Mexico City
Enormous, high, and far greener than its reputation. Aztec foundations under colonial squares, and the best museum on the continent.
Mexico City in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Mexico City
Where to stay in Mexico City
Mexico City in a day, two days, three
- Day 14 stops
- Museo Nacional de Antropología
- Palacio de Bellas Artes
- Bosque de Chapultepec
- Museo Frida Kahlo
Landmarks in Mexico City
The National Museum of Anthropology is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. Located in the area between Paseo de la Reforma and Mahatma Gandhi Street within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, which is a wide-open natural park and has a great history, because it was the place where Aztec emperors spent time.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 8 Jul 2026
kornemuz · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. "Bellas Artes" for short, has been called the "art cathedral of Mexico", and is located on the western side of the historic center of Mexico City which is close to the Alameda Central park.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Feb 2026
Xavier Quetzalcoatl Contreras Castillo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in Mexico, measuring in total just over 866 hectares. Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is as an ecological space in Greater Mexico City. It is considered the first and most important of Mexico City's "lungs".
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 May 2026
EneasMx · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as The Blue House for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It is in the Colonia del Carmen neighborhood of Coyoacán in Mexico City.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Jun 2026
No machine-readable author provided. Nachtwächter assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. The temple was called Huēyi Teōcalli in the Nahuatl language, meaning 'great church' or 'great house of god'.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Aug 2026
GAED · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lake Xochimilco is an ancient endorheic lake, located in the present-day Borough of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City. It is the last remaining habitat of the axolotl.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 27 Jul 2026
Originally uploaded by Madman2001; transferred to Commons by Kierano. · Public domain
Zócalo is the common name of the main square in central Mexico City. Prior to the conquest by Spain, it was the main ceremonial center in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. The plaza used to be known simply as the Plaza Mayor or Plaza de Armas, and today its formal name is Plaza de la Constitución.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Aug 2026
Comisión Mexicana de Filmaciones from México D. F., México · CC BY-SA 2.0
The National Museum of Anthropology is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. Located in the area between Paseo de la Reforma and Mahatma Gandhi Street within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, which is a wide-open natural park and has a great history, because it was the place where Aztec emperors spent time.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 8 Jul 2026
kornemuz · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. "Bellas Artes" for short, has been called the "art cathedral of Mexico", and is located on the western side of the historic center of Mexico City which is close to the Alameda Central park.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Feb 2026
Xavier Quetzalcoatl Contreras Castillo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in Mexico, measuring in total just over 866 hectares. Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is as an ecological space in Greater Mexico City. It is considered the first and most important of Mexico City's "lungs".
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 May 2026
EneasMx · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as The Blue House for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It is in the Colonia del Carmen neighborhood of Coyoacán in Mexico City.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Jun 2026
No machine-readable author provided. Nachtwächter assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. The temple was called Huēyi Teōcalli in the Nahuatl language, meaning 'great church' or 'great house of god'.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Aug 2026
GAED · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lake Xochimilco is an ancient endorheic lake, located in the present-day Borough of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City. It is the last remaining habitat of the axolotl.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 27 Jul 2026
Originally uploaded by Madman2001; transferred to Commons by Kierano. · Public domain
From the airport
When to go to Mexico City: Nov or Dec or Jan or Feb or Mar
Dry, warm, and the hurricane season is over.
Guides about Mexico City
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