Mexico City

Best Things to Do in Mexico City

Mexico City's greatest museums, street food, markets, and neighbourhoods — one of the world's most vibrant and culturally rich capitals.

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Frida Kahlo Museum (Casa Azul), Coyoacán

Frida Kahlo Museum (Casa Azul), Coyoacán

The Blue House in leafy Coyoacán where Frida Kahlo was born, lived, and died is one of Latin America's most moving and intimate artist museums — filled with her paintings, costumes, and garden studio.

Rising·Score +21
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Polanco Luxury Shopping and Restaurants

Polanco Luxury Shopping and Restaurants

Mexico City's most upscale neighbourhood — Mexico's answer to Beverly Hills — lines Presidente Masaryk Avenue with Hermès, Rolex, and Cartier alongside the world's best Mexican fine dining at Pujol.

Steady·Score +16
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Xochimilco Trajinera Boat Ride

Xochimilco Trajinera Boat Ride

The ancient Aztec canals of Xochimilco — a UNESCO heritage site — come alive on weekends with flower-covered boats, mariachi musicians, and food vendors on the water in one of Mexico City's most joyful experiences.

Steady·Score +14
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Mercado de Jamaica and Mercado Jamaica Food

Mexico City's legendary flower market and adjacent food markets overflow with exotic tropical flowers, herbs, chillies, and street food stalls serving quesadillas, tlayudas, and freshly fried churros.

Steady·Score +13
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Chapultepec Park and Castle

Chapultepec Park and Castle

The largest urban park in Latin America encompasses lakes, hiking paths, five world-class museums, and Chapultepec Castle atop a hill — the only royal castle in North America, offering sweeping city panoramas.

Steady·Score +11
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Roma Norte and Condesa Neighbourhood Walks

Roma Norte and Condesa Neighbourhood Walks

Mexico City's most stylish neighbourhoods offer Art Deco apartment buildings, park-side café terraces, independent bookshops, the city's finest restaurants (Quintonil, Contramar), and vintage fashion boutiques.

Steady·Score +8
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Teotihuacán Pyramids Day Trip

Teotihuacán Pyramids Day Trip

Just 50km from the city center, the Avenue of the Dead and Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán are among the Americas' most powerful ancient monuments — climb the Pyramid of the Moon for the best panoramic view.

Steady·Score +7
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Street Tacos at Mercado de Medellín

Street Tacos at Mercado de Medellín

Mexico City's taco culture is extraordinary — al pastor from the trompo spit at El Huequito, barbacoa tacos in Tepito, and consomé-soaked tacos de canasta are available 24 hours across the city.

Steady·Score +6
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Lucha Libre at Arena México

Lucha Libre at Arena México

Watching Mexico City's colorful masked wrestlers fly through the air at the 'Cathedral of Lucha Libre' is one of the most raucously entertaining cultural experiences in all of Latin America.

Steady·Score +5
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Palacio de Bellas Artes

Palacio de Bellas Artes

The marble Art Nouveau/Art Deco palace houses murals by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros alongside Mexico's finest opera, ballet, and classical music programming.

Steady·Score +4
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El Zócalo and Metropolitan Cathedral

El Zócalo and Metropolitan Cathedral

One of the largest public plazas in the world, Mexico City's Zócalo is surrounded by the 16th-century Metropolitan Cathedral and the Palacio Nacional with Diego Rivera's monumental murals of Mexican history.

Steady·Score +4
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Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Nacional de Antropología

One of the greatest museums in the world, housing the Aztec Sun Stone, the Maya treasures, and artifacts from every pre-Columbian Mexican civilization across 23 permanent exhibition halls in Chapultepec Park.

Steady·Score +4
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