11 within 3½ hours · 1 under 2 hours
11 Pueblos Mágicos are within about three and a half hours' drive of Palenque, 1 of them close enough for a day trip. The closest are Palizada, Teapa, and Candelaria.
Best months for the area: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec (when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons)
Day trips (under 2 hours) 1
Close enough to drive there and back from Palenque in a day. Closest first.
Weekend escapes (2 to 3½ hours) 10
Worth a night or two. Closest first.
2 h 30 min · 172 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
Fiestas: Jan, Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Nov, Dec
~2 h 40 min · 180 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
Fiestas: Apr, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
3 h 20 min · 212 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
Fiestas: Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec
Day trips and tours from Palenque 14
Every Pueblo Mágico and nearby place within about two hours of Palenque, closest first, with tours that leave from the city.
Popular day trips from Palenque
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Waterfalls near Palenque
Waterfalls near Palenque · 4Getting there
Palenque has no airport with scheduled flights; the usual one to fly into is Ciudad del Carmen (CME).
A car is the easiest way to reach most of these towns; the bigger ones also have direct buses from Palenque. 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.