Less than 300 miles is Cuetzalan Federal District, Puebla, living community in Nahuatl and Totonac cultures in a natural environment conducive to approach the past and activities such as walking and cycling.
Cuetzalan, "place of many feathers," has natural attractions like caves, waterfalls and a wide diversity of plants and animals, besides showing different types of architecture characteristic of cultures that have dominated the region.
For the beauty of its landscapes, the persistence of traditions, the hospitality of its people and its colorful appearance, this city is one of the main focuses of tourist attraction in the state, state officials say the industry.
This target, located 182 kilometers from the capital of Puebla, was one of the seats won by Tizoc Totonac and Ahuizotl, and invaded by the fifteenth century Nahua groups, and therefore what is now speaking Totonac, Nahuatl and "Castilla" . Cuetzalan
parish houses and temples as the Renaissance St. Francis of Assisi, which by its high tower is the most interesting sites, as well as the Virgin of Guadalupe, or "Church of Jarritos.
in its territory has rivers Cuetzalan as Cuíchatl, sliding to the south of the town and out the northeast, near the pools are located around the same name, the cascade Las Brisas, Las Pozas of Atepatáhuatl and more far, The Hammocks.
Another attraction of the town are its 32 thousand meters of caverns, but only two are accessible to tourists: Chivostovoc and Atepolihui, the latter with several rooms of stalactites and stalagmites.
to know a little about life in this place you can go to the flea market on Sundays, in the place where Indians sell and exchange products such as coffee, pepper, cereals and citrus fruits, tamales filled with vegetables, wrapped in hoja santa or avocado.
In the restaurants of the population can find more elaborate dishes such as soup Nahuatl, blue mushrooms and serrano mole.
Cuetzalan is surrounded by small hills a thousand feet high and a rich natural environment, has a rather humid tropical climate, however, the effects of global warming are causing drastic changes in its ecosystem
For this reason, the local population, which most practice subsistence agriculture, has had to change their lifestyle.
A place like no 2 actually one of the best places I have visited in Mexico, is well worth knowing, moreover, if the company is ideal as I had I, then it's worth much more accompanied by a person you want, because as a somewhat isolated and surrounded by forest, it creates a romantic air worth taking.
This time we went to celebrate 5 months of boyfriend and I do not think we could have found a better destination, the city, the hotel (The stone house) was all the best, so I expect there to be repeated either or continue the search for other similar places.
