Southern Morelos

Pueblos Mágicos in Southern Morelos

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Places to visit in Southern Morelos 88

88 places with their own page, grouped by kind.

Villages · 60 Landmarks and museums · 11 Towns · 10 Hot springs · 3 Nature reserves · 2 Archaeological sites · 1 Waterfalls · 1

Villages

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  Abelardo L. Rodríguez · Village · Morelos
  Village in Ayala on the Cuautla-Jojutla highway at about 1,150 m, with a San Francisco fiesta on 4 October and 2,072 residents.
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  Ahuehuetzingo · Village · Morelos
  Puente de Ixtla village with its own exit on highway 95, 32 km from Cuernavaca; its name refers to little ahuehuete trees.
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  Alfredo V. Bonfil · Village · Morelos
  Village in Tlaquiltenango at 933 m, 3 km from the municipal seat and 8 km from Tlaltizapán; 2,166 people in 2020. Named for a peasant leader.
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  Alpuyeca · Village · Morelos
  Xochitepec village at 1,042 m where the Autopista del Sol meets the road to Jojutla; the white Purísima church is visible from the highway.
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  Atlacholoaya · Village · Morelos
  Tlahuica-origin village in Xochitepec at 1,080 m, "where the water jumps"; has a former Carmelite convent and San Bartolo's feast on 24 August.
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  Benito Juárez · Village · Morelos
  Hamlet of 333 people in the Coatlán del Río municipality, at 1,121 m, in dry country between Apancingo and Contlalco near the Tetecala road.
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  Benito Juárez (La Monera) · Village · Morelos
  A locality of 771 people in Temixco, Morelos, known as La Monera, at 1,270 m, 6 km southwest of Temixco city and close to Xochitepec.
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  Bonifacio García · Village · Morelos
  Village in Tlaltizapán, 4 km from Zapata's headquarters; named after a Zapatista officer, home to about 2,000 people.
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  Buenavista del Monte · Village · Morelos
  Avocado village at 1,938 m in the hills west of Cuernavaca, set between ravines; it grew up around the time of the Revolution.
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  Calera Chica · Village · Morelos
  Jiutepec locality founded in 1956 that grew from 396 to 6,006 people in sixty years, strung along state road MOR 14.
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  Campo Sotelo · Village · Morelos
  Temixco locality 2.7 km from the municipal centre, beside the Autopista del Sol; it grew from 370 to 1,379 residents between 2000 and 2020.
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  Chavarría · Village · Morelos
  Village of about 990 people at 1,166 m on federal highway 166, a few kilometres from Coatlán del Río.
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  Chiconcuac · Village · Morelos
  Xochitepec village built around an old sugar hacienda and its San Antonio de Padua church; the name means 'place of seven snakes'.
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  Coatlán del Río · Village · Morelos
  Municipal seat in western Morelos at 1,020 m, with a mango fair in April, the ruins of Coatlán Viejo and a carved stone in the plaza.
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  Cocoyotla · Village · Morelos
  "Place of many coyotes", 3.5 km from Coatlán del Río: Santa Rosa ex-hacienda, La Toma dam and jaripeo rodeos on 24 June.
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  Colonia Morelos (Temixco) · Village · Morelos
  Colonia Morelos, inside the town of Temixco, 2.8 km northwest of its centre and next to Cuernavaca. Not the state: a Temixco neighbourhood.
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  Cuauchichinola · Village · Morelos
  Mazatepec village with the Ojos de Agua springs, dry after the 2017 quake and flowing again by late 2025.
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  Cuentepec · Village · Morelos
  Nahua community in Temixco at 1,480 m, where Nahuatl is still the everyday language; ravines, the Devil's Cave and a waterfall.
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  El Estudiante · Village · Morelos
  Puente de Ixtla locality at 860 m with 1,779 residents in 2020, close to Tehuixtla and Lake Tequesquitengo.
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  El Florido · Village · Morelos
  Colony on the edge of Mazatepec at 989 m, 1,191 residents in 2020, on the Alpuyeca-Grutas road.
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  El Salitre · Village · Morelos
  Ayala locality at 1,118 m, 1,355 residents in 2020; neighbour of Zacapalco and San Vicente de Juárez, south of Cuautla.
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  Eterna Primavera · Village · Morelos
  Rural community in Temixco on the Cuernavaca boundary, at 1,318 m, with 1,088 residents in 2020. Not the 'city of eternal spring' itself.
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  Higuerón · Village · Morelos
  Jojutla locality of over 5,000 people with a St Francis of Assisi church and a feast on 4 October; the Yautepec river runs by.
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  Jicarero · Village · Morelos
  Ayudantía of Jojutla about 5 km west of the town centre, known for its Flag Day celebration every February.
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  José María Morelos y Pavón · Village · Morelos
  Housing-estate settlement in Xochitepec with almost 12,000 residents, beside Acatlipa and 12 km from Cuernavaca.
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  José María Morelos y Pavón · Village · Morelos
  Jojutla locality 4.5 km west of the town centre at 942 m; 3,244 residents in 2020, down from a 1990 peak.
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  La Nopalera · Village · Morelos
  Village of about 1,000 people south of Yautepec, at 1,111 m among low hills; a stop on the way to Anenecuilco and Tlaltizapán.
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  La Rivera · Village · Morelos
  Neighbourhood south of Temixco next to Acatlipa, about 12 km from Cuernavaca and 6 km from the Xochicalco ruins.
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  Los Venados · Village · Morelos
  Housing-estate settlement in Jojutla at 912 m, next to Tlatenchi and a short drive from Lake Tequesquitengo.
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  Miacatlán · Village · Morelos
