Teotihuacán Self-Guided Audio Tour: Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, Plus a 3D View of the City in 450 CE
3 hours
About this experience
Walk Teotihuacán's Avenue of the Dead from the Temple of the Feathered Serpent to the Pyramid of the Moon, reading the city's plan as you go, and see the Plaza of the Moon rebuilt as it stood in 450 CE. 12 stops in route order: Temple of the Feathered Serpent, The Ciudadela, San Juan River, Superimposed Buildings, Avenue of the Dead, Pyramid of the Sun, Avenue of the Dead, Palace of Quetzalpapalotl, Patio of the Pillars, Jaguars and the Buried Temple of the Feathered Shells, Plaza of the Moon, Pyramid of the Moon. It is fully self-guided: no group, no guide to keep up with, and no need to arrive at a set time. 12 stops, about 2.3 km on foot, 3 hours at an easy pace, narrated in English and Spanish, in your phone browser, with a live GPS map of the route. Pause as long as you like and pick the story up where you left it.
- Experience type
- Day tour or activity
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Audio guide
- Spanish, English
- Guide
- Spanish, English
- Categories
- Walking tour · Cultural and theme tours · City tours
What's included
Self-guided audio tour in English and Spanish: 12 stops, 2.3 km, 3 hours Stops at Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Pyramid of the Sun, Palace of Quetzalpapalotl and the Pyramid of the Moon GPS map and walking directions in your phone browser, no app needed Immersive 3D view of the site as it was in 450 CE, on your phone at 7 of the stops Lifetime access: start any day, at any hour, and replay it
What's not included
A live guide: you set the pace and the pauses A fixed start time: begin whenever you arrive The entry ticket for the ticketed site (about MXN 210 full price), bought at the gate or online Tip or gratuity Food and drinks Entry or admission fee
Please note
To start the tour, enter the ticket code from your confirmation on the Roamer redemption page linked there. Do this before you set off, while you still have signal. The tour then opens in your phone browser, with no app to download. Bring a charged phone and earphones. Mobile data helps; if you have none, open the tour on wifi before you set off. Best time: Come at opening time, 8:00, and start at the Ciudadela while it is cool; the avenue has almost no shade and the hottest hours are about 11:30 to 15:30. In the rainy season (roughly May or June to October) storms usually come in the afternoon, so mornings are best. The Feathered Serpent's carved face looks west and is at its best in afternoon light, so if you come late in the day, start there anyway and you will have the light. Sundays are free for Mexican nationals and residents and very busy. Checked 13 October 2026. Enter by Puerta 1, at the south-west corner of the site, a short walk west of the Ciudadela. The walk ends in the Plaza of the Moon, a few minutes from Puerta 3, so you never walk the avenue twice. Buses from Mexico City's Terminal del Norte stop at Puerta 2, and sometimes Puerta 1. Some return buses are reported to pick up at Puerta 3, but that is not confirmed by an official source: if you are relying on the bus, ask the driver on the way in, or allow about fifteen minutes to walk back down to Puerta 2 (checked 13 October 2026). Play the introduction before you enter the Ciudadela; stop 1 starts in the narrow gap behind the plain platform on its far side. The Palace of Quetzalpapalotl is entered in small timed groups. If you want to see it with fewer people, it is quieter early in the morning. Two museums are included in your ticket: the site museum (Museo de la Cultura Teotihuacana) south of the Pyramid of the Sun, by Puerta 5, and the mural museum (Museo de los Murales Teotihuacanos Beatriz de la Fuente), just north of Puerta 3. Both open 09:00 to 16:30 (checked 13 October 2026). Tepantitla, an apartment compound with famous murals, is a short walk east of the Pyramid of the Sun, near Puerta 4. It is not on this walk, but it is worth a detour if you have the energy. The 3D view of the city as it was in 450 CE works best with the phone held up at eye level, and it needs a data connection. Download the tour itself before you go: signal on the site can be weak. There is almost no shade on the avenue. Wear a hat and sunscreen, carry plenty of water, and rest in the shade of the museums if you need to. Toilets are at the gates and near the museums, not along the avenue. The ground is gravel and earth, uneven in places, and the avenue's cross-walls are crossed by steep stone steps. Wear shoes with grip, and take the steps slowly. Climbing the pyramids is not allowed at present: the Pyramid of the Sun has been closed to climbers since 2020, and the Pyramid of the Moon since April 2026 (checked 13 October 2026). Stay off the structures and behind the ropes. Every gate has a security check with metal detectors and bag searches. Food and drones are not allowed. Vendors with whistles and souvenirs work the avenue, especially near the Pyramid of the Sun. A polite "no, gracias" is enough. In the rainy season, afternoon storms can bring lightning to this open site. If a storm builds, head for the museums or the gates. Public transportation nearby
Itinerary
- 1Day 0
Temple of the Feathered Serpent: The Carvings Saved by Burial
Camino de los Muertos, San Sebastián Xolalpa
A stepped temple once carved with feathered serpents on every face, saved because the city later buried its front behind a plain red platform.
