Mexico City Trip Overview
It is a full day tour of Mexico City visiting important buildings recognized as world heritage sites. It is a journey through time on constructions of colonial origin that are preserved in many entities in the center of the City with impressive monuments and history.
We help you choose one of many restaurants with the best Mexican-style seasoning, or if you already have one in mind we can take you with pleasure.
The places you will visit were carefully selected to maximize the experience, but if you want to visit one in particular we can make an adjustment to your Itinerary.
Just make yourself comfortable while our guides take care of everything you need for you to live an unforgettable experience in Mexico City.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us. Happy journey!
Additional Info
Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Starts: Mexico City, Mexico
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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It is a full day tour of Mexico City visiting important buildings recognized as world heritage sites. It is a journey through time on constructions of colonial origin that are preserved in many entities in the center of the City with impressive monuments and history.
We help you choose one of many restaurants with the best Mexican-style seasoning, or if you already have one in mind we can take you with pleasure.
The places you will visit were carefully selected to maximize the experience, but if you want to visit one in particular we can make an adjustment to your Itinerary.
Just make yourself comfortable while our guides take care of everything you need for you to live an unforgettable experience in Mexico City.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us. Happy journey!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Museo del Templo Mayor, Seminario 8 Centro Histórico, Mexico City 06060 Mexico
The Templo Mayor or Great Temple of Mexico (name used by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún) is an enclosure that includes a series of constructions, buildings, towers (each of these pyramidal constructions is called the tower or cu – this would be the indigenous shrine , there may be several shrines per tower— and Fray Toribio de Benavente describes them as a large square and cornered vine crowned by one or two altars) and a patio, the physical space where they were located, surrounded by a wall that had some gates that gave access to the main roads of the city.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico, Calle Plaza de La Constitucion s/n, Mexico City 06000 Mexico
The Metropolitan Cathedral is without a doubt one of the most important buildings in Mexico City’s historical center. Beyond its religious significance, it contains a summary of five centuries worth of Mexican art and architecture. Built on the remains of an Aztec temple in what was the center of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, the colonizing Spaniards built the most grandiose church in all of the Americas. Its imposing size, fascinating history and beautiful art and architecture make this one of the most outstanding buildings in the country.
The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Mexico and is situated on the north side of Mexico City’s main square, the Plaza de la Constitución, more commonly known as the Zocalo, and beside the Templo Mayor archaeological site, a visit to which will give you a glimpse at what this place was like before the arrival of the Spaniards in the 1500s.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: National Palace (Palacio Nacional), Avenida Pino Suarez, Corregidora esquina Guatemala Zócalo, Mexico City 06060 Mexico
Inside this grandiose colonial palace you’ll see Diego Rivera murals (painted between 1929 and 1951) that depict Mexican civilization from the arrival of Quetzalcóatl (the Aztec plumed serpent god) to the post-revolutionary period. The nine murals covering the north and east walls of the 1st level above the patio chronicle indigenous life before the Spanish conquest.
The Palacio Nacional is also home to the offices of the president of Mexico and the Federal Treasury.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Palacio de Bellas Artes, Avenida Juarez y Eje Central s/n Centro Histórico, Mexico City 06050 Mexico
The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It has hosted some of the most notable events in music, dance, theatre, opera and literature and has held important exhibitions of painting, sculpture and photography. Consequently, the Palacio de Bellas Artes has been called the “Cathedral of Art in Mexico”.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Monumento y Museo de la Revolucion, Plaza de la Republica, Mexico City 06060 Mexico
The Monument to the Revolution is an architectural work and a mausoleum dedicated to the commemoration of the Mexican Revolution. It is the work of the architect Carlos Obregón Santacilia, who took the structure of the Sala de los Pasos Perdidos from the ill-fated Federal Legislative Palace of the French architect Émile Bénard to build the monument, completed in 1938. Currently it is one of the most symbolic in Mexico City , and is part of a complex made up of the monument itself, the Plaza de la República and the National Museum of the Revolution. It is located in the Colonia Tabacalera of the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office, near the Historic Center of Mexico City.
Stop At: Centro Coyoacan, Avenida Coyoacan 2000 Col. Xoco, Mexico City 03103 Mexico
Coyoacan is a traditional place to have a nice walk
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, Southern neighborhood of Xochimilco, Mexico City 16090 Mexico
You will see the only left Canal from Tenochtitlan while you get in the boat (1 hour included) and enjoy a meal, a snach or even some marichi song (not included).
Duration: 2 hours
