Enjoy a Teotihuacan specialized tour with a anthropologist / archeologist (with major studies in Teotihuacan), conducted in English and Spanish. The explanation is given by a specialist of the Teotihuacan culture so you learn all about this wonderful place.
In demand: 11 of the next 22 departures are already sold out.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 12.
On this Teotihuacan tour, you will be accompanied by a specialist guide so you can truly learn about this place as you visit Teotihuacan "City of the Gods". Meet your guide right at the site early in the morning. You can get there by taxi or bus from Mexico City or can ask about transportation (additional cost). You will visit the site early morning when the sun begins to rise over the pyramids, so you will enjoy some peace here. The visit includes The Citadel, The street of the Death, Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the moon, Quezalpapalotl Palace, Wall paint Palace and museum (optional). Some of the tours are given by Jorge Archer, researcher and author with a Master in Anthropology and 12 years experience in Teotihuacan. Covid-19 Update: the site is open only from 9 am to 3 pm, the use of face mask is mandatory inside the site. There is no access to the main Buildings, Palaces or Museums. The access to the site is limited to 3,000 persons per day.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Teotihuacan Archaeology Tours lasts about 2–4 hours. The itinerary has 1 stop.
Prices start at $135 per person for this Mexico City experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, starting at 8:00 AM.
Children aged 6–11 pay from $50, adults from $135.
It can: 11 of the next 22 departures are already sold out, so booking ahead is a good idea.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Please text to contact number for details. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN, ES.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 14 participants.
Confirmation is sent by the operator within 24 hours of booking.
Travellers rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 101 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Teotihuacan Real Archaeology Tours.
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Jorge was an incredible guide. He is an archeologist who works on the site so his knowledge comes from real experience and study. He was generous with his time and flexible with our other plans. This tour is as good as it gets.
Jorge was an exceptional guide. We were the only guests on the tour, so the experience became a completely dedicated and personalized visit to Teotihuacán. His depth of knowledge of the site was unparalleled. He shared historical, archaeological, and cultural context in a way that gave us a much richer understanding of what we were seeing, including details and perspectives we would never have appreciated on our own. Jorge was kind, gracious, patient, and clearly genuinely pleased to share his knowledge. He welcomed our questions, never rushed us, and gave us the time to really take in the site. It was an incredibly memorable experience and one of the highlights of our trip. We would highly recommend Jorge to anyone looking for a thoughtful, knowledgeable, and deeply engaging tour of Teotihuacán.
I had a great time on this tour! I was really looking for something more in depth where I could really see the history and learn about the sites and the archeology behind them and this was perfect for that! He was so well informed, answered all my questions, and the whole experience was super fun
We had an absolutely incredible tour with Jorge, one of the few current archaeologists with direct experience excavating Teotihuacán. His depth of knowledge was astounding—no matter what question we asked about dating artifacts or the excavation methods, he had a thoughtful, detailed answer. He was funny, engaging, and really made the history come alive. We know how rare it is to have the actual archaeologist who dug the site as a guide—Jorge is truly a gem. This tour was an absolute highlight, and I would recommend it to everyone—don’t hesitate to book if you get the chance to!
We were very frustrated at what we felt to be a bait & switch. We paid a higher price for this tour specifically so that we could be guided by an archaeologist who had worked at the site. We communicated with Jorge prior to the date of the tour, and he helped us secure transportation and assured us he would be our guide. When we arrived on site, he met the car and introduced us to Daniel, who he said would be great, was a “historian”, and that Jorge was saving us from being lost in a big group. Well, we never saw Jorge on site guiding another group. Daniel was a fine guide, but certainly not an archaeologist, and we could have gotten the tour he gave for half the price we paid. We also discovered that the driver Jorge arranged for us was his father, and the drive back into town took 2x as long as it should have (we were checking Waze and suggesting alternatives that he didn't take). All in all we felt cheated and felt we spent double what we should have for an average tour.
A magical visit that allowed us to discover a civilization, or rather several, with a guide who made us experience his passion. Jorge is an extremely competent archaeologist and ethnologist who brings the stones to life and makes them speak. Thank you!
Jorge was the best tour guide! He had so much knowledge about the site because he has worked on excavations and we could have spent days talking about all that he knows. I would highly recommend going with him!
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Jorge was incredible! I was blown away being able to get a personal tour from an archeologist who actually worked and did excavations and research on the site itself. His knowledge of the history and culture was amazing and he was willing to go on any tangent based on what I asked about and was interested in. He had cool visual aids in a binder which helped with some of his explanations, and overall he really brought Teotihuacan to life for me. It was the perfect experience for ancient history nerds like myself!
I was looking for an in-depth walkthrough of the Teotihuacan site with a truly knowledgeable guide. My experience with other historical and archeological sites is that guides will give you either a Wikipedia-ish summary – something you can read in 15 minutes on your own – or entertaining stories that aren’t well grounded in research or irrelevant to the site. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case here. Jorge, our guide, pleasantly exceeded our expectations. He was extremely knowledgeable, easy to understand (his English is great, my Spanish is… not so much). He went into considerable depth about the site, Mesoamerican history, the artifacts, the people, and the culture. What truly set him apart was his ability to share his own research experience in a way that was both relatable and informative. For anyone concerned that this tour might be *too* in-depth, members of my family who were completely unfamiliar with the subject still found it engaging and enjoyable. None of us are experts, and I appreciated how patiently and clearly Jorge answered our questions. I highly recommend this experience to anyone who wants a deeper, researcher-by-your-side perspective while visiting this awe-inspiring site.
Well worth getting a guide to explain things you would never know without the expert to answer questions as well as the entire history of it all.
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