Attractions

Teotihuacan Archaeological Site

Teotihuacan, "place where men become gods when die". A name with exotic resonance that is full of promises.

Built during the first century by teotihuacans, the great pyramids formed part of a ceremonial center within a city that is believed to have had a population of 250,000 during its zenith in the third and fourth centuries. By the seventh century, the vast city had been pillaged and abandoned. It was then discovered by the Aztecs, who believed it to be the site where the gods had convened to ensure the survival of the Earth. They named it Teotihuacan (City of the Gods) and its massive pyramids the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon.

All religious monuments distributed along the majestic Calzada de los Muertos are set out according to the sun’s course. Aztec priests were part of intellectual elite who held the arts in high regard. The mural paintings that decorate the walls of the ancient ruins depict their gods of worship, traders, and distant foreigners who visited the area.

Other places to visit

• Archaeological Site of Teotihuacan. Sacred city chosen by the Gods to create the center of the universe.
• Ex- Convent of Acolman, constructed by Augustine friars in century XVI, protects paintings of Biblical scenes.
• Prehistory Museum of Tepexpan, place where the man of Tepexpan died about 13.000 years ago at the moment in which it tried to hunt a mammoth.
• Air balloon adventure, see and admire the pyramids from where only the Gods can see them.
• Animal Kingdom, where you can directly coexist with animals and to even give them to eat.
• Church and Convent of St. John the Baptist, located in the most primitive town of the valley, base of the first Franciscans.
• Teotihuacan Studies Center, study, knowledge and diffusion of the Teotihuacan culture.

Birdwatching

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

“It’s great to wake up early in the morning, open the door and sit outside the room surrounded by lush green plants and singing of tens and hundreds of birds”.

TripAdvisor – Alohanet88, Lublin, Poland
Villas Arqueologicas Teotihuacan
September 19, 2009.

Festivities

• Spring Equinox
• Celebration of the Divine Redeeming
• Easter
• Celebration of Saint Nicholas
• Celebration in Honor to the Virgin Guadalupe
• Fair of the Posada and the Piñata
• Celebration of the Lord of Ecce-Homo
• National Fair of the Bigeye Tuna
• Fair of the Donkey
• Religious Celebration