9 within 3½ hours · 3 under 2 hours
9 Pueblos Mágicos are within about three and a half hours' drive of Cárdenas, 3 of them close enough for a day trip. The closest are Frontera, Teapa, and Tapijulapa.
Best months for the area: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec (when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons)
Day trips (under 2 hours) 3
Close enough to drive there and back from Cárdenas in a day. Closest first.
1 h 35 min · 106 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
Fiestas: Jan, Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Nov, Dec
Weekend escapes (2 to 3½ hours) 6
Worth a night or two. Closest first.
2 h 45 min · 171 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
Fiestas: Apr, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
3 h 30 min · 256 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
Fiestas: Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec
Day trips and tours from Cárdenas 15
Every Pueblo Mágico and nearby place within about two hours of Cárdenas, closest first, with tours that leave from the city.
Under an hour away
1 to 2 hours away
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Getting there
Cárdenas has no airport with scheduled flights; the usual one to fly into is Villahermosa (VSA).
A car is the easiest way to reach most of these towns; the bigger ones also have direct buses from Cárdenas. Each pueblo's page has its own getting-there notes.
Drive times are from OpenStreetMap routing without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the distance and may run longer on mountain roads.