Xochimilco, Coyoacán & Frida Kahlo Museum
Enjoy some of Mexico City’s must-see spots with our ‘Colors of Mexico’ adventure.
Your day begins in Coyoacán, one of Mexico’s most influential cities. As you wander its tree-lined streets, you’ll learn how this city played a part in historical empires like the Aztec and Spanish.
Then visit la Casa Azul (if option selected), Frida Kahlo’s home and now museum. We’ll immerse ourselves in the trailblazing life of one of Mexico’s most original artists.
From the inspired art of Frida Kahlo, we’ll head to the eye-catching Xochimilco and board a trajinera - a colorful, gondola-like boat - for a ride through the neighborhood’s famous canals. As you indulge in local treats , your guide will share the incredible details of what makes this area a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Before finishing the tour, walk around North America's oldest university and admire its Central Campus, another World Heritage site.
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Stop At: Coyoacan, Parque Centenario, Mexico City 04000 Mexico
Begin your full-day tour with a visit to Coyoacán, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Mexico City, dating back to pre-Hispanic times. As you stroll the cobblestone streets and see 16-century mansions, learn about the history of this area and its colonial legacy from your knowledgeable guide.
Listen to how the neighborhood turned into a cultural hotspot, attracting artists and intellectuals in great numbers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Museo Frida Kahlo, Calle Londres 247 Col. Del Carmen, Mexico City 04100 Mexico
Wrap up your Coyoacán visit at the Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as Casa Azul (Blue House). See where this world-renowned artist lived with her husband, Diego Rivera, and learn about her tumultuous life. During your hour of free time here, admire examples of her iconic work.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Xochimilco, Mexico City Mexico
Xochimilco is an agricultural area located 17 miles (28 km) south of Mexico City where many of the city’s flowers are grown. Back in Aztec times, this valley was once a lake. Learn how the local people, as a way around the lack of farmland, developed islands with floating reed mats loaded with soil and used them as gardens called chinampas. Today, these gardens are an ecological reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Stop At: Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, Southern neighborhood of Xochimilco, Mexico City 16038 Mexico
Board a colorful, flat-bottomed boat called a trajinera with your guide, and for an hour take a slow cruise on the chinampa channels, passing by floating gardens of flowers. As your boatman moves the vessel along by pulling a pole through the water, hear from your guide about the characteristic boats, originally hollowed from logs and once used for transportation throughout Mexico.
Pass by other painted vessels transporting passengers and check out the boat vendors selling fresh food. Hungry- Taste a variety of dishes and drinks, such as mole, mixiote (barbequed meat), roasted corn, quesadillas, tacos, carnitas, pulque (milk-colored alcoholic beverage) and micheladas (Mexican beer-based cocktail). (Food and drink purchases are at your own expense.) Hear music like mariachi drifting from other boats, occupied by families and visitors celebrating birthdays, baptisms, weddings, or simply a good time.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ciudad Universitaria, Avenida Universidad 3000, Mexico City 01050 Mexico
We going to appreciate the Juan O’gorman & Diego Rivera murals on the UNAM central library, this murals are an UNESCO World Heritage site.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Av. de los Insurgentes Sur S/N Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico C. U., Mexico City 04510 Mexico
Admire the Olimpic Stadium from the outside when arriving to University Campus
Informacion Adicional
"It is recommended that you wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes"
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Near public transportation"
"Most travelers can participate"
"The tour will be monolingual when arriving to the visit. During the transportation times it will be bilingual"
"This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"
Duração: 10 Hours
Ponto de partida: 1: MIGA café, Liverpool 174, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
2: Av. Hidalgo 2, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Traveler pickup is offered
The private tour option includes hotel pick up and drop off from selected areas of Mexico City.
Cancelamentos e reembolsos:
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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