Off the Beaten Path in Puebla

Free Off the Beaten Path in Puebla with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free self-guided off-the-beaten-path walking tour route in Puebla. The audio walking tour can include stops such as Puebla Cathedral and main plaza — a 17th-century cathedral with the tallest bell towers in Mexico at 69 meters, decorated with onyx, marble, and gold leaf on the main altar, Capilla del Rosario — an extravagantly gilded Baroque chapel inside the Church of Santo Domingo, called the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' for its ornate gold-leaf stucco work, Great Pyramid of Cholula — the largest pyramid by volume in the world, larger than Giza's Great Pyramid, now a grass-covered hill topped by a Spanish colonial church, plus hidden gems like Barrio del Artista — an artists' quarter where painters work at their easels along a pedestrian street, selling original art at local prices and Talavera workshops — several traditional workshops in the city offer tours showing the centuries-old process of making authentic Puebla talavera ceramics.

Use this page as a starting point for a Puebla walking tour, a free self-guided route, or the Roamee app for Puebla. Roamee Pro keeps the route flexible so you can follow the stops, skip ahead, or explore nearby streets at your own pace.

• •Puebla Cathedral and main plaza — a 17th-century cathedral with the tallest bell towers in Mexico at 69 meters, decorated with onyx, marble, and gold leaf on the main altar
• •Capilla del Rosario — an extravagantly gilded Baroque chapel inside the Church of Santo Domingo, called the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' for its ornate gold-leaf stucco work
• •Great Pyramid of Cholula — the largest pyramid by volume in the world, larger than Giza's Great Pyramid, now a grass-covered hill topped by a Spanish colonial church
• •Amparo Museum — a world-class museum in a colonial-era hospital building housing pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mexican art with a stunning rooftop terrace overlooking the cathedral
• •Calle de los Dulces — the 'Street of Sweets' famous for traditional Pueblan confections like camotes (sweet potato candy) and tortitas de Santa Clara, sold from colonial-era shops

• •Barrio del Artista — an artists' quarter where painters work at their easels along a pedestrian street, selling original art at local prices
• •Talavera workshops — several traditional workshops in the city offer tours showing the centuries-old process of making authentic Puebla talavera ceramics