Popocatépetl 
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How to get there
From Mexico City via Chalco and Amacameca approximately 86km/53mi to the mountain hut (albergue) at Tlamacas. From Puebla to Chalco, from there 43km/27mi along a poor road via San Nicolas de los Ranchos to the Paso de Cortés. Then turn south to Tlamacas (departure point for Popocatépetl), 5km/3mi away. Turn north for 7km/4.3mi to La Joya (departure point for Iztaccíhuatl).
A volcanic belt, which crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic, forms the southern edge of the extensive Mexican highlands. In the early and middle tertiary period enormous lava flows poured over the land. During the second phase of eruptions, which began in Pliozän and still continues, the enormous mountains Popocatépetl (5452 m (17,893 ft)) and Iztaccíhuatl (5286 m (17,349 ft)) came into being. These two majestic snow-covered peaks of the Sierra Nevada form the mountain ridge separating the high valley of Mexico and the plateau of Puebla.
From Mexico City via Chalco and Amacameca approximately 86km/53mi to the mountain hut (albergue) at Tlamacas. From Puebla to Chalco, from there 43km/27mi along a poor road via San Nicolas de los Ranchos to the Paso de Cortés. Then turn south to Tlamacas (departure point for Popocatépetl), 5km/3mi away. Turn north for 7km/4.3mi to La Joya (departure point for Iztaccíhuatl).
A volcanic belt, which crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic, forms the southern edge of the extensive Mexican highlands. In the early and middle tertiary period enormous lava flows poured over the land. During the second phase of eruptions, which began in Pliozän and still continues, the enormous mountains Popocatépetl (5452 m (17,893 ft)) and Iztaccíhuatl (5286 m (17,349 ft)) came into being. These two majestic snow-covered peaks of the Sierra Nevada form the mountain ridge separating the high valley of Mexico and the plateau of Puebla.
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Landscape along route from Mexico City to Puebla with Popocatépetl volcano smoking on the horizon.
