Activities in Mexico City
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Mexico City Sightseeing Tour
6 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
by Viator
Immerse yourself in Mexico City on a city tour offering something for everyone. Whether you're passionate about history and art, or just yearning for adventure,…Not LP reviewed
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Journeys Beyond the Surface
Offers personalized walking tours on aspects of the DF experience, with a get-off-the-beaten track attitude. Enhanced by expert commentary, tours may cover pre-Hispanic architecture, the muralist movement, or life in low-income neighborhoods, depending on participants’ interests.
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Teotihuacan Pyramids and Shrine of Guadalupe
7 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
by Viator
Experience the ancient City of the Gods on a visit to the archaeological site of Teotihuacan. Your full day guided tour will highlight the complexities of Aztec…Not LP reviewed
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Recorridos Dominicales
Sunday walking tours organized by the DF cultural ministry. Routes vary weekly, with participants divided between 10 guides; the website lists the week’s destination and departure point. Commentary is in Spanish only but even non-Spanish speakers may enjoy seeing some of the little-visited places on the agenda, as well as meeting the middle-class Chilangos who generally attend. There’s no cost, but it’s customary to tip the guides M$20 or so.
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Taxco and Cuernavaca from Mexico City
10 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
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Soak up the perfect climate of 'The City of Eternal Spring', Cuernavaca and enjoy a scenic drive to Taxco, the colonial silver mining city on a full day guided…Not LP reviewed
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Mexico City Sightseeing Tour
6 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
by Viator
Immerse yourself in Mexico City on a city tour offering something for everyone. Whether you're passionate about history and art, or just yearning for adventure,…Not LP reviewed
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Tranvía
Motorized version of a vintage streetcar runs a 45-minute circuit of the Centro Histórico, with guides relating fascinating bits of lore (in Spanish) along the way. On Thursday night there’s a special cantina tour (M$100 including wine, reservation required). Tours depart from Avenida Juárez by Bellas Artes. A similar tour operates in Coyoacán, departing from the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares.
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Away Mexico City
The only place in town where you can enjoy a renewing session in a temascal (traditional adobe sweat lodge). This classy marbled space includes a gym, jet pools, steam rooms, and sun beds on the rooftop terrace from where you can enjoy sweeping city views. There’s also a small bar for invigorating fruit juices and Vogue magazine for inspiration.
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Teotihuacan Pyramids Hot-Air Balloon Tour
4.5 - 8 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
by Viator
Experience the Teotihuacan Pyramids from a whole new angle - looking down on them from the sky! This guided hot-air balloon adventure from Mexico City is a…Not LP reviewed
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Puebla and Cholula Day Trip from Mexico City
10 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
by Viator
Experience the heritage and history of Mexico on this 10-hour up-close and personal exclusive tour. See the world´s largest pyramid and its 365 churches at the…Not LP reviewed
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Bosque de Tlalpan
This beautiful forest contains several jogging and hiking trails, as well as numerous picnic areas where you can kick back with your water bottle and muesli bar. Springtime is stunning with a dazzle of wildflowers. From metro Tasqueña, take the Tren Ligero to the Estadio Azteca station, then catch a Tlalpan pesero, which will drop you at the park.
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Spa Gran Melia
Well-priced for the facilities which include a superb gym with round-the-clock trainer, three Jacuzzi spas with skylights, a small indoor pool, a sauna and a steam room. Therapies and treatments on offer include shiatsu, volcanic mud, lip wrap, body scrub and the enticing-sounding body wine massage (Chardonnay apparently, such a waste…).
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Turibús Circuito Turístico
Provides tourist-eye view of the key areas. The total recorrido (route) lasts about three hours, but you can get off and back on the red double-decker bus at any designated stop along the way. Buses pass every 30 minutes or so. Fares, which cost slightly more on weekends, include headphones for recorded explanations in six languages.
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Spa Marquis
The day fee covers use of the separate-sex Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room and mixed gym and pool. There are sitting areas with magazines, complimentary juices and coffee and domed skylights. Massages cost an average of M$90 for 50 minutes and additional treatments, including mud therapy and various facials, are available.
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Bicitekas
This urban cycling group organizes rides starting from the Monumento a la Independencia at 21:00 every Wednesday. Groups of up to 100 cyclists ride to destinations like Coyoacán and Ciudad Satélite. Participants must be sufficiently robust to handle treks of up to 40km. Helmets and rear lights are required.
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Mexico Soul & Essence
Culinary-cultural excursions by articulate bicultural guides with a passionate interest in their subject. Tours combine browsing markets for ingredients, kitchen instruction with well-regarded chefs, and dining in some of the city’s finest restaurants. Cooking courses are also offered.
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Pista de Hielo San Jerónimo
Located 2.5km west of the Ciudad Universitaria is Mexico City's ice skating rink. To get here hop on a ‘Contreras’ pesero from Copilco metro station; get off at the Glorieta San Jerónimo intersection on the Periférico ring road. Admission includes skate hire
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Garibaldi Night Tour
3 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
by Viator
See the vibrant Mexico City streets at night on this unique Garibaldi night tour! Visit the Zocalo (main square) to admire its illuminated monuments and…Not LP reviewed
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Dinner at the Revolving Bellini Restaurant in Mexico City
3 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
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Bellini restaurant in Mexico City offers unparalleled views of the city and is a dining experience not to be missed. The only revolving restaurant in Mexico…Not LP reviewed
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Equilibrium
A modest gym with friendly staff and a small weight room with good equipment, this place offer lots of regular classes, including spinning, Pilates, yoga and Latin rhythm. It lacks a website so you will have to make a trip here to find out the current schedule.
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Folkloric Ballet in Mexico City
3 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
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The Mexico from yesterday and today, of beautiful songs and dances! Come and see the world-famous Mexico City Folkloric Ballet at the Hidalgo Theater. The…Not LP reviewed
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Xochimilco and National University of Mexico
6 hours (Departs Mexico City, Mexico)
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Learn the history and heritage of Xochimilco, an agricultural area in the south of Mexico City. Drift in a flat-bottomed boat through the magnificent floating…Not LP reviewed
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Centro Culinario Ambrosia
Cooking courses are held in a grand historic building, both for professional and amateur chefs and cooks. Courses in English were introduced in April 2008. There is also a restaurant on site where you can sample the service and dishes first-hand.
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Pista de Cuemanco
Following the trail around the Canal Nacional, one of the web of waterways in Xochimilco and a wonderful setting for jogging. From the metro continue on the Tren Ligero to the last stop, from where bicycle taxis will shuttle you to the canals.
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Centro Cultural Tepeticpac Tlahtolcalli
If you’d like to brush up on your Náhuatl – or Mixtec or Otomí – this cultural center offers courses in indigenous languages. On Saturdays you can join workshops on Aztec dance, codex reading or huehuetl (indigenous drum) playing.
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Centro Caba
This sweaty gym has been a hit with pumping bodies for a decade. Classes, including Pilates, rumba Cubana and kickboxing, are (amazingly) included in the day-pass price, as are use of the small (but efficient) weight room and sauna.
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