Mexico City deals a whole deck of good days. Draw your card.
Balloons over Teotihuacan at first light, a painted trajinera on the Xochimilco canals, a masked brawl at Arena México on a Tuesday night. What each one costs, how early it leaves and which one to book.
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The pyramid day, the dawn flight, the canal afternoon and a morning in the old centre. What each costs, and what the travellers who took it thought.
01The pyramid dayTeotihuacan, Guadalupe Shrine & Tlatelolco Day Tour with LunchTeotihuacan, the Basilica of Guadalupe and Tlatelolco in one loop, with lunch. The most-booked day out of the city.
02The dawn flightBalloon flight + Breakfast in cave + Pyramids + Pick up CDMX.Up before light over the Avenue of the Dead, then breakfast in a cave restaurant once the basket is down.
03The canal afternoonXochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo with Optional LunchA trajinera on the Xochimilco canals, then cobbled Coyoacán and the Frida Kahlo museum, lunch optional.
04The first morningHistoric Downtown Walking TourThe Zócalo, the cathedral and the streets around them on foot, before the afternoon clouds roll in.
Teotihuacan three ways: from a basket, on foot at opening, or with the Basilica.
The pyramids stand an hour north-east of the city and nearly everyone goes as a day trip. The real decision is how you see them. Three kinds of pyramid day, and what it costs to book each.
Six corners of Mexico City worth a whole morning.
The old centre around the Zócalo, the castle and museums of Chapultepec, cobbled Coyoacán, the Xochimilco canals and the shrine at Tepeyac. Pick the one that fits your first free day.
Mexico City eats standing up, at a stall, late.
Al pastor shaved off the trompo, blue-corn tlacoyos off a hot comal, a mezcal flight in a Roma bar, a market morning in La Merced. The three food bookings travellers rate highest, then the rest of the table.
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Every Mexico City tour →The days out more travellers book than anything else here, led by the pyramids and the balloons floating over them.
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Teotihuacan, Guadalupe Shrine & Tlatelolco Day Tour with Lunch
Join a central Mexico City pickup for a nine-hour guided trip to Tlatelolco, the Basilica of Guadalupe and Teotihuacan. Expect Aztec history, a craft workshop, tequila tasting and an optional buffet lunch. Guides such as Gio, Alicia and Leonardo have earned praise for clear, lively explanations. Private tours include hotel pickup.
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Xochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo with Optional Lunch
from $34
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Balloon flight + Breakfast in cave + Pyramids + Pick up CDMX.
from $172
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Teotihuacan pyramids morning or afternoon without tourist traps
from $64
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Teotihuacan Early Access Guided Tour with optional Lunch
from $39
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Teotihuacan, Tlatelolco & Guadalupe Shrine Tour
from $49
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Teotihuacan Hot Air Balloon Flight from Mexico City / Volare
from $155
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Xochimilco, Coyoacan, Frida Kahlo Museum & Murals Tour
from $89
In the wet months Mexico City clouds over by mid-afternoon. Plan around it.
From about June to September the mornings come up clear and the storms arrive later in the day, hard and short. Do the pyramids, the canals and the walking tours early, and keep the afternoons for museums, murals, a cooking class or a seat at the arena.
Four Mexico City bookings that will not wait for you.
Most of the city can be arranged the night before over a plate of tacos. These four run on timed tickets, dawn weather and fixed show nights.
- 01Frida Kahlo Museum Entry Ticket w/Digital GuideEntry to the Casa Azul is by timed ticket bought online, and the slots are often gone days ahead.
- 02Balloon flight + Breakfast in cave + Pyramids + Pick up CDMX.Flights leave at first light and only when the wind allows, so keep a spare morning in case yours is called off.
- 03Lucha Libre Experience in Mexico CityArena México fights on set nights each week, Tuesday, Friday and Sunday the regulars. Miss them and the next card is days away.
- 04Mexican Folklore BalletThe Ballet Folklórico dances at the Palacio de Bellas Artes only a few times a week, usually Wednesday night and Sunday.
Three days out you will only find in and around Mexico City.
Pyramids and food tours turn up all over the world. A masked wrestling night, a floating party on Aztec canals and a warm river running through a canyon do not.
Lucha Libre
Lucha libre is theatre, sport and a family night out at once. Técnicos fight clean, rudos cheat, and the masks are serious business: lose one in a mask-against-mask bout and the identity is gone for good. Arena México in the Doctores neighbourhood is the home of it, loud, cheap and full of kids in replica masks.
- 1Lucha Libre Tickets & Tacos & Beer & Mezcal – BEST NIGHT EVER!★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,077 reviews
- 2Lucha Libre Experience in Mexico City★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 595 reviews
- 3Lucha Libre Tour and Mezcal Tasting in Mexico City★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 519 reviews
The Xochimilco Canals
The canals are what remains of the lake the Aztecs farmed on chinampas, floating beds of mud and reeds. The painted trajineras carry picnics now instead of produce, and mariachi boats pull alongside for a song. Weekends are a party on the water; a weekday morning is the quiet version.
- 1Xochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo with Optional Lunch★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 7,320 reviews
- 2Xochimilco, Coyoacan, Frida Kahlo Museum & Murals Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 · 3,025 reviews
- 3Xochimilco Barco Fiesta Tentacion 18+ with Open Bar and Tacos★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,209 reviews
Grutas Tolantongo
A river warmed inside the mountain runs out of a cave in a Hidalgo canyon, and a staircase of turquoise pools has been built into the cliff beside it. It is three to four hours each way by road, which is why most visitors take a tour that leaves the city well before sunrise.
- 1Full-Day Tour Exploring the Waters of Tolantongo★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,277 reviews
- 2Tolantongo Caves Small Group Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 540 reviews
- 3Early & Express Tolantongo Hot Springs★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 525 reviews
The price of a Mexico City day out, from street level up.
Three price bands and the most popular day in each. Plenty of the best days here cost less than dinner in Polanco.
Walking tours, museum entries, taco crawls and the canal boats.
Full pyramid days by van, guided food tours and lucha libre nights with tacos and mezcal.
Sunrise balloon flights, private guides for the day and the long runs out of the valley.
Day trips from Mexico City, nearest first.
Cuernavaca
Puebla
Cholula
Taxco
TolantongoBy place: the city, then the day trips
By kind of day: ruins, food, shows or the open road
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