Walking Mexico City Tour with Anthropology Museum
Description
Mexico City is a modern important cultural city declared by UNESCO World Heritage City, former Aztec Empire City "Tenochtitlan." You will visit the main highlights, including Zócalo (main square), the Diego Rivera murals at the National Palace, and one of the world's top ten Museums, the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Chapultepec Park. In the Historical Center, enjoy a unique walking tour at Madero pedestrian street, along with impressive colonial and art deco palaces. -National Palace, Fine Art Palace & Templo Mayor are not included in the visit and a panoramic visit is included. -The Cathedral may be closed for tourists.
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Itinerary
Fine Art Palace, a unique, eclectic architecture art deco, and renaissance style, Carrera and Mexican marbles, an impressive Tiffany curtain, is the best cultural venue in the Historic Center of Mexico and a real jewel of the city.
Enjoy the world's 3rt largest square, surrounded by Mexico's most important political power buildings; National Palace, the City Hall, the Justice Palace, and the Cathedral. Zocalo is synonymous with main square in Mexico. Finds the remains of the Azteca Empire called Templo Mayor. The Historical Center is the most extensive colonial city declared by UNESCO in America and called the Palaces' City in the XIX century.
The National Palace is the seat of the Federal Executive Power of Mexico; it houses the masterpieces of Diego Rivera, who painted in fresco the history of Mexico and Mesoamerica's cultures' richness. Panoramic view
The Great Temple of Mexico is an enclosure that includes a series of constructions, buildings, towers and a patio, the physical space where they were located, enclosed by a wall that had doors which gave access to the main roads of the city. Panoramic view
The Metropolitan Cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The masterpiece is the main altar designed in Churriguersco style. An outstanding engineer work considering the ground is a swampy one, and this is one of the top ten largest temples constructed during the colonial period. It is the seat of the First Archdiocese of Mexico. It is located on the north side of the Plaza de la Constitución.
The most beautiful street of the City that holds the most significant monuments such as The Angel of the Independence, The Diana, Christopher Colombus, and connects the most important areas of the City, the Historical Center, the Financial Center, the Cultural and the largest Chapultepec Park.
You will pass through the 1st and 2nd section of this Park which is not only an urban forest, it has 8 museums, more than 100 fountains and monuments, boats to row in the lakes, children's areas or many areas to live with nature and take a walk. You will be able to appreciate the Tamayo Modern Art Museum, Chapultepec Lake, the Auditorium, La Casa de los Pinos, Chapultepec Fair, The Composers Fountain, Papalote Museo del Niño and Tlaloc Fountain.
The National Museum of Anthropology and History is one of the most important museum sites in Mexico and the Americas. It is designed to house and display the great archaeological legacy of Mesoamerica's peoples and to account for the country's numerous and rich ethnic diversity today. Admission fee included if option selected.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
If your hotel is outside the included area, a meeting point will be assign.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately, and use comfortable shoes
- English guide only under request
Reviews(14)
Excellent guide. Good mix of walking round centre which was designed for our interests followed by a car to cover other areas of Mexico City we would not have seen otherwise. Helpfully dropped us at anthropological museum
Hi, Thank you so much for your kind words! We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed your walking tour through Mexico City and that the itinerary was well adapted to your interests. It’s great to know you appreciated the balance between exploring the city center on foot and discovering other areas by car, as well as the visit to the National Museum of Anthropology. We truly value your feedback and hope to welcome you again for another experience in the future! Kind regards,
The visit has been very interesting because we have explored the history of different civilizations with the precise explanations of our guide Agnes.
Nos alegra mucho saber que disfrutaste del tour. nos encanta saber que las explicaciones de nuestra guía Inés hicieron la experiencia aún más enriquecedora. Esperamos verte pronto en otra de nuestras experiencias. ¡Gracias por elegirnos!
Tour guy arrived very late, they put us behind the time, now the tour is late, Very disappointed, and Viator doesn’t have a correct numbers. All the phone numbers are disconnected.
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We deeply regret the inconvenience caused by the delay in your tour and understand how frustrating this must have been. We sincerely apologize for the delay with the guide’s arrival, which impacted your schedule. Your experience is very important to us. We hope you enjoyed your tour at the end, as you were the only ones on this tour. Once again, we truly appreciate your understanding and feedback, which help us grow and provide better service.
