Morelos Travel Guide
The Tepozteco pyramid above Tepoztlan, Morelos. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Morelos is the weekend escape from Mexico City: Cuernavaca, the city of eternal spring, sits about 90 minutes south in a warm valley full of haciendas turned hotels. The state is small but dense with things to see.
Tepoztlan is the mystical mountain town beneath the Tepozteco pyramid. Xochicalco's hilltop ruins are UNESCO-listed. The Ruta de los Conventos links 16th-century monasteries, several of them UNESCO-listed, across the state's villages.
Destinations in Morelos
Tepoztlan and El TepoztecoThe pueblo magico beneath the pyramid: climb to the Tepozteco temple for the valley view.
XochicalcoThe fortified hilltop city with the Temple of the Feathered Serpent. UNESCO-listed.
Ruta de los ConventosThe 16th-century monasteries of the Popocatepetl slopes, UNESCO-listed, including Tepoztlan's.
CuernavacaThe city of eternal spring: Cortes's palace (now a museum), the cathedral and the Borda Garden.
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Top Cities & towns in Morelos
Regional food
- Cecina de Yecapixtla: the region's salted grilled beef
- Tacos acorazados: the rice-stuffed tacos of Cuernavaca
- Nieve and craft beer in Tepoztlan's market
Getting there
Cuernavaca is about 90 minutes by bus from Mexico City's Taxquena terminal. Tepoztlan is 30 minutes from Cuernavaca; Xochicalco about an hour southwest of the capital.