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Price is NZ$9 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Mexico City was built on top of itself. The Aztec capital stood on an island in a lake; the Spanish city was laid out on its ruins; the modern city rose on both, and all of it is slowly sinking into the old lakebed.

    This walk shows you the layers. Start facing the Palacio Nacional, cross the Zócalo, look down into the excavated Templo Mayor, stand before the cathedral built from its stones, then follow Calle Madero west to the Torre Latinoamericana and the marble Palacio de Bellas Artes.

    Along the way: how a lost temple was found by electricians in 1978, why the cathedral leans, and how a skyscraper stands on mud.

    Self-guided, so the walk is yours: 8 stops, about 2 km, about 90 minutes at an easy pace, with English and Spanish audio and a live GPS map. No group, no guide, no set start time.

Activity location

  • National Palace
    • S/N Plaza de la Constitución
    • 06066, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • National Palace
    • S/N Plaza de la Constitución
    • 06066, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico

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Mexico City Centro Histórico | Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour Flexible Departure in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • Opening hours: Wed 12:00 am-11:30 pm
  • English
Price details
NZ$8.91 x 1 TravellerNZ$8.91
Total
Price is NZ$8.91

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Start anytime, pause and resume as often as you like, and replay it later
  • Inclusions
    Live GPS map showing you and the route; each stop plays as you arrive
  • Inclusions
    Runs in your phone's web browser: no app to download
  • Exclusions
    Transport to the start point and back
  • Exclusions
    Entry to the Templo Mayor site, Bellas Artes and the Torre Latinoamericana lookout (optional)
  • Exclusions
    Smartphone, headphones and mobile data to unlock the tour

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

National Palace (Pass by)

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Zocalo (Pass by)

One of the largest public squares in the world, and the centre of power for seven hundred years. Often full of markets, concerts or marches: that is the point.

Museo del Templo Mayor (Pass by)

The great Aztec temple, found by electricians in 1978. Look down into the excavation for free from the plaza beside it; the site and museum are ticketed.

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (Pass by)

The largest cathedral in the Americas, 250 years in the making, partly built with stones from the Aztec temple and sinking unevenly into the old lakebed.

Nacional Monte de Piedad (Pass by)

The pawnshop founded in 1775 on the northwest corner of the Zócalo, on the site where the Aztec emperor hosted Cortés as a guest.

Calle madero (Pass by)

One of the first streets of the Spanish city, now a busy pedestrian street. Walk it west past churches, palaces and the tiled Casa de los Azulejos.

Torre Latinoamericana (Pass by)

The 1956 skyscraper that stands on lakebed mud and has come through the city's great earthquakes. Its top-floor lookout is optional and ticketed.

Palacio de Bellas Artes (Pass by)

The marble palace of the arts: begun in 1904, finished thirty years later, European outside and Mexican modern within. The end of the walk.

Location

Activity location

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    National Palace
    • S/N Plaza de la Constitución
    • 06066, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    National Palace
    • S/N Plaza de la Constitución
    • 06066, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico

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