DAY 18c
Week 3
TEOTIHUACÁN ~ Pirámides de Teotihuacán (México, MEX)
Monday April 1st, 2019
TODAYS MILEAGE – 125 miles / 201 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 14,131 miles / 22,742 kilometres
Only 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of modern-day Mexico City, the Pirámides de Teotihuacán (Teotihuacan pyramids) site is roughly 20 square kilometres (8 mi²) that once housed a population estimated at more than 100,000 people living there between approximately 1,400 to 2,100 years ago.
The sites main thoroughfare, dubbed the "Avenue of the Dead", runs roughly 40 meters (130 feet) wide, 4 kilometres (2½ miles) long and is flanked by the impressive 71.17 metre or (233.5 foot) Pyramid of the Sun (third largest in the World after the Great Pyramid of Cholula and the Great Pyramid of Giza) and the Pyramid of the Moon alongside The Ciudadela with Temple of the Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl, while the palace-museum Quetzalpapálotl is situated between two main pyramids.
With a reported 4 million visitors a year making the pilgrimage, we hit the site on a 'quite' day, so there was none of the usual 'combat tourism' that plagues most popular attractions around the world. I really enjoyed the visit and was fascinated as to the building and sheer scale of the site – well worth the visit IMHO.
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