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Puebla and Cholula Day Trip from Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico
From $58.00
Price varies by group size
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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
- 10 to 12 hours
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover architectural wonders on this guided day trip to Cholula and Puebla from Mexico City. Inside Cholula’s archaeological zone, feast your eyes on Pirámide Tepanapa, or the Great Pyramid, the world’s largest—even bigger in volume than Cheops in Egypt! Wind your way through the UNESCO-listed city of Puebla, home to gorgeous tiled buildings and Mexican Baroque churches, including the Church of Santo Domingo and Chapel of the Rosary. Bonus: hotel transport and lunch are included.
- Day trip to Puebla and Cholula from Mexico City
- Explore the archaeological zone of Cholula
- Enjoy guided visits of Talavera and onyx factories
- Hotel pickup and drop-off and lunch included
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Bilingual tour guide (English and Spanish)
- Gratuities
- Beverages at lunch
- Hotel pickup and drop-off for hotels outside the pickup zone
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Meeting point
- Av. de la República 154, Tabacalera, Cuauhtémoc, 06030 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Pickup points
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Start time
09:00 AM
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Pickup details
Pick up available on the next hotels: Hyatt Regency Camino Real Polanco W Mexico City Presidente Intercontinental Polanco JW Marriott Hotel Mexico City Fiesta Americana Grand Chapultepec Four Seasons Hotel Hotel Geneve Hotel & Suites PF Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel & Towers Hotel Century Zona Rosa NH Mexico City Reforma Royal Zona Rosa Galeria Plaza Reforma Hotel Plaza Florencia Ibis Styles Mexico Zona Rosa Hotel del Principado Hotel City Express EBC Reforma City Express Plus Reforma El Ángel Ciudad de México Eurostars Suites Reforma Holiday Inn Express Mexico Zona Rosa LAILA (antes Casa Inn) Hotel Misión Express Zona Rosa Room Mate Valentina Hotel Metropol Hotel San Francisco Centro Histórico Hilton Mexico City Reforma Hotel Marlowe Best Western Hotel Majestic Hotel Ibis México Alameda Gran Hotel Ciudad de México Hotel Ritz Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel Zócalo Central Historico Central Hotel NH Centro Historico One Ciudad De México Alameda Fiesta Inn Centro Histórico Hotel Emporio Reforma Hotel Premier Fiesta Americana Reforma Le Méridien Mexico City Hotel Lepanto City Express Alameda Hotel Casa Blanca Sevilla Palace Hotel Plaza Suites Hotel Barceló Reforma Hotel Plaza Revolucion Hotel Fontan Reforma Hotel Regente City Hotel Imperial Customers must call to confirm the exact pick-up time, because it's prior the activity starts from 15 to 60 minutes before. Unfortunately, we are not allow to pick you up on apartment building or private residences. If you are not hosted in one of the hotels before mentioned or you are staying in a Airbnb please make your way to the meeting point located at De La Republica Avenue 154, Tabacalera, 06030. Near to Monumento a la Revolucion, behind Barceló Reforma hotel, in front of ISSSTE building. After your pick up, you will be transferred to our main departure point to be integrated to your tour.
What To Expect
After hotel pickup from Mexico City, travel with your guide southeast to Cholula, just outside of Puebla. Head inside Cholula’s Archaeology (Park Zona Arqueológica) and visit the world’s largest pyramid — the Great Pyramid of Cholula, aka Tlachihualtepetl, towering at 180 feet (55 meters) with a square base of 1,300 feet (396 meters).
From the pyramid base, look up to see the Church of Our Lady of the Remedies perched on the summit. Hear about how Hernan Cortes ordered the construction of 365 churches on this site, one for every day of the year.
Then, your guide takes you to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Puebla, a city where buildings are sculpted out of freestone and covered with painted ceramic tiles. The charming city boasts 70 churches in its historic district alone. Swing by the 16th-century Church of Santo Domingo, whose plain gray and pink exterior belies the opulence inside. Next, visit the Chapel of the Rosary, part of the Church of Santo Domingo and once considered the eighth wonder of the art world. Admire the gilded stucco inside this example of Mexican Baroque architecture.
