Ixtaczoquitlán, Veracruz: 9 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

9 places with their own page in the municipality of Ixtaczoquitlán, in the state of Veracruz.

Map of Ixtaczoquitlán

Tuxpanguillo · Village
Nahua village of 3,900 south of Ixtaczoquitlán; San Sebastián feast on 20 January, with pole flyers on the 18th.
Cuautlapan · Village
Ixtaczoquitlán village between Orizaba and Córdoba, with the parish of San Sebastián Mártir and the San Juan and Chicahuaxtla hills above it.
Escamela · Village
An industrial village of Ixtaczoquitlán at the foot of Cerro de Escamela, 5 km from Orizaba, where Morelos won a battle in 1812.
Cuesta del Mexicano · Village
Nahua community beside the Galicia caves, where the xochitlali offering to Mother Earth is held on the first Friday of March.
Sumidero · Village
Nahua village of Ixtaczoquitlán between Orizaba and Córdoba, by the Metlac ravine; briefly the municipal seat in 1925, still a farming community.
Campo Grande · Village
Nahua community of 3,200 in the Tuxpango valley south of Ixtaczoquitlán; church of San José and patron feast on 19 March.
Moyoapan · Village
Ixtaczoquitlán village at 1,174 m on the road to Atzacan, with the ruins of a tobacco-drying house and a San José feast on 19 March.

Cascada El Elefante · Waterfall
A waterfall deep in the Río Blanco canyon, reached by a stairway of 500 steps, with a turquoise swimming pool next door.

Barranca de Metlac · Viewpoint
A deep, misty ravine with 19th-century railway tunnels, an old track you can walk, and some of Mexico's tallest bridges.