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Rising from the ruins of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, Mexico City offers a unique collision of contemporary city life and historic preservation. World-class museums, restaurants and parks rub shoulders with the remains of several cultures. The nightlife, the shopping and the history make it a must-see regardless of your travel style.
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1. Museo Nacional de Antropologia
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5.0 based on 19,688 reviews
Considered one of the world's most comprehensive natural history museums, this famous institution houses four square kilometers of exhibits in 23 exhibition halls.
Reviewed By LauraGrabs4 - Hamburg, Germany
Huge museum, amazing exhibition halls, everything sehr explain, a wonderful way to get to know about the beginnings of Mexico's history and all about the prehispánico cultures, great guides, beautiful spaces, a shame the moctezuma´s headress is a copy, the original is in Vienna. Must visit!
2. Museo del Tiempo Tlalpan
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5.0 based on 481 reviews
Reviewed By kathleenj214
This is a wonderful and fascinating place! My favorite part was the various music machines (Edison's phonograph, radios, an art deco jukebox) and they are in working condition so you get to listen to music! Our tour guide Marion was fantastic and spoke perfect English. Be sure to have 5 pesos so you can use the jukebox. This a cash-only museum.
3. Museo del Templo Mayor
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4.5 based on 4,327 reviews
The ruins of the temple the Aztecs believed to be center of the universe.
Reviewed By murali8121 - Kochi (Cochin), India
Located in the historical centre next to the Metropolitan Cathedral and the national Palace. Open 9.00 - 5.00 except Mondays Entry ticket 80 pesos Time required to see two hours and more depending on interest The temple construction began around 1325 and was rebuilt multiple times. The Spanish partly destroyed the temple to make way for a cathedral in 1521. Templo Mayor was built as the main temple in the ancient capital city of Tenochtitlan for worshipping the God of war Huitzilopochtli, and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture, on top of pyramids with separate staircases. Do not miss the museum behind the excavations which exhibit plenty of the findings in several floors.
4. Bosque de Chapultepec
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4.5 based on 2,364 reviews
This 1,600-acre bucolic park has enough activities to fill days at a time and is particularly popular among families with children.
Reviewed By 759elib - Sydney, Australia
Its got to be one of the largest, best planned green spaces in the world, twice the size of NYC’s Central Park. There are nine museums within its confines giving me access to some of the best art and artefacts in the entire city. Lungfulls of clean oxygen in a city chocking with pollution. One of my fav spots is home to the Fuente de Tlaloc and the Carcamo de Dolores, featuring two of Rivera’s more unique and lesser known works of art- the massive mosaic tile fountain and mural. Its nice to sit and contemplate one’s navel or watch the never still locomotion of the populace at play or rest. I am in the reading garden audiorama sitting on the comfy multicoloured bench while all around me children, elderly folk and tourists like me take time out to let this marvel of great planning, seep- in and invade my pleasured sensorium. Its perfectly positioned opposite the amazing Anthropological Museum on the Paseo de la Reforma. Its a zig-zag kind of adventure with terrific views like nowhere else. All roads bordering the park have the best preserved Art Deco buildings which form a non ending eye-candy for this architectural buff. the best in my time in the capitol were: Avenida Mexico, Avenida Amsterdam, Campeche and Queretaro.
5. Zocalo
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4.5 based on 5,522 reviews
One of the largest public plazas in the world, the Zócalo is the heart of Mexico City and is one of the city's most famous attractions.
Reviewed By susanaquerida - Vancouver, Canada
We saw the zocalo for the 2nd time at Christmas. Wow. The lights on the municipal hall, there was a stage for performers, an ice rink, it was amazing. Of course it's very crowded, but that's Mexico City.
6. Coyoacan
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4.5 based on 7,805 reviews
Coyoacan, a former village and now one of the 16 boroughs of Mexico City, is a historic center. It is a popular place to visit, especially on weekends, because many of the original layouts, plazas and narrow streets have been preserved and date from the 16th to the early 20th centuries.
Reviewed By lorrainew241 - San Francisco, United States
We stayed in this neighborhood in an AirBnB and loved this charming and historic part of Mexico City. Especially wonderful is the main square in which you can see all types of people of all ages enjoying the outdoors, kissing on benches and enjoying the fountains and performers. We delighted in how vibrant and alive everything was in the evenings - so many families and kids strolling even after 10-11pm. Loved it!
7. San Angel
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4.5 based on 880 reviews
This neighborhood is known for its narrow cobblestone streets and is an oasis in otherwise bustling Mexico City.
Reviewed By advntr_skr - San Francisco, United States
Check it out on a Saturday. I stumbled upon this walk when downloading self guided walks on GPSmycity app
8. Paseo de la Reforma
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4.5 based on 6,352 reviews
Mexico City's main street runs through an upscale residential neighborhood as well as the city's historic district.
Reviewed By vagabondginger - San Diego, United States
This wide avenue runs for miles and shows the architecture of Mexico City from the historic areas around the Zocolo to El Angel to Chapultepec Park and then to the "new". Mexico City with modern sleek new skyscrapers that look like works of art. This boulevard is designed after those in Europe with benches, median gardens, fountains, public art exhibitions, many monuments like statues honoring Christopher Columbus and the equestrian one with Charles IV of Spain. It has wide walkways, good lighting, is clean and safe. Driving it or walking, it's the main artery of Mexico City.
9. Basilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe
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4.5 based on 7,783 reviews
This famous church, located on the site where an Indian claimed to have seen the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531, contains an image of her that is the most famous religious icon in all of Mexico.
Reviewed By yzababa - Guadalajara, Mexico
This place its visit by more than 8 million People a year the feling to see this magnificent place its overwhelming you feel the peace and the good vibe, the best way to get there its by subway but be careful with the pickpocketes also try not to use the cell phones because they can be snatch be vigilant theres enought police but its better yo be careful, theres a lot of street food around but Also i think theres a macdonalds theres two churchs but the virgin image its on the new one, also you can go. Up to the very first church that was built in honor of the virgin mary with great murals very old, for me its a place of worship and spiritual healing i love it
10. Museo de Cera de la Ciudad de Mexico
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4.5 based on 785 reviews
Located in an old mansion, this museum chronicles the history of Mexico's capital city from the time before European contact to present day.
Reviewed By MagaliM698 - Mexico City, Mexico
Did the 3 attractions and spend around 2 hours. Our daughter 5 years like it, and we make a lot of fun pictures. Was not too busy for a Saturday so we really enjoy.
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