5 within 3½ hours · 1 under 2 hours
5 Pueblos Mágicos are within about three and a half hours' drive of Lázaro Cárdenas, 1 of them close enough for a day trip. The closest are Zihuatanejo, Santa Clara del Cobre, and Paracho.
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Best months for the area: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr (when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons)
Day trips (under 2 hours) 1
Close enough to drive there and back from Lázaro Cárdenas in a day. Closest first.
Weekend escapes (2 to 3½ hours) 4
Worth a night or two. Closest first.
3 h 15 min · 267 km
Best: Jan, Mar, Apr, Nov
Fiestas: Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct
3 h 15 min · 275 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
Fiestas: Feb, Mar, Apr, Oct, Nov
~3 h 30 min · 240 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
Fiestas: Feb, Jun, Sep, Nov, Dec
Day trips and tours from Lázaro Cárdenas 18
Every Pueblo Mágico and nearby place within about two hours of Lázaro 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
Lázaro Cárdenas has no airport with scheduled flights; the usual one to fly into is Zihuatanejo (ZIH).
A car is the easiest way to reach most of these towns; the bigger ones also have direct buses from Lázaro 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.