3 within 3½ hours · 0 under 2 hours
3 Pueblos Mágicos are within about three and a half hours' drive of Salina Cruz, 0 of them close enough for a day trip. The closest are Mitla, Mazunte, and Capulálpam de Méndez.
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Best months for the area: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec (when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons)
Weekend escapes (2 to 3½ hours) 3
Worth a night or two. Closest first.
~3 h 30 min · 235 km
Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec
Fiestas: Mar, Apr, Sep, Nov, Dec
Day trips and tours from Salina Cruz 31
Every Pueblo Mágico and nearby place within about two hours of Salina Cruz, closest first, with tours that leave from the city.
Under an hour away
1 to 2 hours away
Show the 7 towns and villages
1 to 2 hours away
- Guevea de Humboldt Town · 1 h 45 min · 104 km Tours
- Santo Domingo Zanatepec Town · 1 h 45 min · 127 km Tours
- La Crucecita Town · 1 h 50 min · 145 km Tours
- San Miguel Ecatepec Village · 1 h 50 min · 95 km Tours
- Estación Mogoñé Town · 1 h 55 min · 123 km Tours
- San Dionisio Pueblo Viejo Village · 1 h 55 min · 97 km Tours
- San Francisco del Mar Town · 2 h · 136 km Tours
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Getting there
Salina Cruz has no airport with scheduled flights; the usual one to fly into is Oaxaca (OAX).
A car is the easiest way to reach most of these towns; the bigger ones also have direct buses from Salina Cruz. 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.