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| Pictures of Malinalco, Mexico |
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The pueblo of Malinalco comes as close to the gringo ideal of a Mexican village as you are likely to find. Though renown as an Aztec ritual site, it also features a stunning Augustinian convent, and a beautiful quaint zocalo. Since the tourist trade has little reliance on foreigners, prices are reasonable. You can sip your catered 6 peso Coronas as you watch the activity in the town square and smile as the waitress' daughter runs from shop to shop until she has changed your 50 peso note.
Getting here is almost exclusively from the west (through Tenancingo from Toluca). The modern road from Tenancingo plummets down into the Malinalco valley making you wonder how the Aztecs ever found the place. Indeed once you are in town you discover that the only way out seems to be to the east, but then that is blocked and you have to turn south.
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| The fountain in the zocalo is especially attractive (looking south). | Looking west at the zocalo from the portals. | From the fountain looking east. The orange building is the Villa Hotel whose canopy, center, is an excellent watering hole. |
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| An outdoor garden restaurant/cafe' is 1/2 block from the zocalo. It has a splash pool for kids. | This mountain of the three crosses (so named for the crosses planted on the summit) to the southeast dominates the town. | Looking to the northeast this interesting building comprises the portals of Malinalco. |