  Municipal seat in western Morelos at about 1,000 m, with its Santo Tomás parish and two lagoons close by.
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  Moyotepec · Village · Morelos
  Pueblo in the municipality of Ayala with nearly 4,000 people, in Morelos's cane country; its main fiesta is Three Kings on 6 January.
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  Olintepec · Village · Morelos
  Village of 1,656 people in Ayala, at 1,164 m, south of San Pedro Apatlaco. The archaeological site has its own page.
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  Palo Prieto · Village · Morelos
  Tlaltizapán de Zapata locality where families make baskets, ladles and birdcages; 4 km from Tlaltizapán.
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  Pedro Amaro · Village · Morelos
  Locality in Jojutla about 2 km from the town centre, with 5,748 people in 2020; hot southern Morelos, with no tourist sights of its own.
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  Punta Verde · Village · Morelos
  Temixco locality founded on 15 July 2012, with 1,703 residents in 2020, at 1,367 m and about 7 km from Cuernavaca.
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  San Agustín Tetlama · Village · Morelos
  Old village of Temixco with 2,124 people at 1,289 m, near Xochicalco; its Nahuatl name means 'paper stone'.
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  San Antonio Chiverías · Village · Morelos
  Locality in Zacatepec de Hidalgo at 948 m, with 1,368 people in 2020, beside the municipal seat and San Nicolás Galeana in southern Morelos.
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  San Francisco · Village · Morelos
  Hamlet of 141 people in Xochitepec, at 1,172 m, a kilometre from Chiconcuac and 6 km from the centre of Xochitepec.
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  San Isidro · Village · Morelos
  Locality in Yautepec at 1,092 m, with 1,153 people in 2020 and Saint Isidore the Farmer as patron; 8 km southwest of the municipal seat.
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  San Nicolás Galeana · Village · Morelos
  Former San Nicolás hacienda, now a town of 11,322 people 2.6 km from Zacatepec, one of the three communities that formed the municipality.
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  San Rafael Zaragoza · Village · Morelos
  Locality in Tlaltizapán de Zapata at 1,040 m, with 1,297 people in 2020, about 2 km from Chinameca, where Emiliano Zapata was killed in 1919.
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  San Vicente de Juárez · Village · Morelos
  Locality in Ayala, also called Las Piedras, at about 1,070 m, with 1,485 people in 2020 and Saint Vincent de Paul as patron.
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  Santa Fe · Village · Morelos
  Xochitepec locality at 1,066 m, next to Alpuyeca, with 315 residents in 2020 and a warm semi-arid climate.
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  Santa Rosa Treinta · Village · Morelos
  Former Treinta Pesos hacienda in Tlaltizapán: 17,186 residents, the parish of Santa Rosa de Lima and a patron feast on 29 and 30 August.
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  Tehuixtla · Village · Morelos
  San Pedro Tehuixtla, on the Amacuzac: a sulphur-water spa, a nationally known rompope and the Virgen del Rosario fair each October.
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  Temimilcingo · Village · Morelos
  A village 5 km from Tlaltizapán with a 16th-century ex-convent, an atrium cross carved with the Passion and the Assumption feast on 15 August.
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  Tenextepango · Village · Morelos
  Ayala village built around a sugar hacienda founded in 1603, later owned by Porfirio Díaz's son-in-law; Santiago fiesta with the tecuanes dance.
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  Tepetzingo · Village · Morelos
  Locality in Emiliano Zapata at 1,169 m, a short hop from Tetecalita; its Nahuatl name means 'at the little hill'.
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  Tetecalita · Village · Morelos
  Subsidiary seat of Emiliano Zapata with 3,963 people; 'stone house' in Nahuatl. Feast of San Mateo on 21 September.
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  Tezoyuca · Village · Morelos
  Village in Emiliano Zapata at 1,211 m, with a church of Santa Ana and about 5,500 people, south of Cuernavaca.
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  Ticumán · Village · Morelos
  Sugar-cane village in Tlaltizapán with a 1649 church, an ex-hacienda tied to Zapata and the Las Estacas river close by.
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  Tilancingo · Village · Morelos
  Village of 898 people at 1,042 m, about 2 km from Coatlán del Río and Chavarría, with a junction on highway 166.
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  Tlatenchi · Village · Morelos
  Cattle-and-crop village on Jojutla's outskirts, one of the municipality's four original pueblos; its fiesta is on 8 September.
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  Valle Dorado · Village · Morelos
  Small settlement on the western edge of Jojutla, about 2.5 km from the town centre, in the rice and sugarcane country of southern Morelos.
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  Valle de Vázquez · Village · Morelos
  Once called Los Hornos, now named for the Zapatista general born here; it sits on the road to Chimalacatlán in southern Morelos.
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  Villas de Jojutla · Village · Morelos
  A newer housing development between Jojutla and Tlaquiltenango that grew from 196 to 1,625 residents in ten years.
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  Villas de Xochitepec · Village · Morelos
  Housing development in Xochitepec, south of Cuernavaca: from 8 residents in 2000 to 3,409 in 2020, at 1,096 m above sea level.
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  Xoxocotla · Village · Morelos
  Nahua community of about 21,000 south of Cuernavaca; its own indigenous municipality since 2019, governed by uses and customs.
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  Zacapalco · Village · Morelos
  Village in Tepalcingo at 1,093 m, home to 1,833 people; its name refers to zacapales, a grassy plant.
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  Zacatepec de Hidalgo · Village · Morelos
  Seat of Zacatepec municipality at 917 m: a sugar-cane town with a mill since 1938 and the stadium of the historic Cañeros football club.

