A region of Guerrero
The highlands around Chilpancingo, the state capital: Tixtla, Chilapa and its Sunday market, and the Olmec-era cave paintings of Juxtlahuaca and Oxtotitlán.
7 places to visit
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Places to visit in Central Guerrero 7
7 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Caves · 2 Cities · 2 Landmarks and museums · 1 Archaeological sites · 1 Towns · 1
Caves
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Cueva de Oxtotitlán · Cave · Guerrero
A rock shelter on a hillside above the Nahua village of Acatlán, painted around 900–600 BC with an Olmec ruler in an owl mask and jaguars, deer and snakes. -
Grutas de Juxtlahuaca · Cave · Guerrero
A 5 km limestone cave near Colotlipa with some of the oldest paintings in Mesoamerica: an Olmec-style ruler in jaguar skin, deep inside. Guide required.
Cities
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Chilapa de Álvarez · City · Guerrero
Highland city famous for its Sunday tianguis, held since 1533: Nahua villages sell palm weaving, masks, pottery and food beside a vast cathedral. -
Chilpancingo · City · Guerrero
Guerrero's capital in the Sierra Madre del Sur, where Morelos's 1813 Congress met, with a free INAH museum and the Paseo del Pendón before Christmas.
Landmarks and museums
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El Santuario · Landmark · Guerrero
The Tixtla barrio around the shrine of the Virgen de la Natividad, with fiestas on 31 May and 8 September. Guerrero's first Barrio Mágico (2023).
Archaeological sites
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Tehuacalco · Archaeological site · Guerrero
A ceremonial centre of the Yopes, never conquered by the Aztecs, with pyramids, a ball court and temples lined up with sacred hills near Tierra Colorada.
Towns
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Tixtla de Guerrero · Town · Guerrero
Valley town east of Chilpancingo where Vicente Guerrero and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano were born, an early state capital known for its Day of the Dead arches.
Top tours in Central Guerrero
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Getting around Central Guerrero
Fly into Toluca (TLC) and Mexico City (MEX).
Cities to start from: Chilpancingo
Most of the region is reached by road: a rental car is the easiest way to see several places in a day, and buses link the larger towns.
When to visit Central Guerrero
Most of Central Guerrero is at its best in January, February, March, and December.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Taxco, Ixcateopan, Tlaltizapán