Private Tour: Tula and Tepotzotlan Day Trip from Mexico City
Why we love it?
The Private Tour: Tula and Tepotzotlan Day Trip from Mexico City offers a comprehensive exploration of Mexico's rich history and archaeology over a span of seven hours. This experience is ideal for history enthusiasts and travelers seeking a deeper understanding of Mexico's cultural heritage. Participants will visit the Tula Archaeological Zone, known for its impressive Toltec ruins, as well as the Virreynato Museum, which showcases the colonial period's art and history. With a local guide providing insights and bottled water included for comfort, this tour combines educational value with the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off from selected locations.
Inclusions
- Bottled water
- Local guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
- Tickets of the Archaeological Zone of Tula
- Virreynato Museum Tickets
- Private transportationLounch
Exclusions
- Drinks at Restaurant
- Gratuities
Itinerary
Museums of the Viceroyalty
The National Museum of the Viceroyalty is a museum complex in Mexico located in the old Colegio de San Francisco Javier in Tepotzotlán. It is dedicated to the exhibition, dissemination and investigation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
This complex was built by the Jesuits starting in the 1580s. Three learning centers were founded here: a school to teach indigenous languages to Jesuit evangelists, a school for indigenous children and the Colegio de San Francisco Javier, to train to the Jesuit fathers. The complex is made up of three sections: the school area, with bedrooms, library, kitchen, chapel, etc .; the Church of San Francisco Javier; and the Church of San Pedro Apóstol.
Tula Archaeological Zone
Tula Known as "Place of tules-Near the place of the jicotes" Great City near the Xicoc hill was the capital of the Toltec state, which developed in central Mexico during the early postclassic period of Mesoamerica. In this city the The main political power of the valleys of Mexico and Puebla-Tlaxcala between the 10th and 12th centuries of our era. Its influence reached as far away as the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. It should not be confused with the mythological site called Tōllān , whose identification with Tollan-Xicocotitlan has been questioned in recent texts.
The first evidences of the occupation of the Tollan-Xicocotitlan site correspond to the end of the Early Classic Period (II-VIII century AD). At this time, the city of Teotihuacan - the main political and economic center of central Mesoamerica - began its process of decline, yielding its hegemony to other city-states that flourished during the Epiclassic
Please Note
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Not suitable for pets
- No public transportation nearby
- We have Coverage in all the places of the city of Mexico, Hotels, Airbnb.
Know Before You Go
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
