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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Acolman, Mexico

Updated May 1, 2025

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Replica of the 12,000-year-old Chimalhuacán Man and the mammoth mural.

Acolman, Mexico

Museum of Tepexpan

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.

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Acolman, Mexico

Ex Convent of Acolman

This 16th-century missionary site features Catholic murals, stone carvings, and fortress-like architecture.

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San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico

Palace Atetelco

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

4 miles from Acolman

San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico

Mural of the Great Goddess

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

4 miles from Acolman

Quetpapalotl Palace

San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico

Quetzalpapálotl Palace

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

5 miles from Acolman

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La Gruta

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

5 miles from Acolman

Teotihuacán murals

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Beatriz de la Fuente Teotihuacán Murals Museum

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

5 miles from Acolman

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