The 6 Best Puebla & Cholula Day Trips from Mexico City

1.Puebla, Cholula & Tonantzintla Day Trip with Optional Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,702 reviews · 11 hours (approx.) · from $49Our pick

Spend about 11 hours visiting Cholula’s pyramid and churches, Santa María Tonantzintla’s remarkable Indigenous Baroque interior, and Puebla’s cathedral, Zócalo, Rosario Church, and El Parián market. Guides such as Álvaro, Omar, Arantxa, and Rodrigo are praised for lively historical explanations. Lunch is optional.

“Bernie was a great tour guide. Very knowledgeable, friendly. Great to give us instructions in English and Spanish. Puebla was my favorite part I would like more time to explore the city.”

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2.Puebla, Cholula and Tonantzintla Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 1,191 reviews · from $89

Travel from Mexico City to Cholula, Santa María de Tonantzintla, and Puebla with an English or Spanish-speaking guide. Expect an early start, comfortable round-trip transport, a Great Pyramid visit, striking church art, Talavera crafts, and optional local lunch. Guides such as Rodrigo, Alex, and Leonardo have earned especially strong praise.

“It was an educational and fun experience traveling with others of various ages, cultures and religions.”

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3.Puebla and Cholula Day Trip from Mexico City

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 274 reviews · 10 to 12 hours (approx.) · from $54

Spend a full day exploring Cholula’s Great Pyramid and Puebla’s colonial churches with a bilingual guide such as Gabriela, Jaime, or Javier. Choose an optional five-course buffet lunch, ride in an air-conditioned vehicle, and expect a long day shaped by traffic and group timing.

“The trip was very nice. We could visit Choula piramid as well as the nice city of Puebla, which is really worth a visit. Very nice places and guide.”

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4.Puebla and Cholula Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 194 reviews · 12 hours · from $68

Travel from Mexico City to Tonantzintla, San Francisco Acatepec, Cholula, and Puebla in about 12 hours. A bilingual guide such as Humberto, Pavel, or Gabriela leads the day in English and Spanish. Expect churches, archaeology, Talavera, onyx, lunch if selected, and limited free time.

“We signed up for the trip in English, but we were the only English-speaking couple for a total of about 15 people. Although the guide provided brief explanations in English, most of the trip was in Spanish. In general, we get pleasure from two places, which we saw a lot more than from our guide.”

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5.6-Night Best of Central Mexico Tour: Teotihuacan Pyramids, Taxco, Cuernavaca and Puebla from Mexico City

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 58 reviews · 7 days (approx.) · from $685

Spend six nights in Mexico City with airport transfers, breakfast, bilingual guides, and day trips to Teotihuacan, Taxco, Cuernavaca, Puebla, Cholula, Xochimilco, and Coyoacan. Guides such as Eduardo, Humberto, Jaime, Javier, and Miguel have led past departures. Expect strong coverage, long road days, and changing schedules.

“Mexitours did a phenomenal job for me, organizationally from front to back. I booked this multi-day tour last minute and Luis and Silvia coordinated everything and customized my program to fit my schedule, including airport pickup dates and additional activity. They also did an excellent job with logistics which often is a weakness for some other companies. Everyone, especially my new friends tour leaders Jaime and Javier, were courteous, knowledgeable, and passionate about showing us the beauty of their country. I highly recommend them.”

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6.Cholula Pyramid & Puebla Small Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 54 reviews · 10 hours · from $192

Travel from Mexico City with a bilingual guide and a group of up to 15. Explore Cholula’s Great Pyramid, its museum, and the church above it, then see Tonantzintla, Acatepec, Puebla Cathedral, Rosario Chapel if available, and Calle de los Dulces. Guides such as Javier, Alberto, and Francisco have earned strong praise for care and local insight.

“We had a wonderful time doing the tour with our fantastic tour guide Alberto in Cholula and Francisco in Puebla. They are so patient and knowledgeable too. A must do your when you are in Mexico City. We lost our drone in Cholula and thanks to the can-do attitude/persistence of Alberto that he was able to retrieve it the next day.”

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