Itinerary
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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 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
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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.
10 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
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
Posted By : Adriana_M
Just WOW! Such an amazing day! I loved the history lessons and information they gave us regarding all the areas we stopped at. By far my favorite thing was Xochimilco, the boats and Frida's house. Totally worth it! 10/10! Would recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-05-14
Posted By : Z5825IPmelissas
This tour was so fun. The guides know how to give you information in a fun and educational way. There is bathroom stops along the way. There is also a food stop buffet. The choices were so good. This became a highlight from our trip. The boat ride is a must do. There will be drinks for purchase and mariachi song requests which you should absolutely agree to pay for amongst your boat mates. The frida khalo museum is on your own. You can walk through at your own pace
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Posted On : 2024-05-11
Posted By : Mary_S
Very fun and informative. Tour guide was excellent! Will have great memories to share with friends and family
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Posted On : 2024-05-11
Posted By : B8551VQveronicas
Tour guide was great. Silver shop great. The Frida museum great, the floating gardens, huge disappointment. No floating gardens, litter in the water and the bright boats /“ gondolas” were fine. Just don’t expect floating gardens false advertising. The restaurant we were taken to great Mexican food,
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Posted On : 2024-05-10
Posted By : kevin_s
the best part of trip was the conclusion.
we left after the frida museum exhibit. we couldn't take it any longer
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Posted On : 2024-05-10
Posted By : yakuzad2024
Both of my tourist guides were amazing. I felt I went to school, time travelled, drank and partied all in one day. I appreciate this experience. I recommend it, bring waters, sunscreen and a charger. Very comfy bus, great bus driver, bring cash, tip ppl , eat good, ( you pay for your own food)
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Posted On : 2024-05-09
Posted By : Alicia_E
This was an excellent tour. Our English speaking guide Lily was wonderful, kind and very knowledgeable. The experience at Xochimilco floating on the trajineras listening to mariachi songs could not be beat. We learned some very interesting history about Mexico and the Frida Kahlo museum was also a highlight. It is a full day tour, so we packed lots of water and snacks. Although there are opportunities to stop and buy things, along with a lunch break that was quite good.
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Posted On : 2024-05-08
Posted By : Edna_B
Boat ride. Very interesting and entertaining.
Too much traffic in the river and what a mess !!! We had fun though.
Our tour guides Hector and Leonardo were both good . Thanks
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Posted On : 2024-05-08
Posted By : Megan_F
A perfect way to see the city! We really enjoyed the tour and especially Xochimilco and our tour guides were quite funny.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07
Posted By : Jennifer_B
Bought this tour because we were looking to do xochimilco, coyocan and frida kahlo all on the same day.
Our tour guide, Ruben, was great. There was an option for english or Spanish speaking on the tour. The thing I liked most about this tour is that we weren't split into groups. Ruben would first say the information in English, then repeat it in Spanish. This was the first tour I've had where the guide was able to do this. As I am learning Spanish, it was great to hear it in both languages instead of just English.
There are a few recommendations I have, but for this company/tour, not for Ruben.
1. Our first stop was a silver jeweler. I thought this was unnecessary, as there was a less than 5 min video only in spanish without english subtitles of the guy engraving something. Didn't add much. Additionally, when I wanted to look at a piece, I had to track someone down. Then, I asked questions about the bracelet and the girl didn't even know what the stones were. She was guessing. We ended up not buying it, as the prices were a bit high [tourist trap].
2. We went to the university which was nice, but again, we could have done without it.
3. Then we did xochimilco. This experience would have been better if we did it after lunch/at the end.. as there weren't many food options on the boat and I got a little tipsy from the beer since I hadn't had food since 8am.
4. Coyoacan.. from my previous recommendations about the university and the silver shop, I would have LOVED to have deleted those two to be able to spend more time in this neighborhood. It was lovely. We had a short walk through before entering the frida kahlo museum. After the museum, we didn't have time to explore further. The big bummer from this tour was wishing I had more time in coyoacan. I didn't have time to go to the market or fully explore the streets. The thing is, we definitely had time, if they wouldn't have taken us to the university and/or the silver shop, we would have had a few extra hours to explore coyoacan.
Tip: make sure to bring pesos/cash on this tour because the food/drinks/music on the boat is not included and they only accepted cash
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Posted On : 2024-05-06
