🏨 Xochimilco, Coyoacán and Frida Kahlo Museum Tour Activity

Xochimilco, Coyoacán and Frida Kahlo Museum Tour

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 10 hours

Departs: Mexico City, Mexico City

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Enjoy some of Mexico City’s must-see spots with our ‘Colors of Mexico’ adventure.

Your day begins in Coyoacán, one of Mexico’s most influential cities. As you wander its tree-lined streets, you’ll learn how this city played a part in historical empires like the Aztec and Spanish.

Then visit la Casa Azul (if option selected), Frida Kahlo’s home and now museum. We’ll immerse ourselves in the trailblazing life of one of Mexico’s most original artists.

From the inspired art of Frida Kahlo, we’ll head to the eye-catching Xochimilco and board a trajinera - a colorful, gondola-like boat - for a ride through the neighborhood’s famous canals. As you indulge in local treats , your guide will share the incredible details of what makes this area a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Before finishing the tour, walk around North America's oldest university and admire its Central Campus, another World Heritage site.

What's Included

Guide (English or spanish)

Ride in a colorful 'trajinera'

Ticket to Frida Kahlo Museum (if option selected)

Transport from central meeting points

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 3 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

It is recommended that you wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
The tour will be monolingual when arriving to the visit. During the transportation times it will be bilingual

It is recommended that you wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
The tour will be monolingual when arriving to the visit. During the transportation times it will be bilingual

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Paseo de la Reforma

Please be at the meeting point 10 before the pick up time

• Admission Ticket Free

Palacio de Bellas Artes

Please be at the meeting point 10 before the pick up time

• Admission Ticket Free

Ciudad Universitaria

We going to appreciate the Juan O’gorman & Diego Rivera murals on the UNAM central library, this murals are an UNESCO World Heritage site.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Estadio Olimpico Universitario

Admire the Olimpic Stadium from the outside when arriving to University Campus

• Admission Ticket Free

Xochimilco

Xochimilco is an agricultural area located 17 miles (28 km) south of Mexico City where many of the city’s flowers are grown. Back in Aztec times