Around Mexico City - Tepoztlan

Around Mexico City: Tepoztlan

South of Mexico City, the town of Tepoztlan is known since 2002 as "Pueblo Magico" and according to the myth, is the birthplace of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god widely-worshipped in ancient Mexico. It is surrounded by the Tepozteco mountains where a temple ruins can be visited at the top. We went to visit the town to see this pyramid but the energy (and the hot weather) left us at the bottom of the mountains!!! So we stayed in town, walking around the market place, where we found original notebooks (that we bought for family gifts) and around the ex-convento of Dominico de la Natividad. Hippie ambiance here too!!!

- The Tepozteco mountains. Very impressive and we just stayed at the bottom!!!
- The ex-convento of Dominico de la Natividad dating from the mid-16th century is a UNESCO World Heritage. The convento was free to visit and was offering nice views over the mountains,
- Inside the Convento. Many of the walls, especially on the ground floor, have fragments of old paintings in earthen tones on the walls and decorating the arches,
- The door of the entrance of the park surrounding the convento. The fresco is made by symbols of Aztec belief.