Xochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo with Optional Lunch
Description
Enjoy some of Mexico City’s must-see spots with our ‘Colors of Mexico’ adventure. Begin in Coyoacan, 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 Aztecs and the Spanish. Then visit either La Casa Azul or the Casa Kahlo (depending on the selected option). Step into Frida Kahlo’s world through her original home or the innovative new museum, and immerse yourself in the life and art of one of Mexico’s most iconic and 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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Itinerary
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.
Wrap up your Coyoacán visit at the Frida Kahlo Museum (if you select the option), 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.
Step inside Casa Kahlo (if you select the option), a modern museum celebrating the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo. Explore immersive exhibits, interactive displays, and carefully curated rooms that reveal her art, personal story, and enduring impact on Mexican culture.
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.
We going to appreciate the Juan O’gorman & Diego Rivera murals on the UNAM central library, this murals are an UNESCO World Heritage site.
Admire the Olimpic Stadium from the outside when arriving to University Campus
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.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The private tour option includes hotel pick up and drop off from selected areas of Mexico City.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The activities' order may vary due to the Frida Kahlo's Museum availability
- The tour will be monolingual when arriving to the visit. During the transportation times it will be bilingual
- It is recommended that you wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes
- Lunch is only included in the price of the Full Experience option
- Please note: for the options that include Frida Kahlo, you will visit only one Frida Kahlo museum. You may choose between the Frida Kahlo Museum (Blue House) or Casa Kahlo (Red House) at the time of booking.
- IMPORTANT: Please note that the Casa Kahlo Museum is not the same as the Frida Kahlo Museum (La Casa Azul). The Casa Kahlo Museum is a new exhibition space, not the artist’s former home. By visiting this museum, you will have the opportunity to explore some of Frida Kahlo's personal belongings, as well as previously unseen artworks related to her life and legacy. However, this tour does not include entry to the original Frida Kahlo Museum (Blue House).
- For safety reasons, all infants are required to travel in an approved child restraint system while on the bus. Amigo Tours does not provide child safety seats, so customers must bring their own. As the child restraint system occupies a seat, a fee will be charged to reserve and guarantee a seat on the bus.
Reviews(8,122)
Alex was an excellent tour guide! He explained the history and stories of Mexico so well, which made the tour even more interesting and enjoyable. Highly recommended!
If you are looking for a jammed packed experience without the hassle of trying to schedule it on your own, then this is for you! The experience, total cost for what was included was well worth it. Our tour guides Hector and Alvaro were great in explaining the tour both in English and Spanish. They were very knowledgeable and kept the atmosphere upbeat. This was a completely full tour so if you’re looking for a bit less crowded tour then I would look at other options. The only unfortunate issue that happened was with the tickets. Since Amigo tours is in charge of all tickets for admissions they ended up being short one and one of my family members was not let into the Friday museum. Amigo tours tried everything to correct the issue but were unsuccessful. Amigo tours did reach out to me after tour was over to let me know a refund for the ticket would be issued. So be aware to confirm they have all you tickets and arrive on time with your group so they can use your tickets on you because there will be others on the bus that didn’t buy tickets but still stay with the group and are not supposed to enter. Other than that the only things I would say if your looking for a slower pace tour to take pictures at your own leisure then I would look for other options that have less on the itinerary.
Hector was a fantastic tour guide. Excellent command of English. Very knowledgeable and organized. The sights to see were very interesting. Worthwhile for the price I paid ($90 for me solo). The tour took approx 11 hours from pickup to drop off.
Gio and Sal were great guides! Very friendly and knowledgeable! The driver was also great!
The trip was great overall great experience. This is was my second tour with amigos tours, I did one in Japan last year with them. The only negative was the lunch I would recommend to eat lunch in town and not do the buffet.
Hector and Alvaro are very informative, funny and extremely helpful. I 100% recommend them. Overall the tour was amazing and the guides were excellent.
Alvaro & Hector are amazing guides, highly recommended.
Amazing experience and the guides Héctor and Álvaro are super professional, we had a great history class during the tour. Highly recommend for everyone that wants to know more about Mexico.
Enjoyable day Alexa and Alberto were great
Excellent Guides!! Thank you so much, Gerson and Eleazar
