Location

Located on the south side of the state of Mexico, Temascaltepec in contiguous to the municipalities of Valle de Bravo

and Amanalco de Becerra, on the North side, Tejupilco, San Simón de Guerrero and Texcaltitlán on the South side, to

Zinacantepec and Coatepec de Harinas on the east side and to Zacazonapan on the westside.

Distances to Temascaltepec from:

El Peñon Launch 10 Km

Valle de Bravo 30 Km

68 Km

Mexico City 127 Km

Description

Surrounded by mountains and forests, the munipality of Temascaltepec is located in a beautiful ravine where it seems

that the time has no passed since the colonial time. Take a look on its houses with red tile roofs, typical of region,

and its paved irregular streets that converge with the market where, on SUnday, you can see the craftsmen embroider

beautiful fabrics.

In these steep landscapes, you have to see: the Sanctuary of the Monarch Butterflies that offers us, every year one of

the most beautiful natural phenomena; the "Peñon del Diablo " with its almost vertical walls and large forests; the trout

farm, and a modern golf club.

Temascaltepec means in nahuatl "Hill of the temascales(tream baths)". Hist first inhabitants were Matlazincas, who

were among the few pre-hispanic peoples to know how to work, to mold a to forge the metallic minerals that are very

common in this region.

Vas a result of this natural wealth, important mining sites were established to extract silver, gold, zinc lead and copper

at colonial times, Temascaltepec together with the municiaplities of Sultepec, Zacualpan an Taxco in the state of

Guerrero, was part of the so called "silver province". In 1858 Temascaltepec acquired the category of Villa.

Rio Verde Orchids Shop Throught the highway that drives to Real de Arriba, Scarcely 3.5 km, away from Temascaltepec is

located this place, were the Cusi de Iturbide family cultivated, produces and sells a great variety of plants of orchids

from 1990, years before they dedicated work and investigation plan for the propagation of species of orchidsnative from

Mexico for its conservation, which at the moment are unique in the world. The orchids are plants that take from four to six

years in flourishing after they are swon and they are generally easy to cultivate if you know their environment. If you

want to acquire some beautiful orchids in this place you can do it. Telephone 01(716) 26 65252 and 53.

In the proximities to Temascaltepec, at scarce 5 kms. at the southe of the municipal administrative center it is located

this beautiful colonial place. It is a small town that conserves old large houses with roofs of red tile, balconies and big

windows of colonial architecture. In the proximities there are ruins of abandoned mines that produced minerals of grate

value in a former time; a small and well traced square in which you can distinguish its anciente church of the XVIII century,

or baroque style, whose interior shows an interesting Churriguresque altarplace which gives us sensation of being in another time.

Traveling by these place will allow you to move at the time of the mining explotation and he will also be able to enjoy

the pleasing landscape that surrounds it.

In November and December, millions of butterflies cross inmense distances to get to the different sanctuaries located

in the State of Mexico and Michoacan, where they stay until their return trip in February. Not all the sanctuaries are

open to the public, these one called Piedra Herrada (Shod Stone), offers guided visits. To walk by a forest that fells

alive between the murmur caused by the fluttering of the butterflies, is an unforgettable experience. There are routs

with local guides that will give you valuable information about the butterflies.