Gaze at the serene-blue Convent of Santa Monica, now the home of the Museum of Religious Art. Finally, visit onyx and Talavera ceramics factories, and learn about how these artisanal items are crafted, before enjoying transport back to your hotel.
From the pyramid base, look up to see the Church of Our Lady of the Remedies perched on the summit. Hear about how Hernan Cortes ordered the construction of 365 churches on this site, one for every day of the year.
Then, your guide takes you to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Puebla, a city where buildings are sculpted out of freestone and covered with painted ceramic tiles. The charming city boasts 70 churches in its historic district alone. Swing by the 16th-century Church of Santo Domingo, whose plain gray and pink exterior belies the opulence inside. Next, visit the Chapel of the Rosary, part of the Church of Santo Domingo and once considered the eighth wonder of the art world. Admire the gilded stucco inside this example of Mexican Baroque architecture.
Gaze at the serene-blue Convent of Santa Monica, now the home of the Museum of Religious Art. Finally, visit onyx and Talavera ceramics factories, and learn about how these artisanal items are crafted, before enjoying transport back to your hotel.
Capilla del Rosario, Templo de Santo Domingo
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Capilla del Rosario, Templo de Santo Domingo
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Great Pyramid of Cholula
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- - It is not advisable to book a tour on the same day of the departure of a flight, since we cannot be responsible for the loss of the flight, for any tour delay
- • Please consider it is a shared service with bilingual guide, not exclusive English or Spanish language, depending on the number of participants of each language.
- -Transportation will be according to the number of passengers by car, van or bus.
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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svetlana_g
We had an amazing time in Puebla and Cholula.
Jaime is a great tour guide. He knows what he is talking about, we felt safe with him. He showed us many things. He was so helpful. We recommend Jaime for a tour.
Reviews
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Ty_P, Apr 2024
The hotel pick up worked perfectly with both driver and guide eager to answer questions about things we saw along the way to the assembly point.
The drive to Puebla was about 2+ hours each way and took us through a part of Mexico City we won't rush to but accentuated the sheer size and scope of one of the largest cities in the world. Once we left the valley, we drove on a highway that took us through pine forests and evidence of multiple wildland fires before dropping down into the Puebla area. The tour planned a rest break in both directions at the 80-90 minute mark - essential for older travelers like us.
Stops included a unique church, and the Aztec historical site before heading to a late lunch at the Hotel Colonial which was a historical landmark. The lunch was average but we got very attentive service.
We then took a walking tour of downtown Puebla and walked through their version of Barcelona's La Rambla including a stop at a world famous ceramics factory.
Gaby, our guide, was a wealth of information throughout the day and helped us find our way back to our hotel because the Historic Quarter streets were block due to a free concert in Zocalo, very close to our Hampton Inns hotel.
The tour includes more walking than you might expect (3+ miles).
Gaby was one of the best and most attentive guides we have had when visiting 40+ countries. Ask for her when you can.
While the day was long, we felt it was a highlight of our 10 days in Mexico City.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, we are glad that you had a fantastic time with the assistance of Gabriela, our professional guide .
Your comments are much appreciated and will help other travelers to choose and experience our tours.
Best!
Nena_K, Oct 2023
Horribly disorganized! Awful communication between driver and guide. We wasted at least 3 hours waiting for the bus (20min one stop; 40 at another; up to an hour at the final stop). We were rushed through the archaeological site and then waited more than 30 min on the sidewalk for the bus to come. The tour could have been amazing but what I assume was bad communication between the guide and driver made for a frustrating day
Response from Host, Oct 2023
At Mexitours our greatest interest is the satisfaction of the clients who kindly hire our services. We have received with great regret the comments of your service tour to Puebla and Cholula last weekend. The reality is that no apology or comment will be enough to repair the bad time you have had passed at your trip, however it is essential to highlight that in Mexitours, our staff involved is committed to offering a careful and quality service, based on respect and attention as always. Apparently everything stemmed from a lack of communication between the tour guide in charge of his service and the driver and the lack of mention at the beginning of your tour that you may wait for a while for the rest of the passengers in the group . We are committed and working to eradicate this type of painful situations in future services.
