El Topo Filming Locations

Bavispe is a small town and a municipality in the northeast part of the Mexican state of Sonora.

Durango is the capital city of the state of Durango, in Mexico. It’s known for its historic center, with important colonial and Mexican baroque buildings. Begun in 1695, the ornate Cathedral Basilica has sacred art and carved wooden interiors. Exhibits trace the city’s history at Museo de la Ciudad 450, in a converted palace. Bebeleche is a modern museum with interactive displays on science and culture.

Monterrey, capital of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León, is a sprawling business and industrial center fringed by mountains. It’s overlooked by the Palacio del Obispado, a storied Baroque palace with a regional museum. Downtown lies the Macroplaza, a vast green area of connected squares home to the striking Museo de Arte Contemporáneo and the Faro de Comercio tower, which beams green lasers into the sky.

Pachuca is a city in central Mexico. The Monumental Clock is a neoclassical tower in the main square, Plaza Independencia. Set in the Ex-Convento de San Francisco, the Cuartel del Arte cultural center is home to a baroque church, art gallery and the Fototeca Nacional photo library. The Museo de Minería traces the region's mining history. The International Football Hall of Fame honors soccer's greatest players.

San Luis Potosí is a city in central Mexico. It was a major gold and silver mining hub on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, a trade route during the mid-16th to the 19th centuries. It’s known for colonial buildings, like the imposing, baroque-era Templo de San Francisco, which dominates the lush Jardín de San Francisco. Nearby, the 18th-century Templo del Carmen features an ornately carved facade.

Torreón is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340.

Mexico City is the densely populated, high-altitude capital of Mexico. It's known for its Templo Mayor (a 13th-century Aztec temple), the baroque Catedral Metropolitana de México of the Spanish conquistadors and the Palacio Nacional, which houses historic murals by Diego Rivera. All of these are situated in and around the Plaza de la Constitución, the massive main square also known as the Zócalo.

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. Covering 1,972,550 km², it is the world's 13th largest country by area; with a population of almost 130 million, it is the 10th most populous country and has the most Spanish speakers in the world.