8 archaeological sites · within 60 km
There are 8 archaeological sites within 60 km of Huamantla in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Zona Arqueológica de Tizatlán, 31 km away; the farthest, Los Cerritos de Tepatlaxco, is 55 km. They are all listed under Huejotzingo, a Pueblo Mágico that makes a good base.
Most archaeological sites are run by INAH and open from about 8 or 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a small fee. Midday is the hottest and busiest time, so go early.
Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.
The Ruins 8
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Zona Arqueológica de Tizatlán · Archaeological site · 31 km from Huamantla · Near Huejotzingo
Seat of a Tlaxcalan lordship where the alliance with Cortés was sealed, with painted altars beside a 16th-century open chapel. -
Ocotelulco · Archaeological site · 33 km from Huamantla · Tlaxcala
Temple and painted altar of Maxixcatzin's lordship, with a site museum, in San Francisco Ocotelulco, 3 km from Tlaxcala city. Free entry. -
Tepeticpac · Archaeological site · 33 km from Huamantla · Tlaxcala
Pre-Hispanic hilltop fortress above Santiago Tepeticpac, 5 km north of Tlaxcala city: walls, terraces, watchtowers and views over the valley. -
Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl · Archaeological site · 44 km from Huamantla · Near Huejotzingo
Twin hilltop sites across the Tlaxcala line, famous for vivid Maya-style murals of a battle, preserved under a huge roof. -
Xochitécatl · Archaeological site · 45 km from Huamantla · Tlaxcala
A ceremonial centre begun about 800 BC on an extinct volcano's summit, with the Pyramid of the Flowers and the round Spiral Building, facing Cacaxtla. -
Hueyatlaco · Archaeological site · 51 km from Huamantla · Puebla
Dig site at Valsequillo south of Puebla whose stone tools were dated to about 250,000 years ago, one of archaeology's great controversies. -
Cantona · Archaeological site · 53 km from Huamantla · Puebla
Fortified pre-Hispanic city on a lava field in eastern Puebla, with over 500 paved streets and at least 24 ballcourts. -
Los Cerritos de Tepatlaxco · Archaeological site · 55 km from Huamantla · Puebla
Nine pyramid bases on the rims of ravines on the slopes of Cerro Totolqueme, inhabited from 300 BC to 600 AD, just outside Texmelucan.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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