About 85 kilometers from Mexico City, it is the most popular weekend destination for residents of the Mexican capital due to its year-round temperate climate , vegetation and many water parks . The city has grown so that urbanization has spread to neighboring communities. Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conqueror, considered Cuernavaca a heavenly place full of flowers and commissioned the building of a palace in this city , which is still preserved today. The city has thus become an important historical destination full of colonial and pre-Hispanic treasures .

The charming historic center of "Cuerna", as the city is affectionately known, has the charm of a province with its colonial buildings, fountains, parks and gorges. In the city center are the cathedral, the Palacio de Cortés (Cortés Palace), which houses the Museo de Cuauhnahuac (Museum of Cuauhnahuac) , the Jardín Borda , the Government Palace , the Jardín Juarez , the Parque Ecológico Chapultepec Chapultepec Ecopark). , the Amanalco Gorge, the Chapitel del Calvario and the Robert Brady Museum, among other attractions.

Those who want to travel much further into the past can visit the Zona Arqueológica de Teopanzolco (archaeological site of Teopanzolco) , the main pyramid of which is dedicated to Tláloc and Huitzilopochtli. About 2 km northeast of the center is the Aztec ruined city of Teopanzolco . It consists of a larger pyramid with double stairs and some smaller structures . The buildings probably date from the 12th - 14th centuries . The pyramid was dedicated to Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli. The building is based on the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlán, even if it is much smaller.

A weekend is never enough to visit Cuerna! That is why we all try to always return to his eternal spring.

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The following tours are available in Cuernavaca:

➢ Hernán Cortés' hacienda

Over time, the marquisate was inherited by Juana de Aragón Pignatelli in 1640. This decided in 1642 to move the property from Tlaltenango to Atlacomulco. Later, after the completion of our independence, he took over the administration of the Marquisate Don Lucas Alamán. At that time, although it had never been modernized, it received the title of "Most Important Mexican Ingenuity".

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➢ Cathedral

On the site of a destroyed Indian temple, the Spanish conquerors built the Palacio de Cortés, which served as a residence for their leader Hernán Cortés. Today the building, which looks like a medieval castle, houses the Regional Historical Museum with exhibitions on Mexican history and culture. Just the fresco painting by the artist Diego Rivera is worth a visit. The gigantic mural on the rear balcony impressively depicts scenes from the Spanish conquest to the Mexican revolution.

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➢ The Palacio de Cortés (Cortés Palace)

The chapel dedicated to the Holy Cross, which the Bernese worship with great devotion, was built between the 18th and 19th centuries. Tradition dictates that pilgrims must reach the atrium on their knees in the sun to pay a heavenly debt.

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➢ Museo de Cuauhnahuac (Museum of Cuauhnahuac)

In the middle of the city, demonstratively on the ruins of an Aztec pyramid, Hernán Cortés had his palace (Palacio de Cortés) built. The building now serves as a regional museum (Museo Regional Cuauhnáhuac), pieces from pre-colonial and colonial times are shown. Also some murals by Diego Rivera. Parts of the previously built-up pyramid were exposed on the ground floor. The turret with the clock was put on later.

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➢ Jardín Borda

The filthy rich silver baron Borda had a beautiful park (Jardin Borda) built for himself with numerous fountains and ponds as well as a villa because he stayed here for a while. In the house is a modest museum with temporary exhibitions.

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➢ Jardín Juarez

The heart of the city is formed by two adjacent squares. The Jardín Juárez is the smaller, more secluded place of the two. In the middle of it, in the pavilion, a large selection of exotic fruit juices is offered, which you should definitely try, really delicious. The more spacious Plaza de Armas is flanked by the Palacio de Gobierno, the Palacio de Cortés, and several restaurants. As a curiosity, it is probably the only central square in Mexico without a religious building.

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➢ Parque Ecológico Chapultepec (Chapultepec Ecopark)

It has rooms such as: the environmental museum, the habitat of spider monkeys, an aviary, workshops for environmental education, video projection rooms and didactic and scientific dissemination rooms, a water observatory, a train for tours, a running route and suitable framework conditions for culture through dance, dance, theater To broadcast outdoor shows and others. The lake is reborn with a new physiognomy outlined with an impressive fountain in the center. The Chapultepec Ecological Park has more than 11 hectares of land with a linear route of more than a kilometer and a half. The source's tributary is comparable to the daily drinking water consumption in the city of Cuernavaca. Inside there are trees from more than 250 years, including ahuehuetes, amate, guava trees,

➢ Amanalco Gorge

The Barranca de Amanalco Park is located in the center of the city of eternal spring, also known as Cuernavaca. Barranca de Amanalco Park is the perfect place to spend a quiet afternoon and cool off from the city heat. When you come through the Porfirio Díaz Park, there is a 3-kilometer footpath next to a beautiful stream. Alongside this, you can see various plants and trees that are endemic to the region. There is also another entrance on the south side, at the end of Vicente Guerrero Street, which passes through the offices of the Ministry of Tourism.

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➢ Barranca de Amanalco

The Barranca de Amanalco served as a defense of the city against Hernán Cortés and his men, as they crossed the place with the extensive vegetation only slowly. In 1990 the Barranca de Amanalco was restored and the well-known walkway built. This place is ideal to spend a lazy afternoon listening to the sound of the water flowing between the stones and admiring nature. There is a sound and light show at the weekend. If you visit Cuernavaca this is a must do.