Transportation To Paquime, Casas Grandes Bus Service, Mexico.
Paquime is also called Casas Grandes, similar to the nearby town of the same name,
Nuevo Casas Grandes.  (Often Nueva Casas Grande)
Casas Grandes (Great Houses) is located 35 miles south of Janos
and 150 northwest of Chihuahua.  This is an area about 100 miles
south of the US Border.  
First class buses stop at the town of Nuevo Casas Grandes and
from there you can take a 70 pesos cab ride to Viejo Casas Grandes
where the ruin and museum is located.  Local bus service also makes
the trip from Nuevo Casas Grande to Viejo Casas Grande.
(The modern city is sometimes called Nueva Casas Grande)
In the mid 1300s  Paquime consisted of multi-story dwelling of adobe and stone, primarily sun baked adobe
that had been built up by hand.  The influence from Mesoamerica to the south is evident in the pottery and in the
vestiges of three Mesoamerican-style ball courts, one an  I-shaped court.   The ceramics illustrates southern
Mexico's Pacific Coast influences and geometric designs common to Pueblo pottery found in the southwestern
US.
Paquime manufactured ceramic trade goods that have been found in the southwestern United States as far
north as Colorado.  They also manufactured copper bells, shell trade goods, and turquoise jewelry.

Researchers estimate that 2500 people once lived at Pequime before the settlement was abandoned in the
1400s about one hundred years before the Spanish arrived in Mexico. (1519)
Paquime Ruin Site, Chihuahua State has yielded pottery that shows influence from
both the pueblo cultures of the southwest Rio Grande and the cultures to the south in
Mesoamerica.
Pequime, commonly called  Casas Grandes, is located 150 miles north of the City of
Chihuahua.   Pottery was traded from the 10th Century settlement of Paquime on the
trade routes to the north and south.  
Paquime Ruin site Mexico is also called Casas Grandes after the multi story houses found by the first
Spanish to visit the area.  The large settlement of adobe buildings was abandoned 100 years before the
Spanish arrived.
The residents of Paquime raised birds in cages within the complex, possibly the
scarlet Macaw and the domestic turkey.  The large settlement of adobe buildings was
abandoned 100 years before the Spanish arrived.  Early Spanish settlers found
multi-story houses still standing, thus the name Casas Grandes.
Paquime or Casas Grandes looked much like a New Mexico pueblo site during its building stages in the 14th
Century as a model in the Paquime museum shows. Reach Paquime and its museum via first class bus from
Chihuahua or Agua Prieta or Juarez to the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes.
Transportation To Paquime, Casas Grandes includes Bus Service
from Chihuahua, Mexico, 150 miles to the south.  From the north
Buses reach Nuevo Casas Grandes near Paquime Ruin  from Agua
Prieta and Juarez.
Chihuahuenses Buses
Chihuahuenses Buses serve cities
north of Mexico City and include
Futura Plus, a division of Estrella Blanca, shown here in
North Central Mexico, stops in Nuevo Casas Grandes.
Chihuahuenses, A Luxury Division of Estrella Blanca reaches Nuevo Casas Grande from
the north and south
North From Mexico City long-haul Chihuahuenses, Futura, and  Omnibus Coaches reach all of Northern
Mexico.  These buses stop at Nuevo Casas Grandes .
Transportation To Paquime, Casas
Grandes includes Bus Service from
Chihuahua, Mexico, 150 miles to the south
or 100 miles to the north from Agua Prieta
and Juarez on the US border.
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