Tepozlan and neighboring itinerary

guys - trying to come up with an itinerary for May with a family of 4 including a 5 month and 2 year old. So far, we've been to Yucatan, Mexico city, Oaxaca and for the next trip, tepozlan looks interesting but seems 1-2 days is sufficient there. Can someone advise of other places we can visit? Our travel style is usually avoiding the very large tourist sites and instead enjoy open-air natural beauty, find a cute neighborhood cafe and people watch, leisurely stroll in a park, eat at restaurants that locals flock to, check out any outdoor markets, music or festivals and so on. We are also trying to avoid a city that looks like a typical american transplant becuase of the huge volume of tourists flowing in

Ideally, we'd like to spend 3-4 nights in two bases for a total of 8 days

Thx

Tepoztlan?

Morelia and Patzcuaro.

Querétaro, Guanajuato... maybe Taxco if you're going to be in Tepotzlan... Guadalajara.

CDMX is also always worth revisiting, maybe a different neighborhood in the southern half, for example... can't beat it for markets, music, and parks!

Having little ones with you, I personally would avoid the places with steep hills. And really large cities, I found the huge cities to be difficult with kids. Morelia is a city, but the centre is flat, wide open and airy, and has nice parks. Also a zoo.

Good point... though I couldn't really imagine taking a 5-month old to a music festival either, and basically the only thing to do in Tepotzlan is climb up a gigantic thing.

One thing that's surprised me lately is how kid-friendly some of the southern neighborhoods in CDMX are (Narvarte, Del Valle, Napoles), and how bursting with parks they are... whole areas that I'd previously written off as maybe a bit dull or uninteresting.

Morelia IS a great city with all those things... longing to get back there soon. It also makes a great pair with Guadalajara, which is just a few hours down the road.

You could combine Tepotzlan with nearby Amecameca (edo de Mexico), which has plenty of natural beauty.

Atlixco (Puebla) is another not too distant town, now a pueblo magico, that would be worth a day trip at least.

Recent reports by a forum regular suggest that Atlixco was very heavily hit in the quake... though it looks like they are desperate to get people back from some of the featured articles/ads I've been seeing lately.

Tepoztlan was also very near the epicentre.

Very true... though I know someone who just went and they didn't mention any notable damage.. Maybe due to the geography?

Interesting but vague article on the matter. It claims that Huatulco actually suffered a 51% drop in tourist numbers, which is pretty drastic. Then again, I just saw a pic of someone lounging around down there today and they looked pretty unshaken.

https://www.tourism-review.com/earthquake-in-mexican-states-destroyed-tourism-news10352

... tepozlan looks interesting but seems 1-2 days is sufficient there.

If avoiding throngs of tourists is what your intention is, you might want to reconsider visiting Tepoztlán (as in not going there).

Cuetzalan in the state of Puebla might satisfy you. Seems to have (most) all you've said you look for.

LW

Another option: base yourselves in Xalapa (Veracruz) with side trips to the port of Veracruz, Cordoba, and Orizaba.

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