Transportation to Villa del Tepoz Fuego Once
you land by air you will exit and follow the signs into the airport terminal and
you need to go through Mexican Immigration and to receive your visitors stamped
visa card, and then you will proceed through customs. Here they use a random checking
system of having you push a button. Before you push the button they put your bags
through an x ray machine. If you get a green light you pass immediately through
customs through a turnstile, out into the public terminal International travelers
arrival area. If you get a red light they will inspect your bags and then you
will pass out to the arriving International travelers area. We recommend you use
one of the many porters to help you with your bags and to get you to your transportation.
30 to 50 Mexican pesos is recommended.
If you do not have pesos and it
is not late at night, you can find many Cambio (change) booths along this corridor
that post their exchange rate of the day. In order to exchange your money (or
Travelers Cheques), look for the best rate. If it is late in the evening or you
prefer to use your debit or credit card there are ATM machines along the corridor.
Make sure you get pesos and a bottle of water before you leave on your journey.
Foreign currencies are seldom accepted anywhere and when they are it is never
at a favorable exchange rate. We reccomend for security reasons and for the best
money exchange rate to take your debit card and get cash with your debit card.
Traveler Cheques are no longer a great traveling option since they are expensive
and hard to cash. Tepoztlan has many ATM's in town and is a safer area to get
money in.
There are several ways to get to the Villa del Tepoz Fuego. The
following list shows you your options but is not in any particular order. We find
that everyone has different preferences.
1. Let Us Arrange to have you picked up or
dropped off,
Transportaion
services are available. We will arrange to have you picked up or
taken to the Mexican International Airport. Fees vary on group size.
For all incoming flights:
We
will be checking your flight information that day. If your flight arrives on time
we expect that it can take up to 30 minutes to disembark, and go through customs
and immigration before you exit into the International terminal.
Pick ups at Terminal 1: Your
driver will be waiting for you outside of immigration in the airport passenger
receiving area. Many times Mexico City Airport information posts wrong airline
arrival exit information. This could make us miss you when you exit from customs.
We will have a large sign so you can find us that says "Villa del Tepoz Fuego".
If your exiting in Terminal 1 and we are not visible upon exiting please wait
for 15 minutes and then go immediately to our fail safe meeting place at Terminal
1 located on the first floor of the International Terminal and wait next to for
your pickup: The double escapators (next to sala E3). Coming out of customs from
salas E1 and E2 make a right and go down the hallway to the double escalators
, the escalators are on your right. Coming out of sala E3, the escalators are
on your left.
To go between terminal one and two by train:
From either terminal, simply go upstairs and look for the sign to the Aerotren,
which shuttles between the two terminals every few minutes at no cost. Train use
requires a boarding pass or a copy of the traveling itinerary.
At Terminal
1: Door 6 (Puerto 6) upstairs is where the Aerotren Train is to T2. At terminal
2: Door 8 upstairs off of Sala M is the Aerotren to T1.
To travel by van
between the terminals: The vans cost is 5 pesos.
At Terminal 1: Door 6 downstairs is the Van Service to Terminal 2. The train is
free with boarding pass either arriving or leaving. At Terminal 2: Door 4 Downstairs
is the Van Service to T1. (Door 8 is directly above Door 4 below). When coming
out of customs at Terminal 1, Puerta 6 is down the hall to the left.
Pickups
at Terminal 2: Your driver will be waiting for you outside of immigration
in the airport passenger receiving area. Many times Mexico City Airport information
posts wrong airline arrival exit information. This could make us miss you when
you exit from customs. We will have a large sign so you can find us that says
"Villa del Tepoz Fuego". If we are not visible upon exiting please wait
for 5 minutes and then go immediately to in front of the many bleacher seats across
the hallway located on the first floor of the International Terminal and wait
outside of it for your pickup.
2. Hire a Car
with Chauffer, $150 US (2 persons) dollars, 90-120 minutes.
You can hire
a car at the airport. This costs around $150 for two. This includes the tolls
and tip for the driver. Prices vary depending on the time of day and the number
of passengers. To your left you will see as you come out of the Customs area in
the main terminal two windows that say Taxi. Give your bags to a porter, exchange
money, and then go up to one of the Taxi windows and ask for a car to go to the
state of Morelos, town of Tepoztlán. You need to say the state because
without a Mexican accent you can wind up in the wrong town due to a similar sounding
name. They will charge you a fee and give you a receipt at the window. Your porter
will escort you to the outside door to one of the waiting large comfortable cars.
