Perote, Mexico Tourism

53km/33mi further on past Jardin Lecouna lies the town of Perote (2400 m (7875 ft); population 40,000), at the foot of the volcano known as Cofre ("coffer, chest") de Perote (Nauhcampatépetl for "square mountain"; 4282 m (14,049 ft)). On the outskirts of the town stands the forbidding Fort San Carlos de Perote, built in the 18th c. to control