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Cuernavaca
City in Morelos, Mexico

Cuernavaca

Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico.

Plan a trip to Cuernavaca→From Mexico City

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.

Get in

Getting to Cuernavaca

Getting to Cuernavaca is fairly easy but beware the traffic in the Mexico-Cuernavaca-Acapulco tollway on Friday (from Mexico City to Cuernavaca) and Sunday afternoons (from Cuernavaca to Mexico City). Many visitors tend to travel those days and you might spend more than 2 hours on the road. Plan accordingly or choose other days for your travelling.

  1. 01
    Central de Autobuses

    One of a handful of bus stations in downtown Cuernavaca.

  2. 02
    Cuernavaca Airport

    The nearest major airport is in Mexico City.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Cuernavaca Cathedral
  2. 02
    El Castillito

    Home of the Photographic Museum of Cuernavaca.

  3. 03
    Xochicalco

    The architecture and iconography of Xochicalco show affinities with Teotihuacan, the Maya area, and the Matlatzinca culture of the Toluca Valley.

  4. 04
    Teopanzolco
  5. 05
    Palace of Cortes
Do

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.

Eat

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:

How locals move

Getting around Cuernavaca the local way

  • Get inThe airport has no commercial flights and is used by private and charter aircraft.

From Wikivoyage: Xochitepec, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Carlos Valenzuela (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.