For my last day in Puebla I wanted to stay relatively close to town so I picked two sites. First I took a drive up to get as close to the Popocatépetl Volcano as I could. Afterwards I went to the town of Cholula which is right next to Puebla to tour the Great Pyramid of Cholula.
The destination is the Paso de Cortés which has a visitor center at
the top of the saddle between the Popocatépetl and
Ixtaccíhuatl Volcanos.
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The main attraction here is the Great Pyramid. What's unique about this pyramid is that by some measurements is the largest pyramid by volume in the world, even greater than the Great Pyramid of Giza. That's because it has a larger base but not taller.
The other thing that's unique is the pyramid is actually a Russian Nesting Doll
of pyramids, each built up on top of the previous smaller pyramid. That's
why there are tunnels through which you can see the remains of the previous
pyramids and the tons of clay blocks that fill the gaps.
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