Hubby and I are going to Mexico City from mid to late March. I just learned that Spring Equinox (which falls on March 20th this year) is a big deal at Teotihuacán. I had no idea about this!! I read that many thousands of people descend on the place and climb the pyramids. Then I learned that a few days later, there's an enormous and loud 2-day music festival called, appropriately, EQUINOX. I saw video of it online. Uugh.

Hubby and I hate crowds and don't enjoy big music festivals. Neither of us has ever been to Teotihuacán before. I love archeology and history and wanted to visit it for its historical significance.

My question is: how many days BEFORE the Spring equinox do they start setting up for the event and its subsequent music festival? How many days AFTER the big music festival would the site get back to normal? I just want to avoid the whole crowd situation and see the site as it usually is!!!

Fortunately, we have a lot of flexibility to change our travel dates and plans to work around this.

Don't like crowds and music festivals, but still want to see impressive pyramids and ancient cities? Change your destination, from Mexico City to Merida, the capital city of Yucatan state, where you can view the beautiful, and uncrowded, ancient city and pyramids of Uxmal. And if you want a place all to yourself, head to the relatively nearby Mayapan. Teotihuacan is impressive for the size of the Sun and Moon pyramids, but you're giving up your comfort to see that. Face it; Mexico City is crowded; everywhere. Expand your horizons a bit, while still retaining your comfort level, and head for Uxmal, and Merida. As an added benefit, if beaches are your thing, Mexico City would not be for you, but in Merida, you're within a few miles of some nice beaches, at Progreso and Celestun. No surf, but nice beaches, lots of sun. and few people.

Templo Mayor in the center of Mexico City. Do not go on a Sunday (free day). It is closed on Mondays.

templomayor dot inah dot gob dot mx