State of Mexico Travel Guide
The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
The State of Mexico wraps around Mexico City on three sides, and it holds one of the country's greatest sites: Teotihuacan, the City of the Gods, sits in this state, not in the capital. Most visitors see it as a day trip from Mexico City without realising they have crossed a state line.
Beyond Teotihuacan: Valle de Bravo's lake and paragliding, the Aztec rock temple of Malinalco, the Nevado de Toluca volcano, and the monarch butterfly sanctuaries on the Michoacan border.
Destinations in State of Mexico
TeotihuacanThe City of the Gods: Pyramids of the Sun and Moon on the Avenue of the Dead. UNESCO-listed.
MalinalcoThe Aztec temple carved into the rock face (Cuauhcalli) above a pretty town.
Valle de BravoThe lake town: paragliding, the waterfall at Velo de Novia, weekend crowds from the capital.
Nevado de TolucaThe 4,680-metre volcano with crater lakes, driveable most of the way up.
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Regional food
- Chorizo toluqueno: the region's famous sausage
- Valle de Bravo trout by the lake
Getting there
Teotihuacan is reached by bus from Mexico City's Autobuses del Norte (about an hour). Valle de Bravo is 2 hours from Mexico City; Toluca airport (TLC) serves low-cost domestic flights.