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There are some other places you can see during your visit to Teotihuacán, they are not included in almost any guide as they are not as important or spectacular as the pyramids or the temples, and so they often are unnoticed.
The death avenue was the most important way of comunication inside the city and with other towns, it was really long and it get all the way to the mountains, today it remains the only way of moving inside the archeological zone. The name was given by the aztecs who thought the small pyramids beside the road were tombs, they where actually small temples and so far there has not been any burial found in the avenue.
Near the citadel you`ll see a stream called "San Juan" though nowadays it is almost dry it used to be a big river and it was very important for the city agriculture.
Following the avenue you`ll find the superimposed buildings, teotihuacans used to build new buildings over the old ones instead of demolishing them and this is the best place to appreciate this.
Keep walking towards the pyramids and after two sections you will see some other buildings to your right called the vicking group.
Almost geting to the sun pyramid you may see the priest house, but is easier to see it from the top of the pyramid.
In front of the sun pyramid, to the left side of the sun square you`ll see the sun palace, on the same place but on the left side of tha avenue there is "the patio of the four small temples" (Patio de los 4 templitos).
The last two places are on the way to the moon pyramid, they are the puma mural (i`ve never see it but it appears on all the maps of the zone) and the agriculture temple, wich is almost entering the moon square. Leave a Comment
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La Gruta, An old established restuarant in a cave. A memorable experience and a rip off.
It was unuique, as I have never eaten in a cave before but they are not on my list of places to return to. We were serenaded by a couple of charming gentlemen on guitar and a harp, very nice and they earned the tip (propina) However the rest of out visit was not so nice. The food was very pretty but not very tasty. The margarita was good but it turned to be almost double the price that was in the menu. Something about a premium alcohol choice, but that was not in the menu. My wife and step daughter are vegaterians so they had soup and salad and I had a chicken dish. That and one chocolate desert was 759 pesos. Our waiter was new so I have to give a little grace about the service, but he did have another waiter looking after him. When we paid and started to leave, the other waiter had the nerve to suggest that we had not left enough tip. I generaly leave what I feel they earned, and this time they didnt earn it. I am not a snob, nor do I eat at five star restuarants all the time. But for the price, I expected much more.
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