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Private Tour Cacaxtla and Tlaxcala

By Mexico Tour Freelance
10 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is £119 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Discover the rich cultural heritage of Tlaxcala on this private full-day tour with hotel pickup and drop-off. Travel in complete comfort and enjoy a personalised experience for history and art lovers.

Your tour begins at the Cacaxtla Archaeological Zone, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved pre-Hispanic murals, which reveal the artistic and political power of this Mesoamerican culture.
Continue to the majestic Basilica of Ocotlán, a jewel of Mexican Baroque architecture and one of the most important churches in the state.

In the Historic Centre of Tlaxcala, you will visit the Government Palace of Tlaxcala, with murals that tell the storey of Tlaxcalan identity, as well as the historic Jorge “El Ranchero” Aguilar Bullring, considered the first bullring in the Americas, and the emblematic baptismal font located in the former Franciscan complex.

A comprehensive experience that combines archaeology, colonial art, and living tradition in one unforgettable day.

Activity location

  • The Cacaxtla Archeological Site
    • Perimetral Circuit, Nativitas, Tlaxcala
    • 90720, Nativitas Municipality, Tlaxcala, Mexico

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • The Cacaxtla Archeological Site
    • Perimetral Circuit, Nativitas, Tlaxcala
    • 90720, Nativitas Municipality, Tlaxcala, Mexico

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English Tour
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 08:00
Price details
£119.11 x 2 Adults£238.22
Total
Price is £238.22
Tour en Español
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Tour en Español
Pickup included

Starting time: 08:00
Price details
£178.67 x 2 Adults£357.34
Total
Price is £357.34

What's included, what's not

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    Tickets
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    Hotel pickup and drop-off
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    Bottled water
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    Driver and guide
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    Food and drinks
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    Tip

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

The Cacaxtla Archeological Site

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
The archaeological investigations carried out in the eastern section of the site since its discovery in the 1970s, an area known as Cacaxtla, reveal one of the most important societies that developed in the Epiclassic period (650-900 AD) of Mesoamerica. Its power achieved political, military and economic hegemony in a large part of the Puebla-Tlaxcala valley after the fall of Teotihuacan and Cholula, achieving long-distance trade relations with distant regions such as the Gulf Coast and the Basin of Mexico. Among its vestiges highlights the Great Basamento, a large architectural complex of superimposed and attached structures that feature sophisticated mural paintings, unique in their class, in the so-called Temple of Venus, Red Temple, Mural of the Battle and Portico A. Due to the need To protect the valuable paintings, in the 1980s a wide roof of around 10,000 m2 was placed on the medullar section of the Great Basamento.

Centro Historico de Tlaxcala

  • 1h
The historical centre of Tlaxcala is the area of historical monuments of the city of Tlaxcala declared by the National Institute of Anthropology and History as built patrimony of the nation.

Palacio de gobierno de Tlaxcala

  • 1h
The Government Palace of the State of Tlaxcala was built in 1545; It was the residence of Luis de Moscoso, Corregidor of the Province of Tlaxcala. The original building, has been identified as a sample of the Portuguese Mudejar, suffered significant damage with the earthquake of 1711 and had to be rebuilt. In the interior the ground floor presents / displays reduced arches, on columns both in carved stone; the walls of the arcade and the stairs are covered with fresco murals by the Tlaxcaltecan painter Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin, which represent fundamental scenes of the Tlaxcalan history.

Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Ocotlan

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
This jewel, built between the 17th and 18th centuries, is located on the top of a hill. It is one of the most beautiful examples of Puebla-Tlaxcala baroque.

Location

Activity location

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    The Cacaxtla Archeological Site
    • Perimetral Circuit, Nativitas, Tlaxcala
    • 90720, Nativitas Municipality, Tlaxcala, Mexico

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    The Cacaxtla Archeological Site
    • Perimetral Circuit, Nativitas, Tlaxcala
    • 90720, Nativitas Municipality, Tlaxcala, Mexico

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