Cuernavaca, Morelos: 19 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

19 places with their own page in the municipality of Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos.

Map of Cuernavaca

Places to visit in Cuernavaca

Cities · 1 Towns · 1 Villages · 3 Archaeological sites · 1 Waterfalls · 1 Nature reserves · 1 Landmarks and museums · 11

Cities

Cuernavaca · City
Morelos's mild-weather capital, 80 km south of Mexico City: Cortés's palace, a UNESCO-listed cathedral, Spanish schools and weekend escapes.

Towns

Ocotepec · Town
A Nahua village on Cuernavaca's north edge, famous for its Day of the Dead 'ofrendas nuevas' and brightly painted tombs.

Villages

Chamilpa · Village
Old village north of Cuernavaca, founded in 1539, with a 16th-century chapel, the state university on its land and a San Lorenzo fiesta every August 10.
Tetela del Monte · Village
Wooded neighbourhood north of Cuernavaca with a Franciscan chapel of the Three Kings, a January 6 fiesta, plant nurseries and the Bosque Real park.
Buenavista del Monte · Village
Avocado village at 1,938 m in the hills west of Cuernavaca, set between ravines; it grew up around the time of the Revolution.

Archaeological sites

Teopanzolco · Archaeological site
A Tlahuica-Aztec temple base with twin stairways, now surrounded by Cuernavaca's Vista Hermosa neighborhood.

Waterfalls

Salto de San Antón · Waterfall
A 40-meter waterfall dropping into a lush ravine inside Cuernavaca, reached by stairs from the old potters' barrio of San Antón.

Nature reserves

Bosque Mirador · Nature reserve
About 22 ha of pine forest in Ahuatepec, north of Cuernavaca; a municipal protected area since 2016, next to the Chichinautzin corridor.

Landmarks and museums

Palacio de Cortés · Landmark
Cortés's 16th-century palace, now the state's history museum, with Tlahuica ruins in the courtyard and Diego Rivera's mural on the terrace.
Catedral de Cuernavaca · Landmark
A fortress-like Franciscan convent begun in 1529, now Cuernavaca's cathedral and UNESCO-listed, with a huge open chapel and a mural of martyrs in Japan.
Jardín Borda · Landmark
An 18th-century silver baron's house and terraced garden with a lake and fountains, Maximilian's summer retreat, now an arts centre opposite the cathedral.
Jardín Juárez · Landmark
Cuernavaca's oldest square, beside the zócalo, with an iron bandstand shipped from Britain in 1890 and credited, without proof, to Gustave Eiffel.
Estadio Centenario · Landmark
Athletics-track stadium north of Cuernavaca, opened 1969; capacity about 14,800 and home of Cruz Azul Femenil since 2026.
Museo Fotográfico de Cuernavaca · Landmark
"El Castillito", an early-1900s brick house built like a little French castle, now showing old photographs of Cuernavaca.
Capilla de los Reyes Magos · Landmark
Sixteenth-century Franciscan chapel in Tetela del Monte, north Cuernavaca, built over a teocalli; belfry dated 1677 and a Three Kings fiesta on 6 January.
Museo Robert Brady · Landmark
Painter and collector Robert Brady's house beside Cuernavaca cathedral: some 1,300 objects from five continents, including Frida Kahlo and Tamayo.
Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano · Landmark
Modern and contemporary art museum in Amatitlán, Cuernavaca, opened in 2018, with about 1,200 works by Juan Soriano and a sculpture garden.
Museo Morelense de Arte Popular · Landmark
Downtown Cuernavaca museum of crafts from across Morelos: Cuentepec pottery, Hueyapan textiles and Tlayacapan work. Free admission.
Papalote Museo del Niño · Landmark
Hands-on museum for children and families in Lomas de la Selva, Cuernavaca, with 35+ exhibits; a branch of Mexico City's Papalote since 2008.