🏨 Private Tour: Taxco and Xochicalco Day Trip from Mexico City Activity

Private Tour: Taxco and Xochicalco Day Trip from Mexico City

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From $252.55

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 12 hours

Departs: Mexico City, Mexico City

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

Enjoy a private day trip to the colonial city of Taxco that is situated in the mountains in the very heart of the country. You'll then visit Xochicalco that in nahuatl language means “Place of flowers”. Both of these places have been declared World Heritage sites by UNESCO and you'll get to see and admire each. Your tour includes a guide and transport.

What's Included

Bottled water

Hotel pickup and drop-off from hotels located in Mexico city central area.

Private guide

Transport by air-conditioned minivan

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Gratuities

Hotel pickup and drop-of from hotels located out of Mexico city central area

Lunch

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 4 - 98

Additional Info

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Pick up at hotels outside the downtown area will have an extra charge
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Pick up at hotels outside the downtown area will have an extra charge
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

What To Expect

Santa Prisca de Taxco

After hotel pickup, the first half of the excursion will take place in the colonial city of Taxco. You will board a private vehicle and start driving there. Taxco is situated in the mountains in the very heart of the country. It was declared a World Heritage city by the UNESCO. Thanks to strict building laws, new buildings have to preserve the same Spanish baroque architecture style to keep the atmosphere of the past.

You'll walk around the and admire its colonial style, such as the Temple of Santa Prisca, a church of more than 250 years old, built in the New World Baroque style that is an icon of the town. Learn from your guide about why it is the oldest mining center of the continent and how its silver mines have existed since the colonization. Today, in almost every corner of the town there are shops where you can buy silver jewelry produced in the region.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Xochicalco

After hotel pickup, the first half of the excursion will take place in the colonial city of Taxco. You will board a private vehicle and start driving there. Taxco is situated in the mountains in the very heart of the country. It was declared a World Heritage city by the UNESCO. Thanks to strict building laws, new buildings have to preserve the same Spanish baroque architecture style to keep the atmosphere of the past.

You will then head to Xochicalco that in nahuatl language means “Place of flowers.” This is also a World Heritage city, declared by the UNESCO. The most emblematic building in this ancient ceremonial center is the Temple of the feathered Snake because of the recognized reliefs of the ancient Mesoamerica. The Acropolis is also located here. You'll also see the astronomical observatory that was built to study the movement of the sun. Inside this observatory, a hallway and a large chamber with more than eight meters, allows the penetration of sun rays projecting on the floor of the cave a hexagon.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

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