Puebla, Cholula & Tonantzintla Day Trip: Explore Historical Sites outside Mexico City

Embark on a captivating day trip from Mexico City to Puebla, Cholula, and Tonantzintla. Discover historic sites, majestic landscapes, and the unique fusion of indigenous and Christian culture.

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cholula - Visit the town of Cholula, where you can learn about its history and see some of its many churches. Take time to capture photos and soak in the town’s rich heritage.

  • Santa Maria Tonantzintla - This distinctive church merges indigenous and Christian religious elements, making it a prime example of indigenous baroque art. It is one of the most significant and frequented temples in Puebla State and uniquely blends indigenous and Christian traditions. It was declared a historic monument in 1933.

  • Puebla - Explore the Cathedral and the historic center of Puebla. Enjoy a walking tour through Puebla’s charming historic center, known as the “City of Angels,” featuring buildings from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The tour includes the Zócalo, Cathedral, Rosario Church, and many other iconic sites in the city.

  • Mercado el Parian - Enjoy free time to shop for souvenirs and Talavera crafts at the market.

What's Included
  • Transport from central meeting points
  • Professional guide
  • Visit to Puebla, Cholula & Tonantzintla
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Join us for a day-long journey to some of the most significant historical locations outside of Mexico City, including Puebla, Cholula and Tonantzintla.

Our adventure begins with a scenic drive from Mexico City towards the eastern part of the city, against a backdrop of majestic mountains.

Take in stunning views of Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl volcanoes as we make our way to Cholula town.

Next, we head to Santa María de Tonantzintla, a distinctive church that marries indigenous and Christian interpretations and epitomizes indigenous baroque art.

We’ll then take a guided tour through the Cathedral and the historic center of Puebla, also known as the ‘City of Angels’, showing you its most emblematic sights.

Before heading back to Mexico City, we’ll sample local cuisine, visit the Parian Market and enjoy some free time for you to explore on your own.

  • This tour involves a moderate amount of walking on irregular ground, so we advise you to wear comfortable shoes
Location
Hostal Amigo
Isabel La Católica
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Jackymx564qd
Aug 25, 2024
Puebla - Our tour guide was Jair and he was amazing! He was very informative about the culture of Puebla and Mexico in general. He took us to the most important parts of Puebla and recommended us great places to shop and eat. He was very patient and allowed us to stop and take pictures. He was very sweet and kind. Highly recommend this tour if you want to visit Puebla and know more about it’s culture!
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Anapulido2
Aug 23, 2024
Buen tour - Alexa made the tour very enjoyable, explained everything in English and Spanish very fluently. We visited very interesting areas and it was very complete.
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Magdyel_s
Aug 23, 2024
I recommend this tour! - This was an amazing experience! Our guide Alexa is the woman for this job. She was a great guide and was able to provide so much detail on every aspect of the tour-gastronomy, architecture, history of each place we visited, etc.
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Tourist822675
Aug 18, 2024
Visit to Cholula and town - Beautiful tour full of Mexican history and culture. The romantic legend of the volcanoes that accompanies the imposing view of both Popocatépetl volcanoes during the route to reach Cholula and its spectacular church located on the hidden pyramid. The view is spectacular and the photos are amazing. Then in town enjoy a delicious meal and the beautiful art of the Talavera in the street of the toads and refresh with a delicious dessert snow after lunch in the restaurant Evangelina all in good taste the very friendly people thanks to our Bernardo Guide who made the whole experience pleasant for its culture and friendliness with great knowledge of all the topics.
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Alicia
Aug 12, 2024
Puebla and Cholula Tour with Alexa, excellent - Beautiful experience with Alexa, with help from Barbara and driver Daniel The traffic turns long, but as far as the activity is concerned, excellent and beautiful places.
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Genaroh988
Aug 12, 2024
Good work from the agency - The activity was cancelled for reasons external to the Trips Agency. The agency contacted me at all times and assisted me in refunding the money. Good work from the agency. Greetings. Genaro
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Chs1960
Jul 30, 2024
Great please to visit Cholula and Puebla - The trip was enj. The historic places of Cholula and Puebla are worth visiting for those who want to understand the history of Mexico
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156waldinab
Jul 27, 2024
Would recommend - Jahir and his driver were good company, they drove us to safety and he explained to us in good detail during our travels. Would recommend.
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Climber785894
Jul 22, 2024
4 spectacular, historic churches, plus a small crafts market. Not much on the cities. Worth the price. - The day was, basically, 4 extraordinary, unique, historic, and spectacular churches, a wonderful restaurant for lunch, and half an hour in a craft market. That's all there was time for. There wasn't much of an overview of the city, or it's culture, people or products. The churches were marvels, very ornate and baroque, from the 1500's and 1600's. One of them is on top of an indigenous pyramid, which has an archeological dig going on on one side. It's a climb to get up there, but a well-paved walkway with a railing to hold. The two-hour trip Mexico-City to Puebla is a bit arduous in the 12-passenger microbus because of the traffic and the rough roads. Most of us slept on the way home. There is one bilingual guide, English/Spanish, who adapts to his or her clientele.
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Shawn
Aug 28, 2024
Driver and guide were great, but Amigo leadership should take note! - The guide and the driver were fantastic! After doing so many tours with Amigo, i am disappointmented at their management. All other tours with them had a much more comfortable bus and 2 guides, instead of one bilingual one. While the guide did his best to go back and forth between Spanish and English, it was hard for people to follow, and everything took much longer than it should have had. Please make notes and take corrective actions in your planning, and don't blame the driver or guide! I really want you to do better!
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