Things to do in Mexico City

Things to do

1. Teotihuacán

   The Pyramid of the Sun, the Avenue of the Dead, and a city of a hundred thousand abandoned before the Aztecs. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyMonument6 hr≈ €40best in the morning

2. The National Museum of Anthropology

   The Sun Stone, the Olmecs, the Maya: the best museum in Latin America, no contest. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyMuseum4 hr≈ €5best in the morning

3. Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul

   Her house in Coyoacán, her studio left as it was, and her painted corsets. Booking required. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyMuseum2 hr≈ €15best in the morning

4. The trajineras of Xochimilco

   What remains of the Aztec chinampas: canals, painted boats, and mariachis who climb aboard. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Off the beaten trackViewpoint4 hr≈ €25best in the afternoon

5. The Zócalo and the Templo Mayor

   The sinking cathedral, and the great Aztec temple found beneath the street in 1978. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyMonument3 hr≈ €8best in the afternoon

6. An evening of lucha libre

   At Arena México, on Fridays. Masks, acrobatics, and a crowd that makes up half the show. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Off the beaten trackShow3 hr≈ €20best in the evening

When to go

The most pleasant months in Mexico City: in March, April, May, October and November, taking weather and crowds into account.

More ideas for those months: where to go in March, where to go in April, where to go in May, where to go in October, where to go in November.

Averages measured over recent years: mean temperatures and number of rainy days, month by month.

What budget on the ground?

Per person and per day, including accommodation, meals, local transport and visits — excluding the round trip. An estimate calculated the same way as in the app, from the local cost of living.

Budget

€30

Mid-range

€55

Comfort

€105

Getting there from Paris: the carbon footprint

Per person, round trip, in kilograms of CO₂ equivalent — manufacturing, energy and, for flights, contrails included.

Plane

3.3 t

Factors from ADEME (Impact CO₂); outside France, rail uses the European average published by the European Environment Agency.

Book on the ground

Tours and tickets

• Go City Multi-attraction passes for big cities
• Klook Tours, tickets and excursions
• Tiqets Museums and monuments, skip-the-line tickets
• WeGoTrip Self-paced audio tours

Internet on site (eSIM)

• Airalo Data eSIM, by country or region
• Drimsim SIM card that works in almost every country
• Saily Data eSIM
• Yesim Data eSIM

From the airport

• GetTransfer Drivers make an offer for your ride
• Intui Private transfers at a fixed price
• Kiwitaxi Booked transfers, from taxi to minibus
• Welcome Pickups Driver waiting on arrival, price fixed in advance

Rent a car

• Auto Europe Rental comparison
• EconomyBookings Rental comparison
• GetRentacar Cars from rental companies and private owners
• Localrent Local rental companies, often no credit card needed

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Good to know: Mexico

Plugs

Type A, B, 127 V

Emergencies

911

Driving

On the right

Near Mexico City

• Oaxaca Mexico, 370 km
• Guadalajara and Tequila Mexico, 460 km
• Los Cabos Mexico, 1,180 km
• Tulum Mexico, 1,220 km
• Cancún and the Riviera Maya Mexico, 1,290 km
• New Orleans United States, 1,480 km

Elsewhere in Mexico

• Cancún and the Riviera Maya
• Guadalajara and Tequila
• Los Cabos
• Oaxaca
• Tulum