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By TipTours Puebla

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Free cancellation available
Price is €62 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Trip to Cholula & its wonderfully decorated Baroque churches
    • Chance to see how famed Talavera is made at ceramic workshop
    • The massive Great Pyramid of Cholula & stunning view of city
    • Impressive Virgin of the Remedies temple & seeing a volcano
    • Travel around the Magical Town of Cholula

Activity location

  • You hotel Lobby
    • Cholula, MEX

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hotel Pickup
    • Puebla, MEX

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Private Tour Cholula with Talavera Factory

  • Activity duration is 6 hours and 30 minutes6h 30m
    6h 30m
  • English

In this private tour, you will enjoy fully enjoy Cholula.

We will travel from you hotel to the Archaeological Zone of Cholula, where we will be able to observe the largest pyramid in the world in terms of base, product of 7 superimposed pyramids, each of them covered the entirety of the previous pyramid, we will also be able to go up to the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Remedies where inside we can observe a neoclassical altar and the image of the virgin, We will continue our visit to the temple of Santa María Tonantzintla that frames the popular baroque art par excellence, we will also visit the temple of San Francisco Acatepec considered a masterpiece of the Mexican baroque, finally we will have the opportunity to visit the Franciscan convent, the Royal Chapel, the Cloister and the Plaza de la Concordia. During the transfers we will visit a talavera factory (except Sundays) where we will be given the explanation of these beautiful pieces from Puebla.
Enjoy the “Maiz Experience”: learn the origin of this product, traditions and the different colours that are produced in Puebla ant it´s uses.
Celebrate the earth with a Prehispanic Ceremony at the pyramid.

Please notice that the Great Piramyd is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, but your guide will provide the explanation from the outsides.

Starting time: 09:30
Price details
€62.43 x 1 Adult€62.43
Total
Price is €62.43

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Guided tour of Cholula
  • Inclusions
    Admission fees to the Great Piramyd
  • Inclusions
    Visit to Tonanzintla and San Francisco Acatepec Temples
  • Inclusions
    Return transport to and from your Puebla hotel
  • Inclusions
    Live tour commentary provided in English or Spanish
  • Exclusions
    Meals and drinks

Know before you book

    • Children 2 and younger are complimentary.
    • If you have limited mobility, you should not take part.
    • At least 2 people are required for this activity to take place.
    • Check-in is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time.
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Venture to Cholula, one of Mexico's Magical Villages designated by the Secretary of Tourism. Pass by a Talavera ceramic factory, one of the world’s largest pyramids, Cholula’s picturesque city centre.

    Once you reach the city of Cholula, which brings together San Pedro and San Andres municipalities, your first stop is a Talavera workshop, where you witness the manufacturing of this unique white-glazed ceramic the Puebla region is famous for. Dating back to 1531, Talavera is produced with local clay found in abundance.

    Continue to the Great Pyramid of Cholula, the largest in the world if considering the basement size. Walk inside its tunnels and climb up to the hill, where you find the impressive Virgin of the Remedies temple, built by Spaniards in 1549. From the top, enjoy a stunning view over Puebla, Cholula, as well as the majestic Popocatépetl, an active volcano.

    Head to two of Mexico’s most gorgeous structures—the masterfully decorated San Francisco Acatepec and Santa María Tonantzintla churches. The latter was completed by indigenous people using the expressive scope of the Baroque style to capture their universe in plaster designs with figures of dark-skinned angels, children with feathered headdress, fruit, and ears of corn.

    Before returning to Puebla, visit the cider factory of Copa de Oro to learn about the process of making cider and have a tasting. Finally, walk by San Pedro Cholula's main square to visit the Royal Chapel, San Gabriel Convent, and Plaza de la Concordia.

Location

Activity location

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    You hotel Lobby
    • Cholula, MEX

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Hotel Pickup
    • Puebla, MEX