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East
of Mexico City, a fast road climbs steeply, with glorious
views of the snowy heights of Popocatépetl and
Ixtaccíhuatl, to PUEBLA . Little more than an
hour on the bus from Mexico City, this is the Republic's
fifth-largest city after Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey
and Tijuana, and one of its hardest to pin down. This
is an historic a city as any in Mexico, and certainly
in the centre there's a remarkable concentration of
interest - a fabulous cathedral , a "hidden"
convent , museums and colonial mansions - while the
mountainous country round about is in places startlingly
beautiful. Nevertheless, Puebla is unlikely to tempt
you into staying particularly long and in a couple of
leisurely days (or one packed day) you can see the best
of the city and nearby Cholula.
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