Landmarks and museums

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  Aqua Splash · Landmark · Morelos
  Water park on the Jojutla-Tequesquitengo road with eight pools, slides, camping and villas; MXN 160 adult entry.
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  Balneario El Paraíso · Landmark · Morelos
  Small, older family waterpark on the edge of Jojutla, on the old road to El Vivero; Wikivoyage lists it open 9:00 to 18:00.
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  El Rollo · Landmark · Morelos
  Water park at Gabriel Tepepa on the Yautepec river, with slides, a wave pool and the cylindrical tower that gave it its name.
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  Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz · Landmark · Morelos
  Zacatepec's football stadium, the "Selva Cañera": roughly 22,000 to 24,000 seats, rebuilt in 2014, now home to Atlante.
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  Estadio Mariano Matamoros · Landmark · Morelos
  Municipal football stadium in Xochitepec, built in 1981 for about 16,000 fans; home of Zacatepec F.C. since 2025.
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  Jardines de México · Landmark · Morelos
  A 51-hectare park of themed gardens beside the Mexico-Acapulco highway, a few minutes from Lake Tequesquitengo.
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  Marina del Sol · Landmark · Morelos
  Lakefront boat club with a pool on Calle Matamoros in the center of Tequesquitengo; boat and jet ski rentals.
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  Paracaidismo en Tequesquitengo · Landmark · Morelos
  Aerodrome at San José Vista Hermosa beside the lake: tandem jumps from 13,000 to 21,000 ft with Skydive México, from 2,490 pesos.
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  Paradise Ski Club · Landmark · Morelos
  Lakeside marina club with a restaurant, pool and hotel on Lake Tequesquitengo; ski boats and jet ski rentals.
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  Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel · Landmark · Morelos
  Jojutla's central parish; the 2017 quake brought the church down and the brick-vaulted Señor de Tula sanctuary was built in its place.
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  Playa Ejidal Xoxocotla · Landmark · Morelos
  Public ejido beach on Lake Tequesquitengo run by Xoxocotla, MXN 50 entry, with palapas, pools and boat rental.