John_E, Aug 2023
A professional driver and energetic and knowledgeable guide took us on a journey of discovery through the beautiful colorful and colonial city of Puebla and the intriguing Pre-Columbian ruins at Cholula. The drive over the mountains was also spectacular!
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, we are glad that you had a fantastic.
Your comments are much appreciated and will help other travelers to choose and experience our tours.
Best!
Kai_H, Apr 2023
I will not recommend this tour at all.The tour guide sent me an email stating to pick up from the hotel at 8:30, but did not show up interest 9:15. Then we had to walk 10 mins to the bus. The bus left at 9:40. Then we arrived at the first site close to 1:00 pm. Three persons were missing and we waited extra an hour. The bus did not return untill 10:30 pm. The actual tour time is about 3 hours maximum. To be fair the guide tried his best. Unfortunately most people in group speak spanish. The three missing persons did not speak spanish, neither us. This is one of the reasons they were not able to follow llthe group and left in the first site. I really feel sorry for them. I am not able to imagine how they get back to Mexico City.
Response from Host, Apr 2023
Dear Kai.
Thanks for your comments. Unfortunatley we had some trafic and for this you had to walked at our meting point, and as you mentioned 3 people not stay on time and the guide try to find them, and we talked whit them but they preffered to come back to Mexico city. This situation affected the logistic of the tour.
Have a nice day.
william_j, Jan 2023
Let’s start with the bad related to this tour. We were picked up at our hotel at 8.15 and did not get back until after 8pm as traffic out of Mexico City is horrible, and no fault of the tour company. It makes for an incredibly long day when the tour is not great to begin with.
We arrived at Cholula ruins and cathedral at noon. If you want to see pyramids do the tour of Teotihuacan which are more impressive. Our guide wanted our group to vote on whether to take free time to climb to top of pyramid where cathedral is located. This was after we were promised free time on the site, and I’m sorry but it is disrespectful not ask for a vote when the best thing at Cholula is the view from the top. Very disrespectful and we would have told guide to grow up if we had not been able to ascend the pyramid to see cathedral.
Next was off to Puebla where we spent over an hour in the van with high heat and no air conditioner access. The guide said sorry he didn’t know. That should be a rule of thumb to check van equipment before putting people in essentially an oven at mid day. We arrive in Puebla for the included lunch which was lackluster to say the least. Not impressed. You get dry baked chicken, or two small slices of tough pork cutlet, or mole poblano which does not describe its with chicken quarters. The ice cream at end was cheap and disgusting. The onion soup and bread were the best items offered.
We then had a quick walk through town to a cathedral were our guide asked another guide to give a tour and then asked our group to top the guy, pretty unprofessional for a tour guide to ask a group to tip someone else and then he seemed upset with the Latina women who wouldn’t tip on the group, and tried to call them back saying, “chicas!”
We were the taken to a talavera to see pottery video and to buy items. That is all this is about….a push for tourists to buy.
The tour promises you will see onyx factories and the guide pretended to not know what we were asking when we inquired. The tour group should not include in this description if not being offered.
It takes about two and a half hours to get back to Mexico city. That’s the time so nothing to complain about.
The bus speaker system is staticky and still needs replacement.
The good thing is on the drive you see volcanoes that likely will be smoking and Cholula is beautiful view at the top. The best part of the tour was when it was over. I’m glad this was not our first tour or experience in Mexico city.
Best recommendation, do something besides this tour.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Dear William,
Thank you for your comments and points to review. Your opinion is very important to us.
First of all, we want you to receive our most sincere apologies for the inconvenience in the unit. The unit that went on tour that day was new and assured that the technical failures it presented were reported so that this does not happen again.
Regarding what you mention about our guide, rest assured that all our guides are certified and with the knowledge to tour.
We regret that the food was not to your liking since Puebla is known for its delicious food.
Once again, we appreciate your comments and assure you that we take your observations into account to improve every day as a company and provide you with better service.
Devin_H, Jan 2023
We were picked up and went to a place were several other buses had picked up passengers for various tours. Apparently, one driver didn't show up for work which meant more waiting to pick up more passengers as well as one less bus. The company took a full hour to figure out how to do their schedules and we had to go back to their main terminal to change into a larger bus. Because of this, we saw almost nothing in Puebla as they ran out of time.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Dear Devin,
We appreciate your comment.
