The 6 Taxco & Cuernavaca Day Trips from Mexico City That Earn Their Price

1.Taxco, Cuernavaca & Pre-Hispanic Mine optional visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 597 reviews · 11 hours (approx.) · from $29Our pick

Spend a long day exploring Cuernavaca and hillside Taxco with an English-speaking guide. See a 16th-century monastery, Cortés’s former residence, Santa Prisca, and a working silver workshop. Add the pre-Hispanic mine to ride an authentic mining elevator underground. Expect early transport, cobblestones, walking, and a tightly managed schedule.

“Wonderful experience! Bernard/Bernie was a wonderful guide, always quick to answer my questions with a smile! He was warm and friendly and so knowledgeable. Taxco was AMAZING, it’s a city that got stuck in time. It reminded me of Greece minus the beach. 5 stars would def recommend”

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2.Taxco & Cuernavaca Tour with Pre-Hispanic Mine

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 271 reviews · 10 hours · from $29

Travel from Mexico City to Cuernavaca and Taxco with a bilingual guide, then explore Taxco’s silver tradition, Santa Prisca, and an optional pre-Hispanic mine. Guides such as Carlo, Ada, Barbara, and Yair have earned praise for clear English, history, and friendly help. Expect a 10-hour day with considerable walking and road time.

“Had a great time with Carlos during our trip! He was very knowledgeable and full of information on the sights and history. Definitely recommend checking out this tour if you’re looking for a fun day trip from Mexico City! Also, our driver was fantastic. There are some winding roads up to Taxco, but we were never worried!”

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3.10-Hour Cuernavaca and Taxco Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 133 reviews · 10 - 12 hours · from $60

Leave Mexico City for Cuernavaca’s 16th-century cathedral complex, then continue to Taxco for Santa Prisca, cobbled lanes, silver markets, and sunset near the main plaza. A bilingual MEXITOURS guide leads this shared 10 to 12-hour trip. Expect a scenic but rushed day, with much more time in Taxco than Cuernavaca.

“Loved Taxco, could have stayed longer! Cuernavaca is lovely but would by pass if went again, would also do this tour privately as we were picked up late (9.30am) and didn't get back to our hotel until 9.00pm Driver and Guide were both friendly and looked like they worked together for a long time and were a good team, it was just a very long day Taxco is a beautiful city, with loads of great individual silver pieces. Lunch was included, but was average, another reason to take a private tour”

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4.Cuernavaca and Taxco Tour from Mexico City

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 88 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $51

This 10-hour Mexitours outing links Cuernavaca’s cathedral and Palace of Cortes with Taxco’s Santa Prisca Church, cobbled lanes, and silver workshops. You travel in a shared group with an English and Spanish guide, such as Gabriela, Eduardo, Julieta, or Esteban. Pickup is available at selected hotels, and buffet lunch is optional.

“Taxco is very beautiful, colonial, the guide was excellent, cobblestone streets, recommended place, lots of silver jewelryAuto-translated”

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5.Cacahuamilpa Caves and Taxco Small-Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 35 reviews · 11 hours · from $192Top rated

Travel from Mexico City to the Cacahuamilpa Caves, then spend the afternoon in Taxco with a local guide such as Ulises. Walk through huge chambers, admire Santa Prisca, visit colonial sites and silver workshops, and consider the cable car after lunch. Food, drinks, and cable-car tickets cost extra.

“We had a great day out in the company of Ulises, a kind, thoughtful, polite and informative driver/guide who really helped make the day. If you are thinking of making a trip to the caves......which are magnificent... and Taxco, take this tour, you can't go wrong”

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6.Full-Day Taxco and Cuernavaca Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 34 reviews · 12 hours · from $56

Travel from Mexico City to Cuernavaca and Taxco in an air-conditioned van with an English or Spanish-speaking guide. See Cuernavaca’s Cathedral of the Ascension, admire Taxco’s pink Santa Prisca Church, browse handmade silver, and enjoy free time before returning to the city. Guides such as Teresa, José, and Katya have led recent departures.

“Katya provided us with sufficient information and answered all our questions. I wish we had more time for both locations as there is a lot to see.”

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