Cholula is a municipality in the state of Puebla and is located 22 kilometers from this city. This town has attractive especially in art and history, syncretism here emerges in every area of Cholula.

Its name comes from the Nahuatl language and means water that falls in place of escape; the town was founded before the Spanish conquest (1557), being an important religious center venerated Quetzalcoatl, here people around the Valley of Anahuac met.

Cholula is a town that housed the Toltec groups after being expelled from Tula, it was they who formed the ceremonial center, which made this town in "Holy City".

Puebla’s expansion in recent years has made Cholula, 15km to the west, virtually a suburb. Nonetheless, it retains its small-town charm and has one abiding reason to visit: the ruins of Cholula. A rival of Teotihuacán at its height, and the most powerful city in the country between the fall of Teotihuacán and the rise of Tula, Cholula was at the time of the Conquest a vast city of some four hundred temples, famed as a shrine to Quetzalcoatl and for the excellence of its pottery (a trade dominated by immigrant Mixtecs). But it paid dearly for an attempt, inspired by its Aztec allies, to ambush Cortés on his march to Tenochtitlán: the chieftains were slaughtered, their temples destroyed and churches built in their place. The Spaniards claimed to have constructed 365 churches here, one for each day of the year. Although there are a lot of churches, the true figure certainly doesn’t live up to the claim. There may well be 365 chapels within the churches, though, which is already a few hundred more than the village population could reasonably need.

One side of Cholula’s large zócalo the Plaza de la Concordia is taken up by the ecclesiastical buildings of the Convento de San Gabriel, built from 1529 on the site of the temple of Quetzalcoatl. The Gothic main church is of little interest, but behind it is the great mustard-yellow Capilla Real (Mon–Sat 9am–1pm & 4.30–6pm), topped by 49 tiled cupolas. Moorish in conception, the interior comes with a forest of columns supporting semicircular arches and immediately recalls the Mezquita in Córdoba, Spain.

Arriving in Cholula you can’t miss the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (daily 7am–8pm), the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, the temple was restored after the conquest in the period of evangelization superimposing on indigenous beliefs, now live in an area that accounts for the past and history. Also this the esplanade that forms the monumental with the Church and Convent of San Gabriel; the Church of the Third Order; the Royal Chapel with its chapels, its courts and the Franciscan Library Fray Bernardino de Sahagun; . Parish of San Pedro, The City Museum "House of the Eagle Warrior and Warrior Gateway also is the Franciscan Monastery, the 45 temples in the area, the portals of the main square, the Museum - House and Culture Center where paintings, murals and crafts shows. Also the University of the Americas of colonial architecture; its spas and the Regional Fair Pilot Cholula, held from 12 to 16 September each year that looks picturesquely sited atop a hill with Popocatépetl in the background. If you climb up to it, up, you can buy snacks such as chapulines (fried grasshoppers) on the way.

What’s not immediately apparent is that the hill is in fact the remains of the Great Pyramid of Cholula the Pirámide Tepanapa the largest pyramid ever constructed, at 66m, it is lower than the largest of the Egyptian pyramids but with each side measuring 350m it is also squatter and bulkier. As at other sites, the outer shell was built over a series of nested pyramids, constructed between 200 BC and 800 AD, something amply illustrated in the site museum. You can find detailed printed guides at the bookshop next to the museum, which can be useful if you have a deep interest in these ancient structures. Cross the road to reach the archeological site (daily 9am–5.30pm), accessed through a 400-metre-long series of tunnels dug by archeologists, just a fraction of the 8km of exploratory tunnels which honeycomb the pyramid. His great pyramid, is what distinguishes this city, measuring 404 meters per side, with more than 8 Open kilometers inside, this work was done by archaeologists to have a view of the inside where you can see prehispanic paintings, which they have been classified as the largest.

They’re well lit and capacious enough for most people to walk upright, but there’s still a palpable sense of adventure as you spur off down side tunnels, which reveal elements of earlier temples and steep ceremonial stairways that appear to go on forever into the gloom. Emerging at the end of one tunnel you’ll find an area of open-air excavations, where part of the great pyramid has been exposed alongside various lesser shrines with explanations in English of their importance. Though undoubtedly fascinating, the ruins are a good deal less impressive than some of the more famed sites around the Valley of México. The ring of superimposed structures around the Patio de los Altares are certainly worth a look and there are some fine murals, but these can be better appreciated in the site museum where replicas are kept.

The city besides these two important monuments, has a beautiful colonial architecture, Central Plaza Mexico, is the largest after the metropolitan. Cholula has 365 churches, also according to legend was called the "Rome of Anahuac" because when viewed from a mosque was seen full of towers and temples, coinciding with the day of the year. something you cannot miss, as in almost all trips, gastronomy is one of the pleasures irrechazables; and Cholula typical food such as bean tamales, roasted green mole poblano, punch (drink made with blue corn and milk), desserts of milk, the joys (amaranth) and pepitorias (pumpkin seeds and honey) and cider varieties (sort of sparkling wine). In Cholula, besides tradition, art and culture can find camping areas, restaurants, clubs, and accommodations ranging from hotels, inns and motels.

It has various festivals throughout the year, since 1 January where the New Year is celebrated; January 6 with Epiphany; February Carnival is celebrated with dance Huehues (oldies); in March during spring day in the archaeological zone a show is presented for spring. At Easter, the three falls are staged, seven houses are visited and Mass Gloria is organized in the Church of San Gabriel or the Convent. In June, it marks the day of the Blessed or the Chiquita Fair; in September is celebrated from 1 to 8 the Great Fair which runs until the 15th, there you will find traditional dances, agricultural, industrial and tourism exhibitions. In November, the feast day of the dead or dead; and in December the traditional inns from 16 to 25, every day of inns pray and sing.

Activities in Cholula Pueblo Magico Tours and colonial architectural tours, Gastronomy, Archaeological Sites.

Located seven kilometers west of Puebla, capital of the Mexican state of Puebla. It is located between the municipalities of San Pedro Cholula and San Andrés Cholula.