Attractions

Cholula Archaeological Site

Villa Cholula not only offers comfortable accommodations and impeccable service, the possibility of touring the city's 365 churches and marvel with its architecture, as well as being part of celebrations, cultural festivals and numerous events that take place every day of year.

Approximately 137 kilometers southeast of Mexico City, with a typical drive time of one and a half hours, and situated in the heart of historic Mexico, the City of Cholula is located on the outskirts of Puebla, a picturesque colonial city rich in Spanish architecture whose downtown was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. Cholula is an important religious center dozens of churches and chapels built on top of pre-Columbian monuments by the colonizing Spaniards still remain today. Cholula has a population of approximately 100,000 people and is the site of the Universidad de Americas Puebla (University of the Americas Puebla), a major research university with approximately 7,000 students.

Puebla is Mexico’s fourth largest city with approximately 1.8 million people, and aside from its colonial heritage, the modern-day metropolis is an important industrial center with significant automotive, textile and manufacturing industries. Home to Mexico’s largest car plant Volkswagen. Puebla also hosts car part suppliers that cater to the factory.

Other places to visit

• San Gabriel Convent, house of the Franciscan order.
• Archaeological Site Museum, presents the history of Cholula.
• Tonantzintla Temple, baroque scenery with native flavor.
• Acatepec Temple; baroque scenery, with colonial époque flavor and local religious crafts.
• Los Remedios Sanctuary, the house of the three virgins.
• Atlixco, community of greenhouses and watering places just 20 minutes from the hotel.
• Puebla Cathedral, famous by its sculptures, height, majesty and matchless bell towers, most beautiful in the entire continent.
• Amparo Museum, the history from Puebla just 25 minutes from the Villa.
• Rosario Chapel, built between the centuries XVl and XVll, churrigueresque onyx pulpit and altarpieces, the Puebla baroque expressed in fullness.
• The Zapos, Puebla community, show lives on the crafts and culture.
• The Parian, corridor of local crafts with restaurants atmosphere.
• African Safari, the African forest outdoors “without barriers”.

Birdwatching

For those bird pals interested in birding in the center of Mexico, we invite you to visit Villas Arqueologicas Teotihuacan.

“In the morning you can hear the bells of the churches ringing, birds chirping, and one in a while a rooster crocking”.

Expedia – traveler from Boston Mass, USA
Villas Arqueologicas Cholula
December 30, 2009.

Festivities

• Variloquio International Festival
• Carnival
• International Cultures Encounter
• Millenarian Fair of San Pedro Cholula
• Celebration of San Andres Apostle
• Nopal Fair
• Cheese Fair