Zacatlán, Puebla: 11 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

11 places with their own page in the municipality of Zacatlán, in the state of Puebla.

Pueblos Mágicos in Zacatlán

San Miguel Tenango · Town
Nahua village outside Zacatlán where most people speak Nahuatl and women weave on backstrap looms; try papatla-leaf tamales.

Camotepec · Village
Zacatlán junta auxiliar at 2,478 m and gateway to the Valle de Piedras Encimadas; a pueblo by decree since 2018, with a Guadalupe parish.
Tomatlán · Village
Zacatlán community at 2,141 m, about 4 km south of the apple town, known for its Puente del Gato bridge.
Cuacuila · Village
Nahua community at the southern tip of the municipality of Zacatlán, at 2,250 m among pine-oak forest, near Tetela de Ocampo.
San Cristóbal Xochimilpa · Village
A Nahua village in the northern sierra, in Zacatlán, with a wet climate and coffee plots; a dirt road links it to the inter-sierra highway.
Atzingo · Village
Auxiliary town of Zacatlán, "at the little water", grown around a spring that was a stop for muleteers between Zacatlán and Huauchinango.
Jicolapa · Village
Highland village five minutes from Zacatlán, devoted to the Señor de Jicolapa, an image said to have appeared on its chapel wall, with a Passion play.

Cascada Monumental · Waterfall
Big drop of the Quetzalapan river between Zacatlán and Chignahuapan, by the Salto de Quetzalapan park: 365 steps, ziplines and an old power plant.
Cascada de San Pedro · Waterfall
The closest waterfall to Zacatlán, a graceful drop of about 20 meters in a wooded ravine on the edge of town.
Salto de Quetzalapan · Waterfall
Chignahuapan's big waterfall, a drop of around 200 meters reached by a long stone staircase, with zip lines and rappelling.
Cascadas de Tulimán · Waterfall
Ejido-run park on the same river as Quetzalapan: a roughly 300-meter fall in three drops, a warm mineral pool and hanging bridges.