Towns

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  Acatlipa · Town · Morelos
  Old village in southern Temixco with a San Andrés church, a rodeo tradition, the Ojo de Agua spring baths and chinelo dancing on 2 April and 30 November.
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  Amacuzac · Town · Morelos
  Riverside seat in hot southern Morelos: river beaches, rafting near Huajintlán and the Zoofari safari park at Teacalco, 11 km away.
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  Ciudad Ayala · Town · Morelos
  Seat of Ayala municipality, 6 km from Cuautla, with the San José parish and the Museum of Zapatista Women, opened in April 2026.
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  Emiliano Zapata · Town · Morelos
  Once San Vicente Zacualpan, just south of Cuernavaca: a town born of a sugar hacienda, renamed in 1930 after the agrarian revolutionary.
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  Jojutla de Juárez · Town · Morelos
  Market town of southern Morelos, 45 km from Cuernavaca: the Señor de Tula fair in January, local rice and Lake Tequesquitengo 10 km away.
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  Rubén Jaramillo · Town · Morelos
  Temixco colonia born on 31 March 1973 from a land occupation; named for the peasant leader Rubén Jaramillo, killed in 1962.
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  Temixco · Town · Morelos
  A city next to Cuernavaca with a 17th-century sugar ex-hacienda, water parks, a church from 1697 and the Assumption feast on 15 August.
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  Tetecala · Town · Morelos
  Western Morelos municipal seat by the Chalma River: San Francisco church, old mansions, a Tuesday market and October fiestas.
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  Tres de Mayo · Town · Morelos
  Emiliano Zapata colonia next to Cuernavaca, known for its weekend ceramics and crafts market and the Santa Cruz fiesta on 3 May.
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  Unidad Morelos · Town · Morelos
  Housing estate José María Morelos y Pavón in Xochitepec: 11,805 people in 2020, the municipality's second-largest locality. Not the IPN campus.

Hot springs

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  Balneario "El Axocochetl" · Hot springs · Morelos
  Ejido balneario in Ayala at km 7 of the Cuautla–Jojutla road: a spring, pools, a slide, a Zapatista museum and camping. Adults 80 pesos.
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  Balneario Santa Isabel · Hot springs · Morelos
  Spring-fed balneario on the Yautepec-Jojutla road in Tlaltizapan, with pools, slides, camping and cabins.
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  Parque Acuático Ojo de Agua · Hot springs · Morelos
  Water park with pools, a wave river and slides in Acatlipa, Temixco, open daily. Not to be confused with the Ex Hacienda de Temixco park.

Nature reserves

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  Parque Estatal Cerro de la Tortuga · Nature reserve · Morelos
  A 310 ha state park (2012) between Zacatepec and Puente de Ixtla, one of the last patches of tropical dry forest in south-central Morelos.
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  Reserva Estatal Sierra de Montenegro · Nature reserve · Morelos
  A 7,724 ha state reserve across Jiutepec, Yautepec, Emiliano Zapata and Tlaltizapán, with some of Morelos's best tropical dry forest left.

Archaeological sites

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  Zona Arqueológica de Olintepec · Archaeological site · Morelos
  Site occupied from 1500 BC to AD 1610, with a mound and a Dominican chapel among the houses of Nueva Olintepec, Ayala.

Waterfalls

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  Cascada de Bedoya · Waterfall · Morelos
  Waterfall in a Temixco ravine, reached on foot from Solidaridad; the pool is used for swimming and the trail has no services.

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