Texcoco

Map of Texcoco

Places to visit in Texcoco

Towns · 3 Villages · 2 Archaeological sites · 2 Nature reserves · 1 Mountains · 1 Landmarks and museums · 1

Towns

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  San Miguel Coatlinchán · Town
  Texcoco town the Tláloc monolith came from before it went to the Museo Nacional de Antropología in 1964; a replica stayed behind.
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  Santiago Cuautlalpan · Town
  Town in southern Texcoco of about 12,000 people that lives off making trophies; feast of Santiago Apóstol on 25 July.
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  San Luis Huexotla · Town
  A Texcoco village next to Chapingo, built among the ruins of an Acolhua city, with the smallest Franciscan friary and a tlacoyo fair.

Villages

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  La Purificación Tepetitla · Village
  Texcoco village 7 km from the city centre, with a Baroque parish built 1681-1771, a gilded altarpiece and a tradition tying it to Nezahualcóyotl's retreat.
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  Montecillo · Village
  Texcoco village on the México–Texcoco road, home of the Colegio de Postgraduados main campus and a short hop from Chapingo.

Archaeological sites

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  Baños de Nezahualcóyotl · Archaeological site
  The hilltop gardens and rock-cut baths of Texcoco's poet-king Nezahualcóyotl on the Tetzcotzinco hill, with wide views.
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  Zona Arqueológica de Huexotla · Archaeological site
  An old Acolhua city south of Texcoco with a rare surviving defensive wall and a Franciscan church on its ancient center.

Nature reserves

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  Parque Nacional Molino de Flores · Nature reserve
  A small national park around the ruins of a colonial mill hacienda in a wooded ravine east of Texcoco.

Mountains

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  Monte Tláloc · Mountain
  A 4,120 m volcano between Texcoco and Ixtapaluca with a shrine to the rain god on top, climbed on foot from Río Frío.

Landmarks and museums

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  Capilla Riveriana de Chapingo · Landmark
  Diego Rivera's 'Sistine Chapel': a former hacienda chapel at Chapingo's agricultural university covered in his murals.

Neighbouring municipalities

Acolman · 3 Ixtapaluca · 4 Tecámac · 3 Chalco · 3 Tultitlán · 5 Tlalnepantla de Baz · 5 Nopaltepec · 3 Zumpango · 5

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