Hi everyone!
Today we are gonna show you a beautiful place that you can visit near Mexico City.
The place is called Teotihuacan.
Basically here you can visit many pyramids from the ancient civilization of Teotihuacan.
So if you want to discover this magical and beautiful place with us, we invite you to
watch this video.
We took a tour for only 500 Mexican pesos per person.
The staff picked us up directly from our hotel in the historic center.
The place is about 50 km away from Mexico City.
Our first stop was a place close to the archeological site where we enjoyed a quick demonstration
on how some Mexican drinks and handicrafts are made.
From this plant which is behind me it's called Maguey and from this one in our pre-hispanic
civilization such as the Aztec and Teotihuacan's they used to make one alcoholic beverage called
Pulque but as well this plant also has many other benefits where also they were able to
get the first paper from these civilizations.
So it was so interesting, we will show you in a little bit what it looks like.
One of these ones, actually they were able to get some fiber from 350 to 500 gr of fiber
which is very resistant.
So with this kind of fiber which you can see behind me, they were able to many materials
and many other stuff and objects.
Right after we headed directly to the pyramids complex.
The entrance fee per person is 80 Mexican pesos plus 50 Pesos for a GoPro to record inside.
Is open every day from 9 am to 5 pm.
On Sundays is more crowded since is free of charge for Mexican citizens.
The word Teotihuacan means “city of gods" and it was one of the largest cities in Mesoamerica
during pre-Hispanic times.
The name is of Nahuatl origin, one of the many dialects spoken in Mexico, and was used
by the Mexica, but the name given by its inhabitants is still unknown.
When the Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico in the early 14th century on their mythical pilgrimage,
they discovered the abandoned remains of this great city.
They seemed so enormous that they considered them the work of divine beings, and for that
reason they gave it the name that we now know: Teotihuacán, the ”City of Gods”.
Since 1987 it’s been part of the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Piramide del Sol or Pyramid of the Sun is one of the largest in the world, surpassed
only by Cheops pyramid in Egypt and the one in Cholula in Mexico.
It is dedicated to the God of the rain “Tlaloc”, is 65 meters high approximately, it has 260
steps, and only 45% of its construction is original, the rest has been rebuilt.
This is the place where visitors can climb all the way up to have the best views of the
archeological site.
However, due to the pandemic now is forbidden to climb.
Some years ago I had the chance to climb it and I can tell you that it has been one of
the most incredible things I have ever experienced.
Calzada de los Muertos is the main path that connects most of the sights at Teotihuacán.
Is about 5 km long, although the area that is now being visited is about 2 km long,
where we can see different types of structures such as The Pirámide de la Luna or Pyramide del Sol.
In this area from the pyramids, we can find an amazing acoustic.
Actually back in the days hundreds of people were gathering here and one person was giving
a speech.
So everybody was able to listen properly that person, of course without a microphone, back
in the days they didn't have any microphone.
Everybody was able to hear that person for the great acoustic that we can find in this place.
Indeed, everybody is clapping and you can hear it everywhere.
It is just amazing, so magical.
Pirámide de la Luna or the pyramid of the moon is the second largest monument in the site.
It was built in different stages, every new governor built a new pyramid on top of the
previous one, that is why this took many centuries to be finished.
On the upper platform, rituals were performed in honor of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue,
the goddess of water-related to the Moon.
Also, people are allowed to climb half of the pyramid but just as the pyramid of the sun
it is forbidden at the moment.
From this ancient city, only %4 of it has been really discovered.
Actually we can still see many little mountains like some of them you can see behind me.
There is one green one.
That one hasn't been discovered yet but it is supposed to be something like these ones as well.
So there are many places you can still continue digging in and you will still find a lot of this Teotihuacan city.
Once you’ve finished exploring the archeological site, don’t forget to check the souvenirs,
you can take back home a nice gift from the city of the Gods.
As our last advice, take care and preserve these sites, be a responsible traveler,
do not destroy or damage anything, respect all the indications, and enjoy the City of the Gods
This was our adventure exploring one of the most important archeological sites in Mexico.
If you have any question, you may leave your comment below.
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