A region of Estado de México Tlaxcala
The valley north-east of Mexico City around the ancient city of Teotihuacan and its Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, a classic day trip from the capital. Hot-air balloons rise over the pyramids at dawn, and nearby are the 16th-century convent of Acolman, the mammoth finds of the Santa Lucía area, Otumba and the Padre Tembleque aqueduct, a UNESCO site.
2 Pueblos Mágicos · 15 places to visit
Pueblos Mágicos in Teotihuacan Valley
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Places to visit in Teotihuacan Valley 15
15 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Towns
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Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl · Town · Estado de México
Seat of Acolman and the town people call the birthplace of the Christmas piñata: a December fair and a big 16th-century Augustinian convent. -
Chiautla · Town · Estado de México
San Andrés Chiautla, just north of Texcoco: a late 16th-century Franciscan church, a scorpion-handed Christ and a hill lit up every 12 May. -
Los Reyes Acozac · Town · Estado de México
Tecámac town beside the Mexico–Pachuca highway, with a Three Kings feast on 6 January and a fair where cocol bread is thrown from rooftops. -
Nopaltepec · Town · Estado de México
A plains town of nopal and maguey in the northeast of the state, with its Asunción parish and the Padre Tembleque aqueduct arches about 9 km away. -
San Lucas Xolox · Town · Estado de México
A Tecámac pueblo about 3 km from the AIFA airport, with an 18th-century parish church and stones of its 16th-century predecessor; surrounds Los Reyes Acozac. -
San Salvador Atenco · Town · Estado de México
A town on the old shore of Lake Texcoco: a Franciscan chapel from 1571, cypress groves from Nezahualcóyotl's time and the 'two Mondays' feast. -
Tecámac de Felipe Villanueva · Town · Estado de México
The old seat of Tecámac, birthplace of composer Felipe Villanueva, with a Holy Cross fair in May and the Mexibús running on to Felipe Ángeles airport. -
Temascalapa · Town · Estado de México
Municipal seat in the north of the Valley of Mexico, with a San Francisco parish, old haciendas, a weekend market and a feast on 4 October. -
Tepetlaoxtoc · Town · Estado de México
An old Acolhua town north-east of Texcoco with a Dominican convent, Passion murals, Betanzos's hermitage and a big San Sebastián feast in January.
Villages
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Ixtlahuaca de Cuauhtémoc · Village · Estado de México
Plains village north-east of Temascalapa at 2,345 m, with bicycle taxis and a freight line crossing the fields; the name means "in front of the plain". -
La Purificación Tepetitla · Village · Estado de México
Texcoco village 7 km from the city centre, with a Baroque parish built 1681-1771, a gilded altarpiece and a tradition tying it to Nezahualcóyotl's retreat. -
Ocopulco · Village · Estado de México
Chiautla village with an 1800 church whose tower is red tezontle, home of Zapatista land-reform fighters, and a fireworks fiesta each 25 March. -
Papalotla · Village · Estado de México
Seat of the State of Mexico's smallest municipality: a Pueblo con Encanto with an 18th-century church, lamb barbacoa and a butterfly house. -
San Felipe Sultepec · Village · Tlaxcala
Calpulalpan village on highway 136 with a 16th-century Franciscan chapel, a carnival for the Señor de la Bondad and the Tecoaque site. -
San Felipe Teotitlán · Village · Estado de México
Largest locality in Nopaltepec, on the farming plain of Edomex's far northeast, about 5 km from the monumental arcade of the Tembleque aqueduct.
Top tours in Teotihuacan Valley
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacan, Guadalupe Shrine & Tlatelolco Day Tour with Lunch
From US$49
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacan pyramids morning or afternoon without tourist traps
From US$59
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacan Hot Air Balloon Flight from Mexico City / Volare
From US$144
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacan Private Tour from Mexico City
From US$140
Teotihuacán
Hot Air Balloon Ride in Teotihuacan | Pick up CDMX | Breakfast in a cave
From US$143
Otumba
Zacatlán Guided Tour walking through the Center
From US$8
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Getting around Teotihuacan Valley
Fly into Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU).
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 Teotihuacan Valley
Most of Teotihuacan Valley is at its best in January, February, March, and December.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Otumba, Teotihuacán