Teotihuacan (teh-oh-tih-wah-KAN) is definitely one of the must-see-attractions near Mexico City, and it is the place where the huge Pirmides del Sol y de la Luna [Pyramids of the Sun and of the Moon] are located.

Teotihuacan with an Enkidu personal Guide

Relaxed exploration of the two sites at your own pace without any fixed schedules, with an Enkidu Personal Guide as a knowledgeable and multilingual travel companion.

Departure Mexico City: ca 8:30 - 9:00 am

(if you would like the guide to pick you up at a hotel, please inform us in advance)

Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan has remained a mysterious place despite several interesting findings in recent decades. Teotihuacan is less mysterious today than 20 or 50 years ago, but even now, after a century of professional archaeological excavations, basic questions like the ethnicity or linguistic affiliation of the people who once constructed the magnificent ruins and lived, loved and laughed in the first true metropolis in the western hemisphere are still unresolved.

Already in Aztec times, Teotihuacan had been mainly a ghost town for several centuries and the enormous and monumental ruins gave inspiration to many colourful and exiting legends. Important parts of Nahua mythology came to be related to the ruins. This was the place where the gods were created and the gods later had created the first human beings of this era. The name is Nahatl and means “The Place of the Gods”, which is the designation the Aztecs used for the ruins in the 16^th century. We do not know its original name. This ruin site, which your Enkidu Personal Guide will bring closer to you was constructed in a valley in a mountainous area, about 2200 meters above sea level and it is surrounded by several majestic high volcanic erections. 

Lunch

After an exploration of the ruins, and an introduction to their history and significance, the guide will take you to the small town San Juan Teotihuacan just outside the ruins, where it will be time for lunch before you continue to Acolman. The little town has an interesting early colonial church. If time permits, a visit here as well as in a local pulqueria is highly recommended.

Acolman

At the time of the Spanish conquest, Acolman was one of the most important towns of the Acolhua people, and the seat of a local noble house. After the forced Christianisation, the Augustinians constructed a mission here and the monastery and several churches were build. Local Indian artists were requested to decorate the ecclesiastical buildings and court yards resulting in a number of quite interesting art works reflecting the interaction between indigenous and Christian-European forms of artistic expression.