Private Day Tour of Xochicalco Archaeological Site and Cuernavaca

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Enjoy a private day trip from Mexico City and visit the town of Cuernavaca, known as the ‘city of eternal spring.’ Then head over to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site of Xochicalco. Through this private guided tour, you’ll learn about the importance and history of both of these places and have an exciting full day.

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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Mexico City, Mexico
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours

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Enjoy a private day trip from Mexico City and visit the town of Cuernavaca, known as the ‘city of eternal spring.’ Then head over to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site of Xochicalco. Through this private guided tour, you’ll learn about the importance and history of both of these places and have an exciting full day.

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Stop At: Archaeological Zone of Xochicalco, Carretera Federal Xochicalco Tetlama, sin numero Xochicalco, Municipio de Miacatlan, Morelos, Cuernavaca 62605 Mexico

Xochicalco is an example of the epoch known as Epiclassic (700-900 AD) characterized by the emergence of cities in central Mexico after the decline of the Teotihuacan city and the power vacuum left by it. This period is characterized by a series of events that give way to the foundation of Tula, after a series of migrations of groups living in central Mexico. Fact that coincides with the abandonment of the sites of northern Mesoamerica and the collapse of the Mayan cities of the lowlands of the center and the south.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Garden Borda Cultural Center, Avenida Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon 271, Cuernavaca 62000 Mexico

El Jardín Borda is a historical museum located in the city of Cuernavaca and is located in what used to be the summer mansion of the wealthy Taxco miner José de la Borda

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Robert Brady Museum, Calle Netzahualcoyotl # 4, Cuernavaca 62000 Mexico

The Robert Brady Museum is located in downtown Cuernavaca, Morelos state, next to the city’s cathedral. The museum focuses on the dissemination of the personal collection of around one thousand three hundred works of art that Robert Brady acquired throughout his life.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Palacio de Cortes, Calle Francisco Leyva 100, Cuernavaca 62040 Mexico

Panoramic View of the Palace of Cortés is a 16th century Spanish civil palace, a historic monument located in Cuernavaca, Morelos, ordered by Hernán Cortés to be built in the years immediately following the Conquest of Mexico.

Duration: 20 minutes

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