After 5 years, tourists can once again climb Teotihuacán’s Pyramid of the Moon

Visitors are erstwhile again allowed to ascent the Pyramid of the Moon astatine the Teotihuacán archaeological analyzable adjacent Mexico City aft 5 years. The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced the determination arsenic portion of efforts to boost tourism successful the Teotihuacán Valley.

Authorities closed the Pyramid of the Moon to climbers successful March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and kept it closed portion INAH completed enactment to conserve the structure. 

“Climbing the pyramid volition beryllium allowed starting Monday, May 19, 2025, pursuing conservation and betterment enactment to guarantee visitant safety,” INAH announced earlier removing information cordons astir the pyramid.

Access is lone permitted to the apical of the archetypal section, which consists of 5 platforms and 47 steps. The precocious levels stay closed to sphere the carnal integrity of the monument. 

During the closure, INAH said it worked to amended the pyramid for visitant safety. The structural improvements see repairs to the crumbling stairs, nonrecreational cleaning and handrail adjustments to guarantee visitant safety. 

INAH besides said surrounding municipalities person committed to preserving and protecting the taste practice successful Teotihuacán.

Not adjacent Alicia Keys was permitted to ascent the Pyramid of the Moon erstwhile she visited Mexico City successful 2023. (Alicia Keys/Twitter)

About Teotihuacán 

Located astir 50 kilometers northeast of Mexico City, Teotihuacán was 1 of the astir important pre-Hispanic cities successful Mexico and Mesoamerica. Its sanction successful Nahuatl means “place wherever the gods were created,” a sanction fixed by the Mexica centuries aft the tract was abandoned.

The entranceway interest to the archaeological analyzable is 100 Mexican pesos, with exemptions for seniors, children nether 13, retirees, pensioners, radical with disabilities, teachers and students with a valid ID.

Built betwixt 200 and 450 A.D., the Pyramid of the Moon is located astatine the bluish extremity of the Avenue of the Dead (Calzada de los Muertos). It is the 2nd largest pyramid successful Teotihuacán — aft the Pyramid of the Sun — and served arsenic an important ceremonial and ritual center.  

With reports from Infobae, Nmás, Milenio and La Jornada