Central Mexico, Spring 2023
Mexico is probably my favorite country in Latin America, which is a good thing because it is also the closest and easiest to get to. Since 2005 I have done four significant trips in the country, but there is so much more to see, so many more places there literally still “on my list”. Now it is time for a fifth trip, but this one is short by my standards at just over two weeks. I’ll be flying into and out of Mexico City for a two week road trip around central Mexico escorted by my Mexican friend Rodrigo who lives in the Toluca area about 40 miles west of Mexico City. He’s planned a detailed itinerary that will mostly take in places I have not seen before even though I’ve been in the general region of the country – Valle de Bravo, Queretaro, Tula, Veracruz, Xalapa, Costa Esmeralda, Orizaba, Ixtapan, Cuernavaca, Tepoztlan, Cholula, among others. The only places on the planned itinerary not new for me are Puebla and Mexico City, both of which I like and have a lot to see and do.
Planned Dates
2023-03-28 to 2023-04-12
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Trip Map
Trip Entries
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Metepec & San Antonio de Buenavista
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Metepec, State of Mexico, Mexico -
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Toluca - Mexico's Highest State Capital
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico -
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Valle de Bravo - Natural Beauty & Pueblo Magico
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico, Mexico -
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Colonial Queretaro - UNESCO World Heritage
Friday, March 31, 2023
Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico -
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Queretaro's Religious Monuments
Friday, March 31, 2023
Centro, Querétaro, Mexico -
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Valle de Bernal - Monolith & Wineries
Saturday, April 01, 2023
Peña de Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico -
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Tula - Capital of the Toltec Empire
Sunday, April 02, 2023
Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico -
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Costa Esmeralda - Rafting & Beaches
Monday, April 03, 2023
Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, Mexico -
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Xalapa - Mexico's Top Regional Anthropology Museum
Tuesday, April 04, 2023
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico -
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Coatepec & Xico - Coffee, Mole & Pueblos Magicos
Tuesday, April 04, 2023
Xico, Veracruz, Mexico -
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Veracruz - Mexico's Gulf Gateway
Wednesday, April 05, 2023
Heroica Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico -
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Tlacotalpan - Colorful UNESCO Heritage Town
Wednesday, April 05, 2023
Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, Mexico -
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Snorkeling Trip from Veracruz
Thursday, April 06, 2023
Heroica Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico -
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Orizaba - Veracruz State's Magical Mountain City
Thursday, April 06, 2023
Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico -
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Hotel Casareyna - Puebla's Finest
Thursday, April 06, 2023
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico -
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Good Friday in Puebla, My Fave Mexican City
Friday, April 07, 2023
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico -
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Cholula - Oldest Inhabited City in the Americas
Friday, April 07, 2023
Cholula, Puebla, Mexico -
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Angelopolis - International Museum of Baroque
Friday, April 07, 2023
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico -
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Tlaxcala State - Val Quirico & Cacaxtla
Saturday, April 08, 2023
Cacaxtla Archaeological Site, Tlaxcala, Mexico -
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Mexico City - A Night of Lucha Libre
Saturday, April 08, 2023
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico -
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Tepoztlan - The Easter Carnival in a Pueblo Magico
Sunday, April 09, 2023
Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico -
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Cuernavaca - City of Eternal Spring
Monday, April 10, 2023
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico -
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Xochicalco - Best Preserved Archeaological Site
Monday, April 10, 2023
Site Museum Xochicalco, Morelos, Mexico -
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Grutas de Cacahuamilpa - Mexico's Best Caverns
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, Guerrero, Mexico