13 Ruins near San Martín Texmelucan, Mexico: Map & Photos

13 archaeological sites · within 60 km

There are 13 archaeological sites within 60 km of San Martín Texmelucan in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Los Cerritos de Tepatlaxco, 4 km away; the farthest, Zona Arqueológica de Xihuingo, is 60 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Huejotzingo, Teotihuacán, Otumba, and Zempoala, 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 13

Los Cerritos de Tepatlaxco · Archaeological site · 4 km from San Martín Texmelucan · 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.
Xochitécatl · Archaeological site · 10 km from San Martín Texmelucan · 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 · 11 km from San Martín Texmelucan · Near Huejotzingo
Twin hilltop sites across the Tlaxcala line, famous for vivid Maya-style murals of a battle, preserved under a huge roof.
Tlalancaleca (zona arqueológica) · Archaeological site · 11 km from San Martín Texmelucan · 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 · 21 km from San Martín Texmelucan · 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 · 22 km from San Martín Texmelucan · 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 · 23 km from San Martín Texmelucan · Near Huejotzingo
Seat of a Tlaxcalan lordship where the alliance with Cortés was sealed, with painted altars beside a 16th-century open chapel.
Zona Arqueológica de Tecoaque · Archaeological site · 39 km from San Martín Texmelucan · Near Otumba
A small Acolhua site in Tlaxcala where a Spanish caravan was captured and sacrificed in 1520.
Baños de Nezahualcóyotl · Archaeological site · 47 km from San Martín Texmelucan · Near Teotihuacán
The hilltop gardens and rock-cut baths of Texcoco's poet-king Nezahualcóyotl on the Tetzcotzinco hill, with wide views.
Acozac · Archaeological site · 48 km from San Martín Texmelucan · Estado de México
Acolhua ruins in Ixtapaluca with a round temple to Ehécatl and a great platform facing the volcanoes; free entry.
Hueyatlaco · Archaeological site · 49 km from San Martín Texmelucan · 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 Huexotla · Archaeological site · 51 km from San Martín Texmelucan · Near Teotihuacán
An old Acolhua city south of Texcoco with a rare surviving defensive wall and a Franciscan church on its ancient center.
Zona Arqueológica de Xihuingo · Archaeological site · 60 km from San Martín Texmelucan · Near Zempoala
A Teotihuacan-era site below Cerro Xihuingo, known for its cliffs of petroglyphs and astronomical dotted crosses.