A region of Estado de México Morelos
The warmer land that drops south from the Toluca valley toward Guerrero and Morelos: the hot springs of Ixtapan de la Sal and Tonatico, the Aztec temple carved into the hill at Malinalco, the flower fields of Villa Guerrero and Tenancingo, the pilgrimage shrine of Chalma and the caves and canyons around them.
3 Pueblos Mágicos · 12 places to visit
Pueblos Mágicos in Southern Estado de México
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Places to visit in Southern Estado de México 12
12 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Villages · 8 Towns · 3 Nature reserves · 1
Villages
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Almoloya de Alquisiras · Village · Estado de México
A mountain village in the south of the State of Mexico: a 1727 church, pottery, cocido and fruit liqueurs, and a fair on the fourth Friday of Lent. -
Amatepec · Village · Estado de México
A former silver-mining town in the State of Mexico's Tierra Caliente, with San Gaspar church, high-altitude coffee and a 6 January feast. -
Chalmita · Village · Estado de México
Orchard village on cobbled lanes next to Chalma; the pilgrim road passes the great ahuehuete whose spring is believed to heal. -
Palpan de Baranda · Village · Morelos
A farming, cheese and mezcal village in Morelos's far northwest, on the state line and on the way to Malinalco and Chalma. -
San Bartolomé Atlatlahuca · Village · Estado de México
Tenango del Valle's bread village: the 24 August feast of San Bartolomé brings thousands of pilgrims and floats decked with pan de feria. -
San José · Village · Estado de México
San José in Villa Guerrero: 2,412 people at 2,434 m in flower-growing country, with its church and a feast on 19 March; not a San José elsewhere. -
San Juan Atzingo · Village · Estado de México
Ocuilan's Tlahuica village, the last place where the Pjiekakjoo language is still spoken; sacred staffs, a drum and forest toward Zempoala. -
Santa Ana Ixtlahuatzingo · Village · Estado de México
Flower-growing village in Tenancingo that covers its parish in flowers twice a year, the Monday before Ash Wednesday and on 26 July.
Towns
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Joquicingo · Town · Estado de México
Seat of a small municipality in the south of the Toluca valley: Asunción feasts, arrieros and chinelo dances, and pyramids at Techuchulco. -
Texcaltitlán · Town · Estado de México
Hill-country seat in the south of the State of Mexico, at 2,400 m, with a Santiago Apóstol parish and a Tuesday market. -
Tlatlaya · Town · Estado de México
Tiny seat in the far southwest of the State of Mexico, by the Guerrero border, with a Santiago Apóstol parish.
Nature reserves
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Sierra de Nanchititla · Nature reserve · Estado de México
A protected Tierra Caliente range in Luvianos, near Guerrero and Michoacán: a waterfall of about 105 m, rock towers, canyons, cabins and paragliding.
Top tours in Southern Estado de México
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Getting around Southern Estado de México
Fly into Toluca (TLC).
Cities to start from: Toluca Cuernavaca
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 Southern Estado de México
Most of Southern Estado de México is at its best in January, February, March, and December.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Ixtapan de la Sal, Malinalco, Tonatico