Mexico City · TAXCO DAY TRIPS
Good taxco day trips fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Review of the 11-hour Cuernavaca and Taxco tour from Mexico City, with silver shopping, colonial sights, and an optional pre-Hispanic mine visit.
“Explore some of the most important heritage of Mexico that are sometimes overshadowed by more popular city highlights and culture.”
Spend a full day visiting Cuernavaca and Taxco, exploring silver craft, Baroque architecture, and an ancient mine from Mexico City.
“A short but very eventful trip. Managed to cover two beautiful cities in one day. Taxco es realmente un pueblo magico!”
See Cuernavaca’s cathedral and Taxco’s silver shops on a long, scenic day trip from Mexico City with bilingual guides.
“While the travel time is long, this tour let's you see the beautiful area outside Mexico City. Guide I had was very good at telling you about the history of the areas. He was also willing to answer questions. Very pleasant day. Only issue I had was our hotel was outside the pick up area. I didn't find out until after I booked the tour.”
Review of the Cuernavaca and Taxco day tour from Mexico City, with colonial sights, Santa Prisca, silver shops, lunch, timing, and value.
“Cuernavaca and Taxco are very with busting as they are colonial towns. Need sun hat and sturdy shoes because the streets are cobble-stoned”
See Mexico City, Teotihuacan, Taxco, Cuernavaca, Puebla, and Cholula on a seven-day guided tour with hotel and breakfast included.
“I didnt get the hotel I booked. he tours suffered from the enormous traffic in and around Mexico City. It was never enough time”
Explore Cacahuamilpa’s vast caves and Taxco’s cobbled streets on an 11-hour private small-group trip from Mexico City.
“This was an amazing tour. Our guide, Ulises (I hope I'm spelling his name correctly), was great - very informative, polite, accommodating, and interesting. During the 3 hour ride to and back from all the sites, he and my husband had lively conversations that kept them preoccupied. The tour lasted longer than expected because there was so much to see, and Ulises was flexible. He never rushed us and took his time explaining the sights that we saw. As for the sights, wow, the caves are a must see! Pictures do not do it justice. The scale of it and the magnificent stalagmites and stalactites were majestic. I'm not sure…”
Review of the Taxco and Cuernavaca day trip from Mexico City, with colonial sights, silver shopping, transport details, and practical booking advice.
“El tour es una maravilla, el guía excelente, lo único q no me gustó es q el conductor se la pasó comiendo pepitas y me daba temor se distrajera al buscar la pepita y luego buscar el vasito en q depositaba las cáscaras”
Review of the $51 Taxco and Cuernavaca day trip from Mexico City, with silver shops, colonial streets, guide tips, timing, meals, and honest drawbacks.
“Our Guide was excellent! Semejante was so knowledgeable and kind. Best tour guide of our entire trip!”
Explore Cacahuamilpa Caves and colonial Taxco on an 11-hour small-group tour from Mexico City, with a guide, transport, and silver-town sights.
“We felt like the tour guides had I deal with certain restaurant and silver stores . Shopping stores employees were to aggressively on us . Not enjoyable.”
See Cuernavaca and Taxco from Mexico City, with colonial churches, silver shopping, bilingual guides, and a long but rewarding 12-hour day.
“muy buen transporte, y la guía doña Teresa muy amable y excelente sus explicaciones y el chófer el señor Raúl muy amable y atento.”
Compare Puebla, Cholula, Taxco, and a pre-Hispanic mine on this two-day Mexico City tour, with practical advice on price, transport, and timing.
“I enjoyed the two days trip, the two guides Taxco - Ada and Cholula / Puebla - Aja were very knowledgeable. I leaned some Mexican history from both of them. Just traffics from Mexico City to Cholula and back to city were crazy I think we were in the car for 3.5 hours each trip! Thank you!”
Review of Taxco from Mexico City, with Cuernavaca, Santa Prisca, silver workshops, liquor tasting, transport, costs, and practical tips.
“A rather long day but if you're not going to get to see a colonial town in the other way it's definitely worth it! Taxco is lovely, we had a very nice lunch at a good restaurant, and there's silver everywhere! There was a brief stop in Cuernavaca, just to break up the trip, s saw the main church and 2 side chapels. Ursula does a fantastic job! A very nice day in the mountains of Mexico.”
Visit Cuernavaca and Taxco from Mexico City on a small-group day trip with colonial churches, silver workshops, scenic streets, and hotel pickup.
“Our Spanish speaker guide was awesome, knowledgeable with a great sense of humor and accommodating. Unfortunately I forgot his name, but has a not common name.”
See Cuernavaca’s cathedral and Taxco’s silver workshops on an 11-hour day trip from Mexico City, with transport, free time, and a small group.
“guida preparata ed ottimo giro, mezzo pulito e comodo, consiglio a tutti la gita. Direi a chiunque di fidarsi ed acquistare”
See Teotihuacan, Guadalupe, Cuernavaca, and Taxco on a two-day Mexico City tour with transport, admissions, and bilingual guides.
“Pyramids: the pryamids was by far the best experience. Our tour guide was exceptionally knowledgeable and passionate on Mexican history. We learned a great deal. Mexitours, who organized everything, was professional and responsive to our needs. We purchased the plan that included lunch which we felt was a good idea. Taxco and Cuernavaca: our tour guide was exceptional, especially as he transitioned from Spanish to English. He was full of enthusiasm and a great story teller. We enjoyed seeing parts of Mexico that we would not see on our own and the churches and points of interest were very informative and beautiful. However, the one thing that we found off…”
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