Mexico City Travel Guide

 77 Reviews  Teotihuacan is an hour and a half drive north of Mexico City and I recommend you devote a full day to visiting. There are two main pyramids, the Sun and the Moon, the first one is larger and taller and you can climb both of them. The sun is a bit difficult but once you get to the top you will have... 

 57 Reviews  Museo Nacional de Antropologia: Is anyone ever really prepared for this museum? In terms of depth and quality of exhibits, this place ranks up there with the Louvre, or the Met, or the vatican collections. Somewhere a realistic guide for visiting this site must exist (I remember seeing these... 

 51 Reviews  This art-déco monument dedicated to the Mexican Revolution, is in the Plaza de la República, where the Museo Nacional de la Revolución is also located. The building was actually commissioned by dictator Porfirio Díaz, who intended to make it his new legislative chamber. However, the 1910 Revolution... 

 36 Reviews  Another place you must visit is Xochimilco, a place with water canals where small boats (called TRAJINERAS) sail along, and where you can get Mexican food & music while on the boat (or eat on "shore"), buy handcrafts and flowers, have a beer and just have a good time. Most foreigners ADORE this... 

 118 Reviews   The Angel of Independence (El Ángel de la Independencia) is a victory column located on a roundabout over Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City. El Ángel was built to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence, celebrated in 1910. In later years it was made... 

 113 Reviews   The famous Aztec calendar stone (Piedra del Sol) is the main exhibit in the museum. It is a large monolithic sculpture that was excavated in the Zócalo in 1790. It was discovered whilst Mexico City Cathedral was being repaired. The stone is around 12 foot across and weighs about 24 tons. One aspect... 

 36 Reviews  Construction of the Palace of Fine Arts started in 1904 and ended in 1932. Technical difficulties, budgetary constraints and the 1910 Mexican revolution interrupted what was supposed to be a four year project. It is a magnificent white marble building used for world-class performing arts shows such... 

 69 Reviews   Metropolitan Tabernacle situated to the right of the main cathedral. It was built by Lorenzo Rodríguez during the height of the Baroque period between 1749 and 1760, to house the archives and vestments of the archbishop. It also functioned and continues to function as a place to receive Eucharist... 

 29 Reviews   The Templo Mayor ("Major Temple") was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. It is part of the Historic Center, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987. The excavated site consists of two parts, the temple itself,... 

 4 Reviews and 206 Opinions  This hotel is usually preferred by businessmen traveling to Mexico City and also by high-profile... 

 18 Reviews  This is a "traditional" Mexican restaurant, in every sense of the word. Cafe de Tacuba has been around a long time, 94 years. When you walk in and are seated, and absorb your surroundings - you'll think you've been transported back in time, way back! Boveda-style ceilings, dark woods, murals... 

 32 Reviews  Modeled after the London double-decker buses, the Turibus is a great way to get around Mexico City and enjoy the major attractions. There are two routes, one covers Reforma Avenue, all the major museums and downtown. The second route covers the southern part of the city. You can get on and off as... 

 41 Reviews  In mexico city i used the metro almost every day because its sometimes far easier than facing the traffic with a car. I am tall, tanned but not dark skinned and blue eyed - not your average "mexican" looking at all and some how i have managed to get to this point without ever having a bad tale to... 

 52 Reviews  An important aspect of good travel planning is deciding what items to take with you on your vacation. What you take will, of course, depend on such factors as the climate of your destination, the types of activities you propose to engage in while there and the duration of your trip. Sometimes... 

 22 Reviews  If you like history, you must check out the Historic Center. You'll find the Aztec ruins of their main temple, the cathederal that Cortes built in the early 1500s on top of the main Aztec pyramid, the Presidential Palace. On top of all this, there's all the activity and people there to see.