Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico.
Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerican civilization. Olmec works of art, displayed in the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, were found in the Gualupita III archeological site.
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Worth seeing in and around Cuernavaca
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Toluca. Its seat is in the Cuernavaca Cathedral.
300 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico · Wikipedia - 02Cuernavaca Cathedral
The Cuernavaca Cathedral is the Roman Catholic church of the Diocese of Cuernavaca, located in the city of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. The church and its surrounding monastery is one of the early 16th century monasteries in the vicinity of the Popocatepetl volcano inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, built initially for evangelization efforts of indigenous people after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
300 m · religious building in Cuernavaca, Mexico · Wikipedia - 03Palace of Cortés, Cuernavaca
The Palace of Cortés in Cuernavaca, Mexico, built between 1531 and 1535, is the oldest conserved colonial-era civil structure in the continental Americas. The architecture is a blend between Gothic and Mudéjar, typical of the early 16th century colonial architecture.
300 m · building in Cuernavaca, Mexico · Wikipedia - 04Teopanzolco
Teopanzolco is an Aztec archaeological site in the Mexican state of Morelos. Due to urban growth, it now lies within the modern city of Cuernavaca.
1.8 km · aztec archaeological site in the Mexican state of Morelos · Wikipedia - 05Centenario Stadium
The Estadio Centenario is a multi-purpose stadium in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Its primary current use is for football matches.
5.9 km · football stadium in México · Wikipedia - 06Casino de la Selva
The Hotel Casino de la Selva was a hotel and casino located in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico. The main building was opened in 1931 as a hotel and casino, but from 1934 it was used only as a hotel.
1.8 km · building · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Cuernavaca Cathedral
- 02El Castillito
Home of the Photographic Museum of Cuernavaca.
- 03Xochicalco
The architecture and iconography of Xochicalco show affinities with Teotihuacan, the Maya area, and the Matlatzinca culture of the Toluca Valley.
- 04Teopanzolco
- 05Palace of Cortes
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Things to do
Cuernavaca has many local and nearby tourist attractions. Water parks are very popular and range from basic water holes such as "Las Huertas" with thermal waters, natural rivers as "Las Estacas" and large, multi-facility parks as "El Rollo" and "Six Flags Oaxtepec." You may also camp in many parks some of which feature other services such as hot baths, cabins and restaurants.
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Where to eat
Cuernavaca isn't particularly known for seafood, but you might try Tia Lucha on Rio Mayo in Vista Hermosa or in Polvorin. Los Delfines is also popular. All these are in the city center:
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Getting to Cuernavaca
- Airports
- Adolfo López Mateos (TLC), 58 km · Mexico City Benito Juárez (MEX), 60 km · Hermanos Serdán (PBC), 95 km
- Stations
- General Mariano Matamoros Airport, 9.7 km
- Mexico City → Cuernavaca57 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · MX$65–90
- Toluca → Cuernavaca60 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · MX$75–100
- Puebla → Cuernavaca108 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · MX$140–185
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No local-transport research exists yet for Cuernavaca
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cuernavaca. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe airport has no commercial flights and is used by private and charter aircraft.
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Next door to Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca is 40 km from Xochimilco, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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