Best Mexican CDMX, Teotihuacán, Oaxaca, Monte Albán, Puebla, Copper Canyon Train, Guadalajara and Mexico Deep Pre-Hispanic Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Mexico travel | Americas destinations Mexican CDMX (UNESCO 1987), Teotihuacán (UNESCO 1987), Oaxaca and Monte Albán (UNESCO 1987), Puebla (UNESCO 1987), Copper Canyon Train, and Guadalajara and Tequila (UNESCO 1997/2006): My Deep Pre-Hispanic Heritage Tour Across Central Mexico TL;DR I planned this Central Mexico circuit because I wanted a route that gave me Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Teotihuacano, Toltec, and Aztec layers in the same trip, with viceregal cathedrals stacked on top of pyramid bases, and the long canyon train as a counterweight to all the urban time. Over 14 days I covered Mexico City (CDMX) at 2,240 m altitude, the Pyramid of the Sun (65 m) and Pyramid of the Moon (43 m) at Teotihuacán 50 km northeast of the capital, Frida Kahlo's Blue House in Coyoacán, the baroque Templo de Santo Domingo in Oaxaca (begun 1570) and Monte Albán's Zapotec hilltop capital 9 km outside the city, the 70-plus churches of Puebla and the Great Pyramid of Cholula a...