Taxco, in full, Taxco de Alarcón, in the State of Guerrero, can be visited as a long day trip from Mexico City.
I visited Taxco at the end of 2021 with Miss CDMX, who has since become my wife. This post is evergreen. Taxco hasn’t gone anywhere. You can still get there the same way we did, but the bus fare might have gone up or down. And yes, you can still visit Taxco, pronounced Tasco, as a day trip from CDMX, though you need to start early.
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.
Guerrero is one of 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 plus the capital, CDMX).
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, it was, for a time, the tallest building in Mexico.
We chose a café at random, where we drank a beer, overlooking the Zócalo:
Then we walked up through the steep streets to the Cristo de Taxco on a hill overlooking the town:
El Cristo Monumental de Taxco stands 18 meters high and it’s rather like the El Cristo Redentor in Rio:
Great for posing:
Then we made out way back down using a different route to the Ex-convento de San Bernardino de Siena:
Back in town, looking up at where we were, at the El Cristo Monumental de Taxco, in the centre of the photo, on the skyline, emphasising just how high it is above town and how steep the walk was:
And then we took a leisurely dinner at the Rosa Amaranto restaurant. We got to taste the Cerveza Edición Limitada Modelo Noche Especial, which was a real treat:
For the meal, we enjoyed Mole Rosa, for Miss CDMX, a speciality of Taxco and a fine Tuna steak for me:
How to get from Mexico City to Taxco
Estrella de Oro run the services out of the southern bus terminal, “Terminal Central del Sur”, which is served by Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro. Tasqueña is the last stop.
Just walk through the rather confusing market to get to the bus terminal.
We booked our tickets the day before. It took 2 hours and 30 minutes to get there, and because of the insane congestion in town, 3 hours and 20 minutes to get back. As I said, it’s a rather long day.
Arrival point in Taxco is at the Estrella de Oro Bus Station:
