Also, when the afternoon comes, many Mexico City families come through Toluca to get into the countryside. Some guide books talk about a 'quaint Indian market' but it is a flea market that clogs many streets. ( updated Dec 2020)Īvoid coming to Toluca on Fridays. A small art museum and bookstore that stands out with two twisting towers rising above it. 19.28578 -99.65384 8 Museo de Historia Universitaria José María Morelos y Pavón UAEM ( located in Edificio de Rectoría UAEMEX), ☏ +52 7.16 de Septiembre, San Miguel ( west of Toluca in neighboring community of San Miguel), ☏ +52 7. Adjacent is the Cineteca Mexiquense where art films are shown. A former Franciscan monastery that now houses the Museum of Anthropology and History, Museum of Popular Cultures (handicrafts, artisanal works), and Museum of Modern Art. 19.27262 -99.7022 6 Centro Cultural Mexiquense, Jesús Reyes Heroles 302 ( next to ITESM University and Parque Alameda), ☏ +52 7.A peculiar museum dedicated to works in watercolor. This former convent has a lot of ancient Egyptian exhibits and paintings from colonial to modern times. If you look, you can see images of St John, St Thomas, St Peter, and St James on the front. Would you ever have guessed that Toluca has a cathedral too? This one is Neoclassical in style and was started in 1867 but not finished until the mid-20th century. 19.29155 -99.65726 2 Toluca Cathedral ( Catedral de San José de Nazaret), Av.The city is fairly compact, so fares are pretty cheap: M$30 will take you to most places. Just walk to any major street and wave at a passing taxi. Toluca has the best taxi system in the world: over 5,000 taxis for a city of about half a million. Toluca also has another station on Fidel Velazquez just for Caminante busses that have hourly service to the Mexico City airport. Other buses run from the suburb of Naucalpan to Toluca.įrom the main Toluca terminal you can go to any points west (e.g., Michoacan), south (Ixtapan de la Sal), or north (e.g., Queretaro). From the north side of Mexico City, there is a terminal at Cuatro Caminos also with buses to Toluca. Some lines (e.g., Caminante) have on board movies. Buses for Toluca depart every few minutes. Flecha Roja has regular service to the northern terminal, Terminal Norte, as well. From Mexico City you can get several lines to Toluca at the western terminal called Observatorio (at the end of the east-west subway line). Toluca has one of the largest bus terminals in the country. The highway between Mexico City and Toluca is one of the most modern in the country (and an expensive toll road). A new commuter/intercity rail service is under construction with a planned opening date (as of 2020) some time 2023. The old intercity rail network was shut down in 1997 in a sign of the privatization mania of the time. International airport in Mexico City is another alternative.

airlines and several Mexican airlines (e.g., Interjet). 19.336944 -99.565833 1 Toluca International Airport ( TLC IATA Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport).

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