12 Ruins near Huejotzingo, Puebla: Map & Photos

12 archaeological sites · within 60 km

There are 12 archaeological sites within 60 km of Huejotzingo in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Xochitécatl, 11 km away; the farthest, Zona Arqueológica de Huexotla, is 60 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Huejotzingo, Teotihuacán, and Otumba, which make good bases.

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, Dec.

The Ruins 12

Xochitécatl · Archaeological site · 11 km from Huejotzingo · 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.
Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl · Archaeological site · 12 km from Huejotzingo
Twin hilltop sites across the Tlaxcala line, famous for vivid Maya-style murals of a battle, preserved under a huge roof.
Los Cerritos de Tepatlaxco · Archaeological site · 18 km from Huejotzingo · 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.
Tlalancaleca (zona arqueológica) · Archaeological site · 22 km from Huejotzingo · Puebla
Formative-period city at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, among central Mexico's largest before Teotihuacan; it outlived a Popocatépetl eruption.
Ocotelulco · Archaeological site · 26 km from Huejotzingo · 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 · 28 km from Huejotzingo · Tlaxcala
Pre-Hispanic hilltop fortress above Santiago Tepeticpac, 5 km north of Tlaxcala city: walls, terraces, watchtowers and views over the valley.
Zona Arqueológica de Tizatlán · Archaeological site · 28 km from Huejotzingo
Seat of a Tlaxcalan lordship where the alliance with Cortés was sealed, with painted altars beside a 16th-century open chapel.
Hueyatlaco · Archaeological site · 36 km from Huejotzingo · 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.
Zona Arqueológica de Tecoaque · Archaeological site · 53 km from Huejotzingo · Near Otumba
A small Acolhua site in Tlaxcala where a Spanish caravan was captured and sacrificed in 1520.
Acozac · Archaeological site · 54 km from Huejotzingo · Estado de México
Acolhua ruins in Ixtapaluca with a round temple to Ehécatl and a great platform facing the volcanoes; free entry.
Baños de Nezahualcóyotl · Archaeological site · 57 km from Huejotzingo · Near Teotihuacán
The hilltop gardens and rock-cut baths of Texcoco's poet-king Nezahualcóyotl on the Tetzcotzinco hill, with wide views.
Zona Arqueológica de Huexotla · Archaeological site · 60 km from Huejotzingo · Near Teotihuacán
An old Acolhua city south of Texcoco with a rare surviving defensive wall and a Franciscan church on its ancient center.