Tlalpan, Ciudad de México: 10 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

10 places with their own page in the municipality of Tlalpan, in the state of Ciudad de México.

Map of Tlalpan

San Miguel Ajusco · Town
An original Tlalpan village at about 2,900 m below the volcano: a 1707 church, St Michael fairs in May and September, and the gateway to the national park.
Tlalpan · Town
Quiet cobbled centre of old San Agustín de las Cuevas, briefly capital of the State of Mexico, with a Barragán chapel and a 19th-century market.

San Andrés Totoltepec · Village
An original village of Tlalpan below the Ajusco, with a 1770s church, a Thursday street market, a big feast on 30 November and the Cuernavaca bike path.
Parres El Guarda · Village
A Tlalpan pueblo originario at nearly 3,000 m on the old Cuernavaca road: hacienda ruins, lamb barbacoa and a stop on the railway bikeway.
San Lorenzo Huipulco · Village
Original village of Tlalpan by Estadio Azteca: a 17th-century chapel, cobbled streets, a food market and its own Tren Ligero station.
Santo Tomás Ajusco · Village
A Tlalpan founding village at 3,000 m with a 16th-century church and a pre-Hispanic stone in its atrium, on the way to Cumbres del Ajusco park.

Cuicuilco · Archaeological site
A round, terraced pyramid more than 2,000 years old, half-swallowed by lava from the Xitle volcano, free to visit beside Insurgentes Sur.

Bosque de Tlalpan · Nature reserve
A 253-hectare urban park on Xitle lava: running tracks, mountain trails, a duck lake and traces of Cuicuilco. Open daily.
Parque nacional Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan · Nature reserve
National park declared in 1936, with Ajusco springs, a lake of ducks and turtles, trails and food stalls; about 8 of its 129 hectares remain.

Ajusco · Mountain
Mexico City's own volcano: a fir-forest hike to the rocky Pico del Águila, close to 3,900 m, with views to Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl.