La Calavera
in Taxco de Alarcón of Estado de Guerrero, Mexico
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General Mariano Matamoros Airport (28 mi) - Licenciado Adolfo Lopez Mateos International Airport (52 mi)
- Licenciado Benito Juarez International Airport (68 mi)
- Hermanos Serdán International Airport (90 mi)
- General Juan N Alvarez International Airport (127 mi)
- General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport (128 mi)
- Ixtapa Zihuatanejo International Airport (140 mi)
- Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (146 mi)
- Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (Unesco heritage, 75 mi)
- Luis Barragán House and Studio (Unesco heritage, 78 mi)
- Historic Centre of Morelia (Unesco heritage, 110 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 18.584 and -99.601 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 18° 35' 2" and W -99° 36' 2"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Peso - MXN
- Spoken languages:
- Spanish
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:05 PM (Monday)
- Timezone: America/Mexico_City
- UTC/GMT offset: -6 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:51 am and 5:59 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -19.700 and 63.483 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Patate Theophile - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,6 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Mexico.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Mexico. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into La Calavera
La Calavera in Taxco de Alarcón (Estado de Guerrero) with it's 93 habitants is a city located in Mexico about 66 mi (or 106 km) south-west of Mexico City, the country's capital town.
Current time in La Calavera is now 11:05 PM (Monday). The local timezone is named America / Mexico City with an UTC offset of -6 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to La Calavera, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in Mexico is General Mariano Matamoros Airport in a distance of 28 mi (or 45 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Mexico is Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco in a distance of 59 mi (or 96 km), East. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Taxco de Alarcon, Pilcaya, Zacualpan, Buenavista de Cuellar and Coatlan del Rio. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 85 °F
| Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 23°C / 73 °F |
| Night Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 29% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
28°C (83 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 28th of November 2024
30°C (86 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Montetaxco Resort & Country Club
Hotel Los Arcos
De Cantera Y Plata Hotel Boutique
Boutique Pueblo Lindo
Hotel Victoria
Hotel Boutique Santa Elena
Hotel Agua Escondida
Hotel Emilia
Hotel Casa Grande de Taxco
Hotel Posada San Javier
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Documental de Taxco
http://www.mexico-net.mx.
On Board: Bernardo Cruz @ Taxco Urban Downhill
Go onboard with 2014 Taxco Urban Downhill winner, Bernardo Cruz (@BernardoCruzDH) as he sprints past living rooms and bedrooms of Taxco in his qualifying run. Join the conversation! Let us...
(3D) Taxco - Mexico Full HD 1080i (Sony HDR-TD30V)
YOU CAN TURN 3D OFF AND WATCH THE VIDEO NORMALLY BY CLICKING 3D BELOW THE VIDEO.
desfile en taxco 20/nov/2014
desfile.
Video de Taxco de Alarcón, Gro.
Video de Taxco, dirigido por Claudio Giovenzana. Visita: http://www.taxcolandia.com.
México: conmemoración extrema de la Semana Santa en Taxco
En Taxco, Guerrero, un acontecimiento llamativo es la "Procesión de las ánimas" de Semana Santa donde los peregrinos se van flagelando a lo largo del camino. Cortesía de Ruptly, prohibida...
Beetle Ballet - Taxco, Mexico
See our blog post on Taxco, Mexico (http://su.pr/2kouSZ) http://trans-americas.com/blog/2011/01/taxco/ Funny video of the dance vehicles, including the ever present VW Beetle taxi, have to...
Taxco urban downhill 2014 huge crash on the drop.
I had broken my hand in practice but decided to try and race anyway. I wanted to send it over the massive drop. Overshot and could not hold on. Got back on and rode the bottom jumps after....
Fotos paseo en Taxco, Guerrero
Bonito y pintoresco pueblecito en México. Taxco es conocido como el pueblo de la plata.
Mexico Taxco 1980
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Taxco
Taxco de Alarcón (usually referred to as simply “Taxco”) is a small city and administrative center of a municipality of the same name located in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The name Taxco is most likely derived from the Nahuatl word tlacheco, which means “place of the ballgame. ” However, one interpretation has the name coming from the word tatzco which means “where the father of the water is,” due to the high waterfall near the town center on Atatzin Mountain.
Santa Prisca Church (Taxco)
The Church of Santa Prisca is a colonial monument is located in the city of Taxco de Alarcón, in the northern state of Guerrero, Mexico. This is a building built in the 1750s (more precisely, between 1751 and 1758), dedicated to the Catholic religion in that population whose main activity was -and remains- mining Plate. The construction was ordered by the Catalan miner José de la Borda, one of the most prosperous of the region of Taxco in the 18th century.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of La Calavera.
- Taxco de Alarcon
- Pilcaya
- Zacualpan
- Buenavista de Cuellar
- Coatlan del Rio
- Iguala de la Independencia
- Tetecala
- Zumpahuacan
- Ixtapan de la Sal
- Mazatepec
- Ixcapuzalco
- Miacatlan
- Tepecoacuilco de Trujano
- Teloloapan
- Tenancingo
- Malinalco
- Villa Guerrero
- Ciudad de Huitzuco
- Almoloya de Alquisiras
- Zacatepec
- Xochitepec
- Ocuilan de Arteaga
- Tlaquiltenango
- Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras
- Temixco
- Joquicingo de Leon Guzman
- Texcaltitlan
- Emiliano Zapata
- Tlaltizapan
- Acapetlahuaya
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
La Calavera
