Yautepec, Morelos: 20 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

20 places with their own page in the municipality of Yautepec, in the state of Morelos.

Map of Yautepec

Oaxtepec · Town
A UNESCO-listed Dominican convent, the site of an Aztec royal garden and the big Hurricane Harbor water park.
Amador Salazar · Town
Colonia west of Yautepec at the foot of the Cerro de las Tetillas, with a San Miguel chapel; named for the Zapatista general Amador Salazar.

Oacalco · Village
Village in Yautepec whose Nahuatl name means 'house of the ears of grain'; it grew around a sugar mill and has a parish church of Santa Inés.
La Nopalera · Village
Village of about 1,000 people south of Yautepec, at 1,111 m among low hills; a stop on the way to Anenecuilco and Tlaltizapán.
Emiliano Zapata · Village
Small locality in Yautepec at 1,486 m, close to Cocoyoc and its old sugar hacienda. Not the municipality of Emiliano Zapata.
La Joya · Village
Yautepec locality founded in 1978, now one of the municipality's largest: 14,126 people in 2020, between Cuernavaca and Yautepec.
Los Arcos · Village
Yautepec locality beside the aqueduct arches of the former San Carlos Borromeo hacienda, on the Cuernavaca-Cuautla road.
Itzamatitlán · Village
Yautepec village whose name means "place surrounded by black amate"; reports of pyramids and a spa with thermal water.
San Isidro · Village
Locality in Yautepec at 1,092 m, with 1,153 people in 2020 and Saint Isidore the Farmer as patron; 8 km southwest of the municipal seat.
Lázaro Cárdenas · Village
Yautepec locality also known as El Empalme, next to Oacalco and its sugar mill; 1,503 residents and state road MOR 2.
Ignacio Bastida · Village
Formerly Santa Catarina Tlayca, in Yautepec, 4 km from Tlayacapan at 1,292 m; now named for a Zapatista general. 1,119 residents in 2020.

Zona Arqueológica de Yautepec · Archaeological site
The excavated platform of a Tlahuica lord's palace in the middle of Yautepec, a quick stop on the way to Oaxtepec or Cuautla.

Balneario Ejidal El Bosque · Hot springs
Oaxtepec's ejido-run balneario: pools, slides, the Poza Azul spring, a suspension bridge, cabins and camping. Adult entry 150 pesos since March 2026.

Cañón de Lobos · Nature reserve
Dry-forest canyon between Cuernavaca and Yautepec, crossed by Federal Highway 138; 148 butterfly species and a favourite climb for road cyclists.

Hacienda Cocoyoc · Landmark
Early 17th-century sugar hacienda in Yautepec, a hotel since the 1960s; its stone arches and aqueduct are still standing.
Exconvento de Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Landmark
The first Dominican house in an Indigenous town in New Spain, in Oaxtepec; IMSS reopened it in 2024 after restoring murals damaged in 2017.
Hacienda Apanquetzalco · Landmark
Ruins of a 17th-century sugar mill on the northwest edge of Yautepec, now also rented out for weddings and events.
Estadio Olímpico de Oaxtepec · Landmark
A 9,000-seat stadium inside the IMSS Oaxtepec holiday centre, opened in 1979 and now home to Sporting Canamy.
Ex Hacienda de San Carlos · Landmark
A 17th-century hacienda next to Los Arcos in Yautepec, now an events venue with a chapel, gardens and guest rooms.
Parroquia de la Asunción de María · Landmark
16th-century Dominican church and former convent in central Yautepec, with a mural-painted cloister and vaults bearing the order's arms.