If You're NearbyNatureWaterfallsRivers

Huasteca Potosina

A green, river-cut region of turquoise waterfalls like Tamul, swimming holes and caves.

Photo: Carlos Adampol Galindo from DF, México · CC BY-SA 2.0
Best Time to Go
Mar–May, Oct–Nov
Our full guide to Huasteca Potosina is being written. It's on the Colonial Heartland list as If You're Nearby.

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Must-See
Heritage · UNESCO

Teotihuacan

State of Mexico
About 159 miles away

A vast ancient city an hour from Mexico City, with the Pyramid of the Sun on its Avenue of the Dead.

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Must-See
Cities · Museums

Mexico City

About 177 miles away

One of the world's great cities, built on Aztec ruins, with Frida Kahlo's house, a stunning anthropology museum, and tacos everywhere.

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Worth a Detour
Heritage · Gardens

Xilitla

San Luis Potosí
About 41 miles away

A jungle town of the Huasteca, home to Las Pozas, a surrealist garden of concrete towers and stairs to nowhere among waterfalls.

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