Puebla, Mexico

Puebla is located in Mexico. Search, find, choose and compare our list of luxury five star Puebla, Mexico, resorts, comfortable four star Puebla, Mexico, hotels, clean three star Puebla, Mexico, lodges, convenient two star Puebla, Mexico, inns, and budget one star Puebla, Mexico, motels to find rooms available for lodging accommodations in Puebla, Mexico. Book a Mexican hotel room and make reservations in Puebla, Mexico.

The city of Puebla – known more formally as Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza or less formally as La Angelópolis or Puebla de los Ángeles – is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name, and the fourth largest city in Mexico, after Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey respectively.

Puebla is located in the Puebla Valley, surrounded by volcanoes and snow-capped mountains, slightly over 110 kilometres south-east of Mexico City. The city itself has a population of 2,000,000 people, while its metropolitan area has a population of 2,600,000.

The historic center of the city still contains much Spanish Colonial architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In recent years some of the historical buildings have been restored while others, however, are in a state of disrepair.

Of all the colonial buildings, the most impressive are without any doubt the Puebla Cathedral, which was built in a mixed neoclassical style; the gold-covered Rosario Chapel is a dramatic example of Mexican baroque.

Important tourism locations include La Capilla del Rosario, a chapel inlaid with gold, El Barrio del Artista (The Artist`s Neighborhood) where local arts are produced and the Centro y Zócalo (downtown) where the Cathedral and the Palacio Municipal are located.

Red double-decker buses, known as turibuses, give tourists an opportunity to enjoy the city`s architecture, museums and monuments located at the historical downtown. On of the most famous museums in the city is the Amparo Museum. Another tourist attraction is the Africam Safari zoo, intended to recreate a safari experience.

Also, worth visiting is the pyramid of Cholula, a city within the metropolitan area of Puebla. Cholula was one of the most important cities under the Aztec empire, and its pyramid is the largest in the New World. The town, with a population of only 200,000 inhabitants, is said to boast a church for every day of the year, albeit some churches are quite small and even makeshift.

Puebla is located in Mexico. Search, find, choose and compare our list of luxury five star Puebla, Mexico, resorts, comfortable four star Puebla, Mexico, hotels, clean three star Puebla, Mexico, lodges, convenient two star Puebla, Mexico, inns, and budget one star Puebla, Mexico, motels to find rooms available for lodging accommodations in Puebla, Mexico. Book a Mexican hotel room and make reservations in Puebla, Mexico.

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