We are sorry for the inconvenience presented in your tour of Puebla and Cholula. There was a problem in our system and a reservation didn't appear, this caused more passengers than what appeared in the system, and for that reason we had to change the unit so that everyone was comfortable since the tour of Puebla and Cholula takes the whole day.
Please receive our sincere apologies and we hope you will give us the opportunity to improve your experience with us on your next visit to Mexico.
Rosario_P, Jan 2023
The trip was very nice. We could visit Choula piramid as well as the nice city of Puebla, which is really worth a visit. Very nice places and guide.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, we are glad that you had a fantastic time.
Your comments are much appreciated and will help other travelers to choose and experience our tours.
Best!
Dara_O, Nov 2022
We were supposed to have been picked up from our hotel at 9am, it was confirmed in writing. We were waiting from 8.40 until 9.20am, at which point we called, but were told that the pick up had already happened at 8 ish, this mistake on their part could have been resolved if someone had just called as we were waiting at the hotel. we asked for a refund over the phone, and were told this would be organised, its a month later so i have asked again via the website and the operator said they wouldn't honor it. looking at other reviews it seems this happens all the time... is this a scam?? I will now have to try reporting it to my credit card provider. Very expensive mistake, should have read the reviews
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Dear Dara_O,
Thank you for your comment.
We have analyzed your situation, in each reservation the data such as: hotel, phone, date are requested.
Having the information, we contacted by Viator informing us if it is "meeting point", by sending the address and time. Our tours leave at 09:00 - 09:10 hrs we can't wait any longer out of respect for our tourists. We would like you to give us the opportunity to personally address your situation and follow up on it.
Contact: atencionaclientes@mexitours.com.mx
Kyle_H, Sep 2022
My husband and I were incredibly excited to go on this tour, but unfortunately we never made it. We picked up at 8:15 and driven to another location where we were supposed to meet up with the tour bus. The tour was scheduled to begin at 9am. The tour operators spent a long time walking around and talking on the phone before they finally returned and asked us if we would be okay sitting in the front and middle seats of another bus, next to the driver. They essentially wanted to fit us onto a different bus so they wouldn't have to take a second one. We agreed to this, however, the second bus never came. Eventually, we were told the second bus was going to pick us up from a different location, so we were driven there. Once we arrived to that location, we again had to wait around on the bus that was supposedly picking us up. The tour operator was on the phone a lot again and didn't seem to know where the bus was. He kept saying they'll be here in 5 minutes, but 10 would go by and it would not arrive. Finally, it was around 10am when we opted to skip the tour altogether. It was a 2-hour one-way drive to the tour destination, and was supposed to be a 10-12 hour tour. That would have put us back in the city at 10pm, which we did not want to do. They agreed to issue us a refund which we requested through Viator and did receive nearly immediately, so that was good. That being said, they did not even offer to drive us back to our hotel. We ended up walking from the pick-up spot and finding our way back to our hotel on foot.
I will say that everyone we dealt with was very nice, including the drivers and the woman who appeared to be the one coordinating the plans. That being said, they should have known well in advance how many people would be on the tour, and coordinated how many buses they would need and where the pick-up locations/times for each bus were going to be well in advance. There was no excuse for us having to get up at 6am to get ready to be picked up for a tour at 8am that was supposed to begin at 9am, and then driving us to multiple locations and have us still waiting around at 10am. Very uncoordinated, very poor customer experience.
Response from Host, Sep 2022
We appreciate your feedback by sharing your experience Ms. Kyle_H, as your opinion is very important to us. We apologize for the inconvenience caused, I put myself in your place and I fully understand the situation. I can assure you that we will work on every detail to avoid this kind of experience.
MARISOL_V, Aug 2022
It was a very nice tour. We saw many historic churches. It was a whole day event so I recommend this only if you want to spend the entire day visiting different towns in Mexico. Puebla is very beautiful.
Response from Host, Aug 2022
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, we are glad that you had a fantastic time.
Your comments are much appreciated and will help other travelers to choose and experience our tours.
Best!
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