 Getting here
From the airport in Mexico City, there are direct Pullman de Morelos buses to Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. After you clear customs and ...
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CUERNAVACA is located in the state of Morelos some sixty miles south of México City. Cuernavaca is known as the "City of Eternal Spring". It is very modern city with a definite Mexican flavor, and since Aztec times has been a favorite vacation and weekend retreat. Cuernavaca is a word in Nahuatl, originally Cuauhanahuac , which means 'close to the trees'. Cortes built a palace here in 1526, and now it is a museum. Many famous historical people, like the Emperor Maximilian and his wife, have lived in this beautiful city. The climate is wonderful - average year round temperatures are from 70 to the 80's during the day. Winters offer sunny and dry weather, the summer months often bring evening showers.
Instituto Chac-Mool is located in a residential area of Cuernavaca, walking distance to a variety of shops and businesses such as laundries, internet cafes, gym, restaurants, pharmacies, and grocers. From the Spanish school you may walk south to the commercial center of town (including zocalo and historical sights). For those not wanting to walk buses are frequent and inexpensive. |
WHAT TO DO IN CUERNAVACA
Cuernavaca is very modern city with a definite Mexican flavor where every day there is something new to do. The city offers a wide range of cultural and recreational activities: museums, haciendas, churches, restaurants with typical Mexican and International cuisine, libraries, night clubs, discos, water parks, racquet sports, golf courses, bowling alley, etc. Historical sights, archeological zones and interesting towns surround Cuernavaca. Adventure, fun, excitement - and especially a great historic legacy - are some of the many things that will make your Spanish program in Cuernavaca an unforgettable experience.
Popular sights in Cuernavaca include:
- Cuauhnahuac Region Museum (Cortez Palace)
- Borda Garden
- Cathedral Franciscan Convent of La Asunción
- Traditional Medicine Museum
- Parque Natural Las Estacas
- Robert Brady House and Museum
- El Calvairo Spire
- El Castillito
- Amanalco Ravines
- San Anton Waterfall
- Teopanzolco
- Jungla Magica Chapultepec Park
- Diego Rivera Murals
- Museo la Tallera Siqueiros
- Municipal Palace
- Mercado de Artesanías
Sights near Cuernavaca (distance in Kilometers):
- Tepoztlán and the Tepozteco Pyramid (21)
- Xochicalco (38)
- Cuautla (42)
- Jojutla's Aquatic Parks and Hot Springs (44)
- Zempoala Lagoons (47)
- La Lucha por la Tierra Museum (48)
- Tequesquitengo Lake (50)
- Tlayacapan Regional Museum (53)
- Revolution of the South Museum (63)
- Chalcatzingo (68)
- Caves of Cacahuamilpa (80)
- Taxco (80)
- Mexico City (85)
- Puebla (175)
- Acapulco (315)
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