Casas Grandes Tourist Guide (Mexico)

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Casas Grandes is one of towns in Mexico situated some 10 km south-west of Nueva Casa Grande and 1,970 km from Mexico City. The population of Casas Grandes is about 5,300 people (census of 2015). Many people visit Casas Grandes to experience its archaeological sites.

Casas Grandes is served by Douglas Municipal Airport (IATA: DGL) airport, which is 240 km away.

The most popular tourist attractions in it

1. Casas Grandes

Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquimé) is the contemporary name given to a pre-Columbian archaeological zone and its central site, located in northwestern Mexico in the modern-day Mexican state of Chihuahua. Regarded as one of the most significant archaeological zones in the northwestern region, Casas Grandes is centered in a wide, fertile valley on the Casas Grandes or San Miguel river, some 35 miles (56 km) south of Janos and 150 miles (240 km) northwest of the state c…