Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Españita, Tlaxcala

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Españita

Town Españita, Tlaxcala

Municipal seat in western Tlaxcala, founded in 1672 as Santa María de la Nueva España, with a Loreto parish church and nearby haciendas.

From San Martín Texmelucan: 30 min by car (29 km by road) How to get there ↓

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How to get to Españita

  • From San Martín Texmelucan: about 30 min by road (~29 km)
  • Nearest airport: Puebla (PBC), 7 min by car to Huejotzingo

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About Españita

Españita is the seat of the municipality of the same name, in western Tlaxcala, at an altitude of roughly 2,600 m. According to Wikipedia the town was founded on 26 May 1672 under the name Santa María de la Nueva España, and the municipality's earlier Nahuatl name is Atzatzacuala, "place of dams". It became the municipal seat on 8 June 1857. At the 2020 census the town had 3,119 people, nearly double its 1990 count, and the whole municipality had 9,416 in 22 localities; after the seat, the largest are La Magdalena Cuextotitla (1,079) and San Francisco Mitepec (934).

The municipality borders Sanctórum de Lázaro Cárdenas, Nanacamilpa, Hueyotlipan, Ixtacuixtla and, to the southwest, Tlahuapan, already in Puebla. In the middle of town is the parish church of Nuestra Señora de Loreto, the easiest thing to visit. Outside the seat, Wikipedia names the Tepalca lake and the hacienda of San Miguel Tepalca as attractions, and describes the municipality as part of the Calpulalpan tourist route, with haciendas, natural sites, colonial buildings and a few balnearios.

It is more a stop on a route than a multi-day destination: the usual way to see it is as part of a trip linking the haciendas and towns of western Tlaxcala..

How to get to Españita

Drive from San Martín Texmelucan: 30 min, 29 km

Españita is in western Tlaxcala, between Calpulalpan, Ixtacuixtla and the Puebla state line. From Puebla it is about 52 km (about 1 hour by car), and the nearest town in this guide is Huejotzingo, about 34 km away (about 40 minutes). According to Uno TV (June 2026), the Tlaxcala government announced a public-transport route Calpulalpan–Nanacamilpa–Sanctórum–Españita–Ixtacuixtla–Tepetitla, about 95 minutes and 26 pesos, but with no start date yet, so do not count on it. For now the practical way is to drive, or to get to Calpulalpan, which lies on the road toward Mexico City, and take a taxi or local transport from there to Españita.

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Visiting Españita: what to see and do

Visit the parish church of Nuestra Señora de Loreto in the centre of town.
Walk the plaza and streets of the seat, founded in 1672.
Look for the Tepalca lake, which Wikipedia lists among the municipality's attractions.
See the hacienda of San Miguel Tepalca, one of the municipality's haciendas.
Include Españita on a route through Calpulalpan and the haciendas of western Tlaxcala.

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Tours & activities

Day trips around Huejotzingo sometimes stop in Españita; a tour is the easy way to see it without a car.

Rental cars

Pick up a car at PBC (Puebla): about 7 min by road to Huejotzingo, then 34 km more to Españita, on your own schedule.

Flights

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Puebla (PBC), about 7 min by road from Huejotzingo, the base for Españita.

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When to go to Españita mild

Españita shares the climate of Huejotzingo, 34 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and November.

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Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

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