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Casa Sol:
Earlham's Academic Center in Mexico

Earlham College's Casa Sol offers a comfortable, well-equipped facility for short-term or long-term academic programs, seminars and workshops. The International Programs Office and our experienced on-site-staff can help you plan the details of your program . During our twenty-five years in Cuautla we have developed an outstanding team of people and contacts: families, teachers, internships, and an array of wellness activities including Yoga, Aerobics, Dance, and cooking classes. Students have worked in clinics, schools, the public market, theater, and have played in a Mariachi group. We look forward to sharing our resources with you.

Our Academic Study Center, Casa Sol, is a large furnished three-bedroom home in peaceful Colonia Plan de Ayala. There are two full baths and two adjoining half baths, a study/library, computers, meeting room and living room with TV/VCR, and a fully-equipped new kitchen. The second floor, with bedroom, study (with double bed), sitting room with TV, full bath and its own large terrace, may be used exclusively as a private apartment by the group leader, and classes/meetings may be held downstairs and in the garden. A beautiful pool, sitting areas and a variety of fruit trees occupy the garden.

Features
3 Blocks from Combi (Collective Taxi) Routes:
5-8 Minutes to Downtown and Agua Hedionda Swimming Spa
1 Block from 24 hour Medical Clinic and Pharmacy
1 Block from Post Office
1 Block from the Plan de Ayala Mercado
1 Block from Plan de Ayala Park:
Basketball Court, Soccer Arena, and 24 hour Taxi Stand
Economical Restaurants and Taquerías Nearby

Distance from Cuautla
Mexico City 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Cuernavaca 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Puebla 2 Hours
Tepotzlan 40 Minutes
Popocatepetl 1 Hour

Location: Cuautla, Morelos
The official name of Cuautla is H.H. Cuautla (Heroica e Historica Cuautla) to reflect its significance in Mexican history during Independence and the Mexican Revolution. As the second largest city in Morelos, approximately 175,000 inhabitants in the municipality, Cuautla was in the very heart of the revolution. Emiliano Zapata's birthplace, Anenecuilco, is only ten minutes away. The Morelos Travel Website has much more information about the city and the region. Agricultural Center
Cuautla is the center of a very important agricultural area and serves as a major distribution point. There are three significant markets, one of which is a very large distributor of a variety of goods, primarily agricultural. There is a small industrial park on the outskirts of the city.

Swimming Spas
Relatively abundant water and a beautiful climate have attracted weekend tourists from Mexico City to enjoy the numerous swimming spas (Agua Hedionda, Las Tazas, Los Limones, El Almeal) and nearby Oaxtepec, a vacation center featuring sports fields and many pools. Very few foreign tourists have discovered Cuautla.

Surrounding Area
Many points of interests are very accessible from Cuautla by frequent and comfortable intercity bus service. Mexico City, Cuernevaca, Puebla, Tepotzlan, and the mountain Popocateptl are all within a 2 hour driving radius. In addition, Cuautla is surrounded by a very diverse group of traditional villages, from Nahuatl speaking Tetelcingo, Alponacan and Hueyapan to the pottery town of Tlayacapan. Colonial structures abound everywhere. Cooler mountain air and hiking possibilities start only 30 minutes away. More information about this exciting region...

Restaurants
There are several good economical family restaurants near Casa Sol, and some very good restaurants downtown, including Las Golondrinas and Misión Cotija. Only twenty minutes away is Hacienda Cocoyoc, with a spectacular setting, good food, horseback riding and a golf course. In the last few years restaurant chains have made their way to Cuautla: VIPS, California, and KFC.

For more information about Casa Sol, contact Howard Lamson.