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    San Juan Quetzalcoapan

    Village Tzompantepec, Tlaxcala Municipality of Tzompantepec La Malinche

    Village in Tzompantepec with an 18th-century church of San Juan, Latin-cross plan and stone vaults; fiesta on 24 June.

    From Huamantla: 20 min by car (21 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to San Juan Quetzalcoapan

    • From Huamantla: about 20 min by road (~21 km)
    • Nearest airport: Puebla (PBC), 1 h 5 min by car to Huamantla
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    About San Juan Quetzalcoapan

    San Juan Quetzalcoapan is a locality in the municipality of Tzompantepec, at 2,512 metres above sea level in the La Malinche region. The name combines its patron saint, John the Baptist, with a Nahuatl word read as "place of the god Quetzalcoatl". The 2020 census counted 1,354 residents, the third-largest locality in the municipality after San Andrés Ahuashuatepec and the seat itself; in 1900 there were only 290 and in 1960, 633.

    Its main monument is the church of San Juan, described by INEGI as an 18th-century work. It has a Latin-cross plan, stone walls 90 centimetres thick, a stone cross-vaulted roof, a round-arched door with a window above it that lights the choir, a niche high on the facade and a Latin cross of lime mortar at the top. In the photo on the page you can see the stone tower, the atrium with its white wall and, behind, one of the mountains of the valley.

    The village fiesta is on 24 June, the day of St John the Baptist, and in 2026 the town government presented the poster of the Gran Feria San Juan Quetzalcoapan, with music, recreational activities and family gatherings. The municipality makes burnished clay, fired red clay, engraved jars and the typical clay comales; among local dishes INEGI lists maguey worms, mushroom soup, broad-bean broth and mutton barbacoa in mixiote.

    How to get to San Juan Quetzalcoapan

    Drive from Huamantla: 20 min, 21 km

    San Juan Quetzalcoapan is about 2.6 km from Tzompantepec (about 5 minutes) along Calle Zaragoza and Calle 12 de Octubre. From Apizaco, the nearest city, it is about 10.6 km (about 13 minutes): take highway 136 and then the road to San Andrés. From Huamantla, a Pueblo Mágico, it is about 22 km (about 18 minutes) on the 136 towards Apizaco. From Tlaxcala city it is about 29 km (about 27 minutes) via motorway 117D and the 136, and from Puebla about 54 km (about 55 minutes) on the 119. There are no bus lines or colectivo timetables published specifically for the village; the way in is by car, taxi or local transport from Apizaco or Tzompantepec. Distances and times are computed on the OpenStreetMap road network, without traffic.

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    Best season
    Fiesta of St John the Baptist on 24 June; in 2026 there was a Gran Feria San Juan Quetzalcoapan. Tzompantepec's own patron fiesta (Divino Salvador) is on 6 or 7 August. ViveTlaxcala · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting San Juan Quetzalcoapan: what to see and do

    The 18th-century church of San Juan, with a Latin-cross plan and 90 cm stone walls
    The tower and the atrium with its white wall, with La Malinche behind
    The parish of El Divino Salvador (19th century) in Tzompantepec, about 2.6 km away
    The church of San Andrés (18th century), with tile, brick and polychrome plasterwork in the baptistery
    The fiesta on 24 June, the day of St John the Baptist

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    When to go to San Juan Quetzalcoapan cool

    San Juan Quetzalcoapan shares the climate of Huamantla, 17 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, November, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Huamantla

    Castle-like red facade of a hacienda behind a lawn and fountain near Huamantla, Tlaxcala cool
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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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