Cholula y Barroco Experience: A Private Tour of Baroque Architecture and Museum Artistry
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San Pedro Cholula

This tours is a mix between the baroque style in the reallity in architecture and in the museum around of the world.

If you want to know more about this kind of art, this is the tour four you, mis of the old culture and the new style.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Great Pyramid of Cholula - It is one of the most important archaeological sites in the country, the main pyramid has the largest base in the world with 400 meters per side, beating that of the Sun Pyramid at Teotihuacan and the Cheops in Egypt.

Its name is Tlachihualtepetl, meaning handmade hill and on it is the Shrine of Our Lady of the Remedies, which was built by the Spaniards in 1594.

Its dome is covered with talavera and inside you can see a neoclassical altar and the Virgin, whose devotion spread the belief that she appeared to the Spaniards on the sad night.

Archaeologists excavated in the building about 8 km of tunnels that allow observation of the different phases and can be visited today.

Among the riches of this site there are 2 pre-Hispanic murals, the mural of the drinkers and the mural of the grasshoppers.

The Great Pyramid is dedicated to the god Chiconquiahuitl (of rain) who was venerated by the Olmeca-Xicalanca culture until 1300 AC

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
Additional Information
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Not recommended for people with symptoms of fever, headache, and cough. The tour complies with the sanitary measures and protocols in each tourist site.
Location
Great Pyramid of Cholula
Calle 11 Nte. 1005,
Cancellation Policy

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

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Murrayc744
Oct 18, 2022
First class tour to Cholula - Great tour with Ariel. Communication pre - pickup was great and he was very knowledgeable about the history of cholula and the pyramid. The baroque museum was a highlight and Ariel's knowledge was again first class. Highly recommended.
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Minnesotans4
Feb 5, 2020
Interesting tour - David, our tour guide, was very personable and full of knowledge regarding the places where we toured. He was very courteous and attentive to what we were interested in seeing. We were picked up at our hotel and drove to the largest pyramid in the world which actually looked like a large natural hill with bushes and trees and a beautiful church on top. He showed us where they excavated. It was quite a climb to the church but doable with a few stops. The church was beautiful inside with Ave Maria softly playing in the background. Pay 20 pesos so you can take pictures inside. We had seen pictures on Youtube regarding the narrow one way tunnel that people could walk through but was definitely not interested. If a person was mildly claustrophobic or 6 feet tall, it would be difficult. We walked around the village surrounding the pyramid and tried pulque which was a mildly fermented drink made from the fermented sap of the maguey plant. I would recommend trying the flavored pulque. Next, we drove to the Santa Maria Tonantzintla Church which had decorations in folk and indigenous Baroque style. No pictures were allowed. Our third stop was the very modern looking International Baroque Museum. My husband appreciated the museum more than I did. We were picked up at 9 a.m. and by the time we arrived at the museum it was around 2:30 with no lunch in sight. I feel like a long tour should factor in a lunch which we would have gladly paid for. We did not go to the San Francisco Church Acatepec which was quite a distance from the museum.
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