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The pink stone towers of Santa Prisca above a carpet of poinsettias in Taxco

Beyond Mexico City · by car or coach, south

Taxco: a day from Mexico City

A white town of steep lanes in the hills of Guerrero, built on silver, with the church of Santa Prisca on its square.

The back story

  1. The back story

    Taxco: the silver town on the hill

    Taxco·In depth

    A white town of steep cobbled lanes in the hills of Guerrero, built on silver, with the church of Santa Prisca at its heart.

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What to see

  1. On the Plaza Borda

    Santa Prisca, Taxco

    Taxco·Church

    The 18th-century church at the heart of Taxco.

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