√ Cuernavaca (Mexico): information on the city, what to visit and what to do Cuernavaca?

Cuernavaca

Population: ~ 337.000

Time difference to London - Time zone GMT/UTC: -6 hours (+/- changes due summertime/daylight saving)

Climate, weather: 20ºC (68ºF) from September to February and 22ºC - 24ºC (71ºF to 75ºF) from March to August with the rainy season being from May to October and the dry season from November to April.

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Cuernavaca is currently known in a world-wide level as the " City of the Eternal Spring " due to its wonderful climate. Poets and musicians have dedicated songs and poems that glorify its beauty.

Maybe this is why many national and international VIPs of the social, artistic, political, scientific, and sports worlds have chosen this as their place of recidence.

Cuernavaca is an old city that, from the days of the heroic Tlahuicas, exists with its own life and, at the same time, has an outstanding place in the history of the country.

Cuernavaca (Mexico) - Things to See:

Cuauhnahuac Museum

The Cathedral

Hacienda de Cortes

Teopanzolco- Ancient Aztec pyramids

Borda Gardens

Location

With a population of approximately 700,000 permanent residents, Cuernavaca is one of the beautiful and historical centers of Mexico.

The elevation is 1,548 meters (about 5,000 feet) and it is geographically centered in Mexico making it very easy to reach other cities of cultural and recreational interest.

Mexico City and Taxco are nearby and can be reached in about one and a half hours. Puebla is two hours to the northwest and the beach resorts of Acapulco are four hours to the south.

Site Seeing

Cuernavaca is home to the famed Cortes Palace, the former Fortress and house of Spanish conqueror Hernan Cortes. Currently this museum encases murals painted by Diego Rivera, which depict the history of the State of Morelos. The beautiful Cathedral of the Assumption built in the 16th Century, the Borda Garden House built in 1763, and the former house of Austrian Emperor Maximiliano de Habsburgo exemplify the colonial style of the city. The Pyramids of Teopanzolco from the XIII Century add to the cultural character of the area and are part of many of the nearby archeological ruins.

More information and interesting Web-Sites regarding Cuernavaca:

► www.cuernavaca.gob.mx

Town hall Cuernavaca (Web site in Spanish only)

► Ad a link regarding to Cuernavaca

► Information on Mexico