- 2Day 0
The Ciudadela: A Plaza Built for a Crowd
Camino de los Muertos, San Sebastián Xolalpa
A walled square about four hundred metres across, ringed by fifteen small temples, where the city's two great avenues are thought to have met.
- 3Day 0
San Juan River: Even the Water Followed the Plan
Camino de los Muertos, San Sebastián Xolalpa
The river under this bridge once wandered across the site; the city dug it a new, straight course set to the same angle as its streets.
- 4Day 0
Superimposed Buildings: A City Built on Its Own Past
Camino de los Muertos, San Sebastián Xolalpa
Two compounds where archaeologists left the layers exposed: one building inside another, one floor laid over the floor below.
- 5Day 0
Avenue of the Dead: A Staircase Toward the Mountain
Camino de los Muertos, San Sebastián Xolalpa
The avenue climbs twenty-seven metres in a chain of sunken courts, each closed by a wall like this one, toward a pyramid set against a mountain.
- 6Day 0
Pyramid of the Sun: The Mountain Built by Hand
Camino de los Muertos, San Francisco Mazapa
Raised in one great effort in the first or second century CE over a tunnel dug into the rock beneath it, and about sixty-five metres high.
- 7Day 0
Avenue of the Dead: The View Up to the Moon
Camino de los Muertos, San Francisco Mazapa
The avenue rising to the Pyramid of the Moon and the mountain behind it: the composition the avenue was laid out to end on.
- 8Day 0
Palace of Quetzalpapalotl: The City at Human Scale
Plaza de la Luna, San Francisco Mazapa
A palace up a stair guarded by a serpent head, built over an older temple and pieced back together in the 1960s; go inside in small groups.
- 9Day 0
Inside the Palace of Quetzalpapalotl
Plaza de la Luna, San Francisco Mazapa
Two stops inside that you play by tapping: Patio of the Pillars, Jaguars and the Buried Temple of the Feathered Shells.
- 10Day 0
Plaza of the Moon: The Stage of the City
Plaza de la Luna, San Francisco Mazapa
A plaza ringed by thirteen matching platforms, once all painted, with a central altar and an enclosure of altars set to the four directions.
- 11Day 0
Pyramid of the Moon: Seven Pyramids in One
Plaza de la Luna, San Francisco Mazapa
Seven pyramids wrapped one around the other, the last finished around 450 CE, set to repeat the mountain behind them.
Meeting point
Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Mexico City Camino de los Muertos, San Sebastián Xolalpa, Estado de México, MX
Pick up
Pickup is not provided.
Cancellation policy · Teotihuacán Self-Guided Audio Tour: Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, Plus a 3D View of the City in 450 CE
Standard Viator policy
- Cancellation 0–24 hours before departure: 100% cancellation fee.
- Cancellation 24–24000 hours before departure: 0% cancellation fee.
Good to know
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