex-hacienda, water parks, a church from 1697 and the Assumption feast on 15 August.

    From Cuernavaca: 25 min by car (26 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Temixco

    • From Cuernavaca: about 25 min by road (~26 km)
    • Nearest airport: Toluca (TLC), 1 h 59 min by car to Xochitepec
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    About Temixco

    Temixco is now a city in the Cuernavaca metropolitan area, about 6 km from the capital's centre and 85 km from Mexico City. The town had 104,461 residents in the 2020 census, most of the municipality's 122,263, which is the fourth most populous in Morelos. The name is Nahuatl: tetl, stone, mizton, cat, and co, place; "cat on a stone", which is also the municipal coat of arms. The elevation is around 1,240 metres and the climate is hot, with dry tropical forest on the hills.

    The place's history is its hacienda's. The first works were a sugar press in 1617, and by the 18th century it was a sugar mill called Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, with cattle and timber as well as sugar and spirits. In the War of Independence it served as a royalist arsenal; in 1914 the Zapatistas took it to besiege Cuernavaca, and the fighting left much of it in ruins. In 1942 the government set aside 14 hectares of the hacienda to confine Japanese families from the region, who built wooden houses and grew rice and vegetables; the measure ended in October 1945 and some families, among them the Hiromotos, Yoshinos and Tominagas, stayed on. It later became a rice mill and, from 1968, a water park. The municipality was created on 3 March 1933 and the town was declared a city on 7 March 1990.

    In the centre, the church of the Inmaculada Concepción, now known as the temple of Guadalupe, was built in 1697 beside the ex-hacienda. The parish of the Asunción, founded in 1952, is the mother of the area's other parishes, and its patron feast is 15 August, preceded by a novena, the "dormición" on the 13th and, on the 14th, the parade of the gallito with chinelo dancers and a band. Holy Week brings 13 processions with more than 150 years of tradition. With the heat and the closeness to Cuernavaca, the usual plan is the water parks: Ojo de Agua, with a spring and slides, and the ex-hacienda's, with 20 pools. The municipality also hosts Cuernavaca's airport, and in Cuentepec, another village in the municipality, 98 percent of people speak Nahuatl.

    How to get to Temixco

    Drive from Cuernavaca: 25 min, 26 km

    Temixco sits on the way from Cuernavaca to Acapulco: the Autopista del Sol (95D) crosses the municipality north to south, between Cuernavaca and Xochitepec. From Mexico City it is about 85 km, and Wikivoyage puts the tollway to Cuernavaca at an hour and a half to two hours, longer on Friday afternoons or Sunday returns; Temixco is a few kilometres past it. The free road takes about 20 minutes more. From central Cuernavaca it is about 6 km, approx. 10 minutes; Xochitepec, the nearest pueblo, is about 6 km away, approx. 5 minutes. By bus, services run from the southern terminal (Taxqueña) to Cuernavaca, and the ex-hacienda water park's site gives Pullman de Morelos Temixco as its reference point. Within the municipality, the state roads Temixco-Emiliano Zapata and Acatlipa-Tezoyuca link neighbouring villages. Cuernavaca's airport (CVJ) is also in Temixco.

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    What to see in Temixco 2

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    Day trips and tours from Temixco

    The closest Pueblos Mágicos and places to visit, with the drive from Temixco and tours that leave from it.

    Acatlipa Town · near Morelos 15 min · 10 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Balneario Ex-Hacienda de Temixco Landmark · near Xochitepec 15 min · 12 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Parque Acuático Ojo de Agua Hot springs · near Morelos 15 min · 11 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Cuernavaca City · near Morelos 25 min · 21 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Xochitepec Pueblo Mágico · Morelos 25 min · 13 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Tlaltizapán Pueblo Mágico · Morelos 40 min · 32 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Tepoztlán Pueblo Mágico · Morelos 50 min · 55 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide
    Malinalco Pueblo Mágico · Estado de México 1 h 5 min · 49 km Tours on Viator GetYourGuide

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    Before you go: getting to and around Temixco

    • The nearest airport is Toluca (TLC).
    • The best months to go are January, February, November, and December.
    • 3 of the places on this page are more than 3 km from the centre: take a taxi, a ride-hailing app or a local bus.
    • For day trips a rental car gives the most freedom; the tours above leave from Temixco.

    Before you go to Temixco: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    The ex-hacienda water park is open every day of the year, from 9:00 to 18:00. Balneario Exhacienda de Temixco (sitio oficial) · checked Oct 2026
    Best season
    Patron feast of the Assumption from 6 to 15 August (novena, dormition on the 13th, gallito on the 14th, main feast on the 15th); Holy Week with 13 processions; municipal anniversary on 5 and 7 March. Wikipedia (es), Municipio de Temixco · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Temixco: what to see and do

    The Temixco ex-hacienda, a 17th-century sugar mill, and the temple of Guadalupe (1697) beside it.
    The parish of the Asunción in the centre, whose feast is 15 August (with a novena, procession and gallito on the 14th).
    The 13 Holy Week processions through the centre.
    Balneario Ojo de Agua, with a spring, slides and children's pools.
    The ex-hacienda water park, with 20 pools, a wave river and slides.
    Xochicalco, the archaeological site, which the municipal attractions list also includes although it lies in Miacatlán.

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    Tours & activities

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

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    Pick up a car at TLC (Toluca): about 1 h 59 min by road to Xochitepec, then 6 km more to Temixco, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Toluca (TLC), about 1 h 59 min by road from Xochitepec, the base for Temixco.

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    When to go to Temixco warm

    Temixco shares the climate of Xochitepec, 6 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, November, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Xochitepec

    Red dome of the San Juan Evangelista parish among trees and green hills, Xochitepec, Morelos warm
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    Xochitepec is the Pueblo Mágico closest to Temixco, 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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