He will load your bags and you will need to tip him 30 to 50 pesos. Tell the driver
you are going to the state of Morelos, Tepoztlán to the Villa del Tepoz
Fuego. Tell him that our Villa is cerca (near) the Cruz de Atongo, in the valley
east of the Zocolo (center) of town and show him our address. You
can print out the map that is on this website for him before you go. This
way can take 90 minutes to 120 minutes to get to our place depending on Mexico
city traffic.
3. Take a Bus to Cuernavaca and
then a Taxi, $60 US (2 persons), 150 - 180 minutes
You can take a
bus from the airport to Cuernavaca. Ask your porter to take you to the Pullman
de Morelos the ticket area is on the second floor of the airport. It is parked right outside of the Airport Terminal. The cost of the
bus is around 300 pesos ($27 US) per person. It leaves right from the airport
every 40 minutes, up to 10:30 PM. It takes you to a bus terminal, Casino de La
Selva, which is located inside the large city of Cuernavaca. Ask your porter to
take you to the Pullman de Morelos. When you get to the Pullman de Morelos ticket
counter on the second floor of the airport ask for " a Cuernavaca, casino de la
Selva. They assign you a specific seat number when you buy your ticket. Your porter
will escort you to your bus and load your bags underneath the bus. Remember to
tip him 30- 50 pesos. This bus can take from 120 minutes to 150 minutes to arrive
in Cuernavaca.
Once in Cernavaca inside the terminal look for taxi stand
and purchase a taxi ticket to Tepoztlán. It is located at the back of the
terminal where the buses pull into. You go to the window and let them know where
you are going and they give you a ticket. You then go through a turnstyle to the
outside and the taxis are lined up and they assist you. The ticket is given to
the driver and you keep a portion. No tip, unless you wish. Tell the taxi driver
Tepoztlán, Villa del Tepoz Fuego, our address, cerca (near) de Cruz de
Atongo.. You can print out the map that is on our website for him before you go.
This can cost around $150 pesos ($13 US), depending on the number of travelers
and baggage and it will take you another 30 minutes to arrive at our Villa. You
do not usually tip taxi drivers here in Mexico.
4.
Take a taxi to The Southern Mexico City Bus Station, A bus to Tepoztlán,
A local taxi, $50- $55 US (2 persons), 100-120 minutes.
You can take
a taxi and bus directly to Tepozlán. This is cheaper and faster then going
by the Cuernavaca bus. Here is how you do it. Have your porter take you to the
Taxi booths on your left as you leave the customs area. Purchase a ticket for
a taxi, to the southern Mexican city bus station called Taxquena. A taxi can cost
from 150 to 200 pesos depending on the number of passengers and bags and time
of day. Then your porter will take you out to where you get the taxi. If you are
light on baggage and don't mind walking across the street across a bridge from Terminal 1 there is a taxi stand
where you can save several dollars by getting a metered taxi to the Taxquena bus
station. The airport porters are not allowed to escort you there. When your taxi
arrives at Taxquena Bus Terminal you exit and go into the terminal. Go right to
the end where you will see a counter with a board saying Morelos. Ask for the
bus to the Tepoztlán. They run every 30 minutes till 11:00 PM.
They will assign you a seat when you purchase your ticket and it usually costs
around 87 pesos a person. After getting your ticket you go back near the area
where you first entered and then to the back of the terminal. Pass the food area
and go out to where the buses are parked. You will see a TV monitor. Your bus
may be heading to 3 different cities, Cautla, Yautepec, or Tepoztlán. Do
not worry, your stop is the first stop on all three buses. They will list the
name of the bus's destination city listed on your ticket and a bus number. It
happens one minute after your bus parks, and your bus only stays in its parking
spot for ten minutes so be ready to get on. You will need to put your luggage
under the bus with the help of an attendant. You can store small bags on the rack
above your head when you get on. Remember to collect your luggage when you get
off at Tepoztlán, your first automatic stop. Save your ticket because they
check them when you get off.
A small walk takes you to a taxi stand with
one or two white taxis usually waiting. If no one is there just wait and they
will soon come. Tell the taxi driver to take you to Tepoz Fuego. You
can print out the map that is on this website for him before you go. This
should cost around 35-40 pesos depending on the time of day and how many bags
you have. |
