Visit Us Events & Programs Exhibitions Podcasts Blog Museum Store Support ASM
About ASMCollections Research PreservationEducation Library Cultural Resource Services

 

Tucson, Tula & Tlaxcala
4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction

June 3–14, 2010

Tentative Itinerary (subject to change slightly)

Thursday, June 3

Travel to Mexico City

Hotel: Holiday Inn Zócalo

Meals: Airline and on your own

Friday, June 4

Visit the Zócalo (main plaza), Templo Mayor, Diego Rivera murals in the National Palace, and the Cathedral of Mexico City

Hotel: Holiday Inn Zócalo

Meals: Breakfast and dinner

Saturday, June 5

Archaeological site at Cuicuilco, shopping at Bazar Sábado, and visit the Leon Trotsky Museum and Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Zócalo

Meals: Breakfast and dinner

Sunday, June 6

Archaeological site of Tula and a sixteenth-century convent at Actopan.

Hotel: Ex-Hacienda de Misión San Gil

Meals: Breakfast and boxed lunch

Monday, June 7

Visit the town of Ixmiquilpan and its popular Indian market and sixteenth-century convents and churches.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Zócalo

Meals: Breakfast and boxed lunch

Tuesday, June 8

Visit the National Museum of Anthropology and FONART (a popular art store)

Hotel: Holiday Inn Zócalo

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner at local restaurant

Wednesday, June 9

Pyramids at Teotihuacán, Tlatelolco, and Basilica of Guadalupe

Hotel: Holiday Inn Zócalo

Meals: Breakfast and boxed lunch

Thursday, June 10

Archaeological site of Cacaxtla, murals in the city of Tlaxcala, and arrival in the city of Puebla with a tour of the Zócalo and Cathedral.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Puebla

Meals: Breakfast and boxed lunch

Friday, June 11

Puebla with a tour of a Talavera factory and visits to other Talavera stores, Biblioteca Palafoxiana, and Museo Amparo.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Puebla

Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Saturday, June 12

Puebla with visits to Los Sapos and El Parián marketplaces, Museo de la Revolución, and the pyramid at Cholula.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Puebla

Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Sunday, June 13

Puebla with visit to Analco marketplace in the AM; Visit the Pyramid of Cholula, largest in the western hemisphere; Depart for Mexico City in the PM.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Zócalo, Mexico City

Meals: Breakfast, boxed lunch, and dinner

Monday, June 14

Depart Mexico City for Airport

Meals: On your own

Trip Description

Photos by Dr. Paul Fish