The itinerary of the excursion was simply perfect: first a walk across the Zocalo and a visit to the cathedral and the Aztecs ruins, then the Anthropology museum. But the best part was our guide Juan Castro, who accompanied me along this travel across centuries of Mexico's history, giving insights of the origins and evolution of the Mexican people and their nation.
We are thrilled to hear you had a great time with our guide! We will be sure to pass along your kind words to Juan. We appreciate your feedback and hope to welcome you back for more insightful and memorable experiences in the future.
The itinerary of the excursion was simply perfect: first a walk across the Zocalo and a visit to the cathedral and the Aztecs ruins, then the Anthropology museum. But the best part was our guide Juan Castro, who accompanied me along this travel across centuries of Mexico's history, giving insights of the origins and evolution of the Mexican people and their nation.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed the itinerary of the excursion, it sounds like you had a fantastic journey through Mexico's rich history. We'll be sure to pass along your kind words to Juan. We appreciate your feedback and hope to welcome you back for more enriching experiences in the future.
I purchased this tour with the main reason being wanting to go to anthropology museum. I messaged the night before to confirm it was open because the previous guide told me it was not. Never received a response. When the tour guide arrived to pick us up, i posed the question again and he said of coarse it is open. Well at the end of the zocalo area tour he headed to the museum, and what do you know it was closed. I was so upset. He proceeded to try and kill time by taking us to polanco and showing us all the sky scrapers in the area including hotels and then car dealerships in the polance area. I did not sign up nor was i interested in knowing what hotels were in the area and what car dealerships were there. This was not a good experience. Ruined the last day of our vacation.
HeIlo Nora, I apologize for this bad experience, unfortunately, the closure of the museum is out of our control due to the pandemic, the equivalent of the Museum was reimbursed, however, we provided the City Tour, so it was not possible to reimburse 100%. If you are still in Mexico City the Museum is open now, let me know if you want to take this part of the tour. Thank you Best Regards
Great introduction to main attractions in Mexico City. Our guide Jorge was extremely knowledgeable. I would have liked more time to see more at the anthropological museum.
Peter, we hope you come back soon!
Viator was singularly unhelpful when we needed to cancel or reschedule this tour due to getting Montezuma's revenge the day before. First they invoked the "no cancellation w/in 24 hour rule to deny us a refund. Then we asked to reschedule our tour to the following day (a Monday) and they claimed their operator had no availability. WILL NEVER USE VIATOR AGAIN AS THEY ARE A COMPLETE AND UTTER FRAUD.
My wife and I took this tour with Olympic Tours (through Viator). The tour was amazing. Our guide, Frank, was a joy and very knowledgeable. There were only four of us on the tour, so we felt like we had a private guide. We started in the heart of Mexico City, visiting the Cathedral, National Palace and the anthropology museums. We had plenty of time at each stop, with Frank giving us extra time when we requested it. It was hard to select a favorite, but being Catholic, I really enjoyed the Cathedral. This tour is a great introduction to Mexico City and its culture.
Hello dear Bill38360,. Thank you very much for taking the time to let us know your comments, we love knowing that you enjoyed your tour so much. We hope to see you again soon :D Best regards,
09-03-2018 Half a day to visit Mexico City. Made with the agency Kinich@Coyol and your excellent guide Alberto. Alberto is an open book, it is incredible the knowledge he has and the kindness he gives off in his explanations. Thanks Alberto. Alberto picked us up at our hotel with his minibus. It took us to visit the historic center of Mexico City, one of the largest cities World Heritage Sites. He parked his minibus and we took the tour of the historic center on foot. We visit: the Zócalo (main square), the National Palace with the murals of Diego Rivera, the Metropolitan Cathedral, a panoramic view of the Templo Mayor, the city of Aztec culture, with more than 2,000 years of history. We took his vehicle again and continued the excursion to Chapultepec Park, along Paseo de la Reforma, to visit the National Museum of Anthropology. The Anthropological Museum is a must. There is a wide variety of exhibitions in different rooms. We only visited one of these rooms. You see impressive works like the famous Stone of the Sun or the Aztec Calendar, Many masterpieces of ancient Mesoamerican cultures. After the visit, Alberto took us to our hotel.
