The high plains of northern Tlaxcala, pulque and ranching country: Tlaxco, Apizaco, the lagoon of Atlangatepec, Calpulalpan and the old haciendas scattered between them.
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Pueblos Mágicos in Northern Tlaxcala
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Places to visit in Northern Tlaxcala 22
22 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Villages · 16 Towns · 5 Lakes · 1
Villages
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Acopinalco del Peñón · Village · Tlaxcala
Village in Tlaxco about 7 km from the town, at the foot of the Peñón del Rosario, a 3,400 m-plus rock summit for hiking and climbing. -
Capulac · Village · Tlaxcala
A locality of 1,510 people at 2,585 m in Tetla de la Solidaridad, among hills of northern Tlaxcala; its name refers to capulín trees. -
José María Morelos Buenavista · Village · Tlaxcala
Former hacienda in the municipality of Tlaxco, now known for La Barca de la Fe, a boat-shaped concrete church with a viewing deck. -
Lagunilla · Village · Tlaxcala
A Tlaxco locality at 2,582 m, founded in 1947, with 1,866 residents in 2020; its chapel is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. -
Maguey Cenizo · Village · Tlaxcala
Hamlet of 152 people at 2,601 m, born from the breakup of the Mazaquiáhuac hacienda, with a gabled chapel and a white bell tower. -
Mariano Matamoros · Village · Tlaxcala
Village of 924 people at 2,544 m west of Tlaxco, with a five-tier church tower trimmed in stepped-fret patterns. -
Mazaquiáhuac · Village · Tlaxcala
Hamlet of 182 people and home to the ex pulque hacienda of Concepción Mazaquiáhuac (1549), now a motorised cavalry base. -
Muñoz · Village · Tlaxcala
Seat of the municipality of Muñoz de Domingo Arenas, once called Zacatepec, which grew up beside a railway station and a hacienda. -
Plan de Ayala · Village · Tlaxcala
Village of 555 people at 2,535 m beside the Apizaco–Tlaxco highway, ringed by hills over 2,600 m and 6 km from Tetla. -
Rinconada · Village · Puebla
A Chignahuapan village at 2,647 m in the municipality's southern corner, 13 km from Tlaxco, Tlaxcala; cold country of forests and looms. -
San José Tepeyahualco · Village · Tlaxcala
Northern Tlaxcala village at the foot of Cerro de Villalta, with an 18th-19th century pulque hacienda and a San José fiesta on 19 March. -
San José de la Laguna · Village · Tlaxcala
A Lázaro Cárdenas locality at 2,523 m with 392 residents in 2020 and the chapel of the Exhacienda La Laguna 1.4 km away. -
San Lorenzo Soltepec · Village · Tlaxcala
Village in Tlaxco at 2,536 m, "on the hill of the quails"; its name is shared by a fighting-bull ranch founded in 1941. -
Santa María Zotoluca · Village · Tlaxcala
Tlaxco locality at 2,626 m with 243 residents in 2020, set among grazing land and cattle haciendas in northern Tlaxcala. -
Tecomalucan · Village · Tlaxcala
Tlaxco locality at 2,744 m with 693 residents, known for Hacienda Santiago Tecomalucan, a former pulque hacienda. -
Villa de las Flores · Village · Tlaxcala
Hamlet in Atlangatepec at 2,578 m, with its own auxiliary municipal office and 413 residents, among hills and farmland.
Towns
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El Rosario · Town · Tlaxcala
Mountain locality in Tlaxco at 2,694 m, at the foot of the Peñón del Rosario, the climbing and hiking crag that carries its name. -
San Bartolomé Matlalohcan · Town · Tlaxcala
Locality in Tetla de la Solidaridad that grew from 3,215 to 6,779 people between 2000 and 2020; patron fiesta of St Bartholomew on 24 August. -
San Francisco Atexcatzinco · Town · Tlaxcala
North Tlaxcala town at 2,509 m whose Nahuatl name means "in the little mirror of water"; it has its own carnival camada and a 17th-century chapel. -
San Lucas Tecopilco · Town · Tlaxcala
Seat of a young northern Tlaxcala municipality: San Lucas church, fiesta on 18 October and a carp-stocked dam. -
Tetla de la Solidaridad · Town · Tlaxcala
Santiago Tetla, north of Apizaco: a pink-stone church, a lava field with a dwarf forest, metate and molcajete carvers and the Piedras Negras bull ranch.
Lakes
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Presa El Muerto · Lake · Tlaxcala
A 63-hectare reservoir at 2,540 m, opened in 1987 beside José María Morelos Buenavista in Tlaxco.
Top tours in Northern Tlaxcala
Plan de Ayala
Africam Safari Zoo Admission with Transportation
From US$35
Plan de Ayala
Iztaccihuatl Volcano Hiking Tour from Puebla
From US$179
Plan de Ayala
Cholula tour from Puebla
From US$82
Plan de Ayala
Town walking tour of the city
From US$36
Plan de Ayala
Cholula Magical Town on a Traditional Tram from Puebla in Spanish
From US$14
Lagunilla
Markets private tour: La Ciudadela, Sonora, San Juan & Lagunilla
From US$110
Mariano Matamoros
Zacatlán Guided Tour walking through the Center
From US$8
El Rosario
Monarch Butterfly El Rosario Private Tour by Car
From US$155
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Getting around Northern Tlaxcala
Fly into Puebla (PBC).
Cities to start from: Huamantla Chiautempan
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 Northern Tlaxcala
Most of Northern Tlaxcala is at its best in January, February, November, and December.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Tlaxco