Milpa Alta, Ciudad de México: 7 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

7 places with their own page in the municipality of Milpa Alta, in the state of Ciudad de México.

Map of Milpa Alta

Milpa Alta · Town
Mexico City's rural, Nahuatl-speaking south: nopal fields, a 16th-century Franciscan church, Zapata's barracks and the October mole fair.
San Salvador Cuauhtenco · Town
A Milpa Alta pueblo originario with a Baroque church of the Divino Salvador, a market by the atrium and an August 6-9 fiesta with seed-and-foliage portals.

San Pedro Atocpan · Village
Milpa Alta's mole village: nearly everyone here grinds or sells mole almendrado, and each October it hosts the Feria Nacional del Mole.
San Antonio Tecómitl · Village
A Milpa Alta pueblo originario with a 16th-century Franciscan church, the Olla de Piedra chapel and one of the city's busiest Day of the Dead cemeteries.
Santa Ana Tlacotenco · Village
A Milpa Alta pueblo among cornfields and nopal, with a 17th-century church, living Nahuatl and the feast of Santa Ana on 26 July.
San Agustín Ohtenco · Village
A Milpa Alta founding village, the youngest of the twelve, home to the paper balloon and lantern contest every Day of the Dead.

Volcán Teuhtli · Mountain
Extinct 2,710 m volcano where Milpa Alta, Tláhuac and Xochimilco meet: a 30-minute climb to the crater, lava-tube caves and a Mass on 3 May.