Mexico City. Oct 13-16. Haunted tours + Halloweend / Day of the Dead

Mexico isn't into haunts b ut into a day of remembering those who have passed away. Whole different outlook. It is a day the deceased are honored. You waNT SPOOKY tour try USA

The day of the dead will be celebrated from Tuesday October 31 to Thursday November 2nd.

"Halloween" (as we think of it in most of the USA) has made its way into parts of Mexico (young children learning of it from television programs or movies). Día de las Brujas (Mexico's version of Halloween) is celebrated by some children on October 31. I've seen some evidence of Halloween in Mexico City, and it's somewhat popular in Acapulco (and maybe many other locations in Mexico).

None of the Día de los Muertos observances are likely to be available to see when you're there - but you might want to visit the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares in Coyoacan which annually has a seasonal exhibit about this.

There are places in Mexico City said to be haunted and you can read about them when you click on the link below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reportedly_haunted_locations_in_Mexico

An article from March of this year in El Universal discusses tours of haunted places in the city, supposedly conducted on a weekly basis. Check it out:

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/haunted-tour-historic-downtown

LW

You could look at the exterior of La Casa de La Bruja, an atmospheric old apartment house on the Plaza Río de Janeiro, in Colonia Roma Norte.

Agreed with others there won't be any Halloween or Day of the Dead activities so early in October (I was there last October, and they started to make ofrendas in the central squares only a few days before the end of the month), but you could visit a central cemetery to get your fright; Panteon de San Fernando (Metro station Hidalgo). Careful: both the Metro station and neighbourhood are a bit sketchy after dark!

Another scary moment could be a visit to the Santa Muerte shrine on Alfareria 12 in Tepito (Metro station Tepito). This combines the skeleton icon we associate with Halloween, and a local cult to the Saint of Death. Use caution in this neighbourhood.

Steering someone unfamiliar with the grittiest and dangerous side of a megalopolis such as the D.F. is to place them at risk of harm, potentially, and is, IMO, the worst sort of recommendations someone could offer. I doubt any one of the 20+ million metropolitan residents would recommend similarly.

LW

I didn't recommend them. And I provided warnings. Those are places I've visited, so I based my comments upon first hand experience. Have you been on the haunted walk tour? It appears you didn't even read the article or you would have got the date correct, that was posted in September, not March (I remember seeing the article online a couple of weeks ago).

Many of your contributions to the forum indicate to me that you're a thrill-seeking traveler and one looking for the lowest/cheapest forms of housing, food, travel, etc. That's fine for you. It's what makes you happy. Congrats!

By mentioning two dangerous locations you in effect offered them up as possibilities for this person. That's how I view it.

As for the article I linked on haunted places in the D.F., yes, I read it thoroughly before posting the link. Interesting to me is how you have your nylons tied in a knot over the publication date reference. So, I'll explain: the date on the English-language article appears as "day/month/year" ... a format not commonly used in the United States ... from where I read it from. So I apologize for confusing anyone who thought the publication date was more important than the content the article provided.

Felices fiestas patrias México!
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LW