After dinner, we had a little desert and headed to find a mini volcano here in town. We were able to climb down inside to see the center. It was a fun family adventure.

Cuexcomate’s name is derived from the Nahuatl term cuezcomatl “a large earthen jar used to store grain”, because of its resemblance to such a vessel. Historically, it has been cited that the geyser was formed before the 1064 eruption of the Popocatépetl, an active volcano and the second highest peak in Mexico, which likely activated geothermal spring circulation that cut upward through Mesozoic limestone and deposited the geyser and the springs around it. The geyser’s rock composition is 99% calcite, differing thus from typical silica sinter deposits.[citation needed]

Cuexcomate has been mistakenly called ‘the smallest volcano in the world’ because of the popular belief that it was indeed a volcano, based only on the shape of the structure; however, it is not a volcano. Today, there is a metal spiral staircase that allows tourists to descend into the excavated interior of the structure, where cultural events are occasionally done.