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Private Tour to Cholula and Puebla

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Duration

7 to 8 hours

Group Size

1 to 15 people

Ages

3 - 99 yrs

Languages

English

Tour Overview

This is a full day tour to two beautiful and important historical sites: Cholula and Puebla, which is only 2 hours from Mexico City. Visit the impressive archaeological zone of Cholula, considered one of the largest in the world since it was built on a natural elevation; Furthermore, this site is a sample of the fusion between two cultures. You will continue your tour visiting the Church of Santa María Tonantzintla, this Franciscan temple is extremely interesting because it is an example of the "Indigenous Baroque". Continuing with this adventure you will arrive at the center of the capital of Puebla recognized as a World Heritage City, a site full of interesting monuments and historical data, here you will have the opportunity to visit the Cathedral and the Rosario Chapel, considered the eighth wonder of the world . The Palafoxiana Library is a bibliographic facility in the city of Puebla, founded by Bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza in 1646. It was the first public library in America

Additional information

Specialized infant seats are available
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Pickup

Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.

What's included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Private tour

Bottled water

Lunch

Driver/guide

Other

Gratuities

Itinerary

Stop 1: 1 hours

The Archaeological Zone of Cholula has three areas enabled for its public visit, firstly the Site Museum of the Archaeological Zone of Cholula with its three permanent exhibition halls; secondly, the route inside the tunnel inside the Great Pyramid that consists of approximately 280 meters of route in the same plane, artificially illuminated and without risks that the visitor may get lost, and finally the so-called open area of the Archaeological Zone of Cholula constituted by the ceremonial patios of the south and the west of the Great Pyramid of Cholula.

Stop 2: 0.5 hours

The church of Santa María Tonantzintla was declared a historical monument on November 11, 1933; It has four constructive stages that go from s. XVII to XX. It has a simple façade that seems not to announce the profusion of elements that are inside, presenting sculptures of clear indigenous manufacture in three niches at the front, and four in the tower, representing the evangelists carrying the message of God to the four directions.

Stop 3: 0.5 hours

The Cathedral Basilica of Puebla, as it is known to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception according to its Marian advocation, is the episcopal seat of the Archdiocese of Puebla. It is one of the most important buildings of the historic center declared a World Heritage Site. It has the prerogative of being the first sumptuous temple that under good designs was made in America, consecrated in 1649 it went ahead to the Metropolitan of Mexico that was dedicated in 1653.

Stop 4: 0.5 hours

The chapel of the Virgen del Rosario is the chapel attached to the Temple of Santo Domingo in the city of Puebla, Mexico. Work of the seventeenth century, the peak of the baroque novohispano, was described at the time as the House of Gold, as well as the eighth wonder of the world by Fray Diego de Gorozpe, in a form of 1690.

Stop 5: 0.5 hours

The creation of this library was approved by royal decree in December 1647 and reconfirmed by Pope Innocent X in 1648. For more than 360 years, the Palafoxiana Library, has been based in the Old College of San Juan within the Seminary founded by Palafox and Mendoza. Although the construction of the vault, as it is in our days was made in 1773, by Bishop Francisco Fabián y Fuero, who ordered the first two floors of the bookshelf to be erected, which is a fine work of the New Spain cabinetmakers They worked harmoniously the woods of ayacahuite, polocote and cedar. From this period dates the delicate altarpiece where the effigy of the Madonna of Trapani is located, oil that is presumed to be made taking as a model the sculpture that Nino Pisano made of the Virgin in the 14th century. Later, in the nineteenth century, a third level was placed because the number of volumes that were in the library had increased, 4 in fact the library has 45 058 old books.

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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Tickets

Adult (10 - 99 years)

Minimum: 2, Maximum: 15

Infant (3 - 9 years)

Minimum: 0, Maximum: 15