Cholula

A city adjacent to Puebla containing the Great Pyramid of Cholula, the largest pyramid by volume in the world, its massive earthen core now topped by a Spanish colonial church dedicated to the Virgin of Remedios. Tunnels allow visitors to walk through excavated sections of the original pyramid structure. Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes are prominently visible from the church atop the pyramid on clear days, creating a much-photographed scene of pre-Columbian scale below active volcanic peaks.