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How to get to Puebla
The trip from Mexico City International Airport to Puebla by bus lasts around 2 hours, there are several services: luxury, first and second class, and of course several departure schedules. Also there are two different bus station destinies, the first is the Central de Autobuses de Puebla (CAPU) at 4 kilometers from the center town, the second is the 4 Poniente terminal, at 15 minutes by foot form the center town. A glance to Puebla Puebla, a colonial city that dazzles visitors for the monumentality of its temples and residences, ever more centenarian, that pack its wonderful Historic Centre, a bastion of yesterday with close to two thousand buildings of incalculable architectonic value, which take pride on their old elegance. Ample windows and imposing balconies are part of these civil and religious pearls, which although show many differences regarding their architectonic styles, they are similar in their use of the ever present tiles of Talavera, a Mexican version - rather from Puebla - of a tile introduced by the Dominicans by the late XVI century. For these and many other reasons, the Historic Centre is considered as Cultural Patrimony of Humanity since 1987.
The convents of Angelopolis deserve an especial mention, because more than
But Puebla is not only architecture, but also the natural magic that becomes evident in its splendid sierra landscapes, in its tumultuous forests, in its lagoons reflecting the sky, and in its farming fields sown since pre Hispanic times by the Toltec, Chichimec, Olmec, Nahua and Mexic Cultures.
Puebla overwhelms, seduces and conquers with its superb baroque architecture, and its exquisite and complicated gastronomy; though perhaps the most admirable thing is the drive of its people, main legacy of its first settlers who built an amazing city, with the help of those hard-working angels who outlined the streets with their threads of gold. |
And the thriving city began to be populated by imposing temples such as the Cathedral, a flashy "house of God"
whose belfries seem to pinch the sky while graceful cherubs "play" flying in its façade; or the Chapel
of the Rosary, known in its time as the eighth wonder of the world.
one singular event took place in
their cloisters, currently transformed into museums, such as the creation of the famous mole poblano (gastronomic banner of
the region) in the kitchen of the Convent of Santa Rosa.
Like the Mesoamerican
roots that remain vigorous in Cholula, considered to be the oldest town in Mexico, since it has been interruptedly occupied
for 25 centuries now. The zone was an important religious centre similar to that of Teotihuacán in his time of
splendour, and you can still catch a glimpse of its greatness on the lavish pyramid of Tepanapa.
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This web site was designed by Miguel Camacho; email: camacho@ifuap.buap.mx |