Tour of Teotihuacan with an Archaeologist. Morning or afternoon.

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9 hours (approximately)
Offered in: Spanish

This tour is ideal for both starting and ending your visit to Mexico. First because you will have an overview of ancient Mexico that will serve as an introduction to what you will see in the following sites of your trip. Secondly, because with our guide you will get the best archaeological and anthropological information in the history of Mexico, with which you can concrete everything you saw during your visits to other sites of your trip.
Our tour is led by an archaeologist specializing in Teotihuacan, with 26 years of experience and multiple diplomas and courses related to archaeology, we are sure that your experience in Teotihuacan will be unique and memorable.

What's Included

Tourist van with comfortable and reclining seats
Access to the archaeological site
Lunch
Dinner

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
You can choose from multiple locations at checkout.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 9 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    Considered as one of the most beautiful pre-Hispanic buildings in Mexico. It is decorated with sculptures, weighing one tonne, depicting heads of snakes and rain deity; as well as reliefs of rattlesnakes, shells and sea snails. It was built around 250 AD and destroyed and buried by the Teotihuacans themselves in 350 AD.

    40 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 2

    Considered to be the third largest building in antiquity. It is 65 m high and 240 - 245 m at its base. Its construction took about 150 years, from the beginning of our era to 150. It is considered to be the center of a "horizon calendar", because its axes are aligned to sunrises and sunsets on specific dates, as well as solstices, dividing the solar year into two periods of 52 and two of 130 days.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 3

    One of the most important Pyramids of the city, whose axes align with the planet venus and the Moon, which allows to associate it with a feminine character. It has a height of 45 m and base 130 m per side.

    20 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 4

    It is a housing complex of the Teotihuacan elite where one of the great examples of pre-Hispanic mural painting in Mexico is located. The art of mural painting in Teotihuacan has been very important to know the thought of the ancient inhabitants of the place, since to date it has not been possible to decipher a possible writing code.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 5

    With our guide you will know the original pieces found during more than 100 years of excavations in Teotihuacan.

    40 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 6

    One of the 2200 housing units that existed in the ancient city. Here we will see wall painting with representations of warriors

    30 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 7

    Housing set with wall painting. Excellent paintings that tell us about the thought and religion of Teotihuacan culture, where we can appreciate their relations with the Maya of Central America

    30 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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