Puebla de los Angeles, World Heritage City , a veritable museum of the essence of Mexico. Recognized internationally for its beautiful and unique handicrafts in talavera, papel amate or bark paper, wool rugs and pieces of onyx, Puebla also boasts wonderful examples of colonial architecture that blend with the natural landscape of volcanoes that border the city as if they were guardians: “Popocatépetl” and “Iztaccíhuatl”.Puebla is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities of Mexico.
Puebla held an important role and witnessed many heroic deeds whose outcomes were decisive for the future of the nation such as the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 and the Siege of Puebla in 1863.
Today, Puebla is a city that combines tradition and modernity, and preserves many symbols of the Mexican culture such as mole, chiles en nogada, and the China Poblana costume with unique beauty and originality.
It is also the birthplace of one of the most typical dishes of Mexico:Mole Poblano which was made for the first time at the Convent of Santa Rosa; born from the mixture of indigenous ingredients. Puebla is also a city of delicious treats like jamoncillos, pine nuts, and camote.
The city of Puebla is bordered on the north by the state of Tlaxcala, to the south with the cities of Santo Domingo Huehuetlán and Teopantlán, to the east with Amozoc, Cuautinchán, and Tzicatlacoyan, and to the west with Cuautlancingo, San Andrés Cholula, and Ocoyucan.
The city has the Hermanos Serdán International Airport as the air link with other cities in Mexico and abroad.
The highway that goes to Puebla is the Mexico-Puebla Highway, the Puebla-Orizaba Highway, and Federal No. 129.
