Oct 102009
A popular tourist and health resort. Many Spanish-language programs for foreigners here.
In the city are beautiful churches, monasteries, a 16th-century Franciscan convent, a palace built by Hernan Cortes and decorated with murals by Diego Rivera, and a formal garden that was frequented by Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlotta.
Nearby is the Toltec ruin, Xochicalco, built over limestone caves.
