Mexico City in 3 days: the greatest pre-Columbian city on earth beneath the Spanish colonial one, Diego Rivera murals on every wall, and street food that the UN declared a world heritage.
Latin America's largest cathedral and the Mexican Revolution in paint on the National Palace staircase. Free.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe principal temple of Tenochtitlán discovered in 1978: the 3.5-tonne moon goddess disc and 8 halls of Aztec artefacts.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuidePork on a vertical spit (Lebanese technique + Mexican chilli): the defining taco of Mexico City for MXN 25.
The sinking marble opera house: the mural Rockefeller had destroyed in 1934, recreated by Rivera from memory.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe third-largest pyramid ever built, 50km from the city, up the Avenue of the Dead at opening time.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideLa Casa Azul in Coyoacán: her wheelchair, Tehuana dresses, jewellery and the studio she worked in.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideColonial squares, the ice axe that killed Trotsky in 1940, and the market stalls of the most charming neighbourhood.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideRoma Norte's legendary mezcal bar: copita of artisanal joven with worm salt and orange. Not tequila.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe greatest museum in Latin America: every major pre-Columbian civilization in one building. MXN 90.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideMaximilian I's palace with volcano views: Popocatépetl at 50km, 5,426m, on a clear day.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideFour taco varieties and a warm corn drink: the complete Mexico City street food tour for under MXN 100.
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