[prisna-google-website-translator] Teotihuacan pyramids site has been one of my favorite archeological sites of Mexico. It hasn’t the details of Palenque or the surrounding jungle of Calakmul, it is simply MASSIVE, and these huge pyramids can face their sisters in Egypt.
We had only one long day in Mexico City, landing at 5.30 am and leaving at 8 pm, so we decided to do an half day visit to Teotihuacan and spend the rest of the day in Mexico City.
To make things easier, we rented a driver for picking up at the airport (at 6.30am) and bring us to the site, and then back to the city at around noon. We used this car service, which I find reliable, for around 140USD just driver, and 160 USD with the “guide”: just take the car, you can find guides on the site, which I strongly recommend you.
Once we arrived on the site, the sky was full of hot air balloons, and the sun was rising behind them, truly a beautiful sights. We didn’t do it, but it looks amazing to view sunrise on Teotihuacan!
The Pyramid of the Sun is connected to the Pyramid of the Moon by a huge avenue, called avenue of the Dead. This is an aerial shot of the pyramid of the sun, which I truly love:
You can actually climb up to the top and see all the site:
And taking selfies with a super extra long selfie stick (a new gadget I bought for the occasion, even if my long hatred against selfie stick…)
From the sky you can see the huge avenue crossing though the site:
You can’t climb up the pyramid of the moon, just getting to a mid-way platform, which faces the avenue of the dead.
As you can see from the shots, the sky was full of hot air balloons, making the place even more magical.
Next to the pyramid of the moon, and on the way to the exit of the site, you can’t miss the Palace of Quetzalpapálotl, which still has colors and painting of over 2000 years old!
Next to it, there are some underground excavations where you can spot the original colors of the whole archeological site.
Back in Mexico City, we had just time for devouring tacos and see the main spots, which are all round Plaza de la Constitucion/ Zocalo. Here you can visit the Templo Mayor, an amazing archeological site which has been buried for centuries below the new city of the Spanish, built on top of the ancient one. There is a parte above ground, with wall built by hundreds of skulls:
And a beautiful museum where the best pieces are preserved:
Last the National Palace (free entrance, quite a long line), where you can see the amazing murals of artist Diego Rivera (also husband of Frida Kahlo), that shows the history of Mexico, with also the slaughtering of local population at the time of the spanish conquistadors.
Palacio Nacional Diego Rivera mural Enrico Pescantini travel photographer 2
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