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Visiting the City of Taxco in Guerrero State | Mexico

December 11 2021

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A couple of weeks ago, me and Miss CDMX went and backpacked the city of Taxco, pronounced 'Tasco', in full: Taxco de Alarcón, in the state of Guerrero as a rather long day trip from Mexico City.
El Cristo Monumental de Taxco
Backpacking in Taxco | Mexico
Instead of rushing around, with me, hell-bent on collecting notes for a blog post entitled, 15 top sights in Taxco, we took it all in at a more modest pace. Less is more, except when you are a blogger. I am joking. It was a great day!

I have detailed the logistics of getting there and away, from Mexico City at the end of this post, but in short, it was, just like when we went and backpacked Puebla, a rather long day.

Getting to the southern bus terminal, took us 40 minutes, the scheduled 2 hrs 30 bus ride took 3 and getting back took an insane 3 hrs 20 due to massive congestion on the road out of Taxco. And then we had another hour riding the metro back home.

Was it worth it? Undoubtedly so. After all, the state of Guerrero, is my 9th state out of 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 plus the capital, CDMX): Mexico City, Estado de México, Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatán.

​So having arrived safely, we headed off to the Parroquia de Santa Prisca y San Sebastián, the Church of Santa Prisca, built between 1751 and 1758 on the order of José de la Borda which was for a time, the tallest building in Mexico.

We chose a café at random, avoiding the numerous persistent touts and sellers where we drank a beer, overlooking the Zócalo:
Backpacking Taxco de Alarcón
Parroquia de Santa Prisca y San Sebastián
Parroquia de Santa Prisca y San Sebastián
Then we walked up through the steep streets to the Cristo de Taxco on a hill overlooking the town:
Visiting Taxco de Alarcón in Mexico
El Cristo Monumental de Taxco stands 18 meters high and it's rather like the El Cristo Redentor in Rio:
El Cristo Monumental de Taxco
El Cristo Monumental de Taxco
Great for posing:
El Cristo Monumental de Taxco
El Cristo Monumental de Taxco
Visiting Taxco de Alarcón in Mexico
Then we made out way back down using a different route to the Ex-convento de San Bernardino de Siena:
visiting Taxco de Alarcón in Mexico
Taxco de Alarcón Mexico
Back in town, looking up at where we were, at the El Cristo Monumental de Taxco, in the center of the photo, on the sky-line, emphasising just how high it is above town and how steep the walk was:
visiting Taxco de Alarcón Mexico
Visiting Taxco de Alarcón
And then we took a leisurely dinner at the Rosa Mexicano restaurant. We got to taste the Cerveza Edición Limitada Modelo Noche Especial, which was real treat:
Cerveza Edición Limitada Modelo Noche Especial
For the meal, we enjoyed Mole Rosa, for Miss CDMX, a speciality of Taxco and a fine Tuna steak for me:
Rosa Mexicano Taxco Mexico
Rosa Mexicano Taxco Mexico
Visiting Taxco estado de Guerrero Mexico

How to get from Mexico City to Taxco

Estrella de Oro run the services out of the southern bus terminal, "Central del Sur Taxqueña" and you can get there using Linea #2 of the Metro. It's the last stop.
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Just walk through the rather confusing market to get to the bus terminal.
Central del Sur bus station CDMX
Using the Estrella de Oro Estrella de Oro bus, arrival point in Taxco is:
Estrella de Oro bus station Taxco
We booked the day before using 'clickbus' and tickets were 280 and 265MXN respectively.

Just to reiterate, getting out of town on a Saturday evening​ was a congested nightmare.

Oh, and the last point I will make, is that Taxco is in Guerrero State and police checkpoints are possible when crossing state boundaries, so make sure you carry your passport and FMM card.
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