You can hire a guide to show you around and give you some background history. We chose to venture off by ourselves. Be prepared to walk and walk--and sometimes run, as local "artisans" attempt to entice you with their tourist-trap gifts, which all three of us fell prey to. But it's fun to haggle a bit and feel like you got a good deal for your money.

Things to see:

**The Ciuadela

**Avenue of the Dead

**Pyramid of the Sun

**Pyramid of the Moon

**Palace of Quetzalpapalotl

The immense Pyramid of the Sun ranks among the biggest in the world, although a climb to the top of the slightly smaller Pyramid of the Moon offers the best view of the site, due to the difference in ground level. A climb to the top of either pyramid will be rewarded with a stunning view and is well worth it.

There is an on-site museum which diplays artifacts found on the site, and beneath the glass floor of the main hall, there is a scale model of the city which originally cover 20 sq km.

At opposite end of the site there is the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, beautifully decorated with carvings of masks of the serpent Quetzalcotl and a God thought to be rain god Tlaloc.

The Quetzalpapalotl Palace complex, near the moon pyramid has many fine carvings and murals.

There are many organised tours to the Teotihuacan from Mexico City, but be prepared to pay from $30. Much cheaper is getting the bus from the North Bus terminal -Autobuses Teotihuacan run a service half hourly approx. That way your whole trip, including entrance fee shouldn''t be much more than $10.

There is a lot of history here - which is extremely interesting. We talked to one guy who said he had a global positioning system and he took it up onto the Sun pyramid and it could not locate him on top of the pyramid - which he said shouldn't happen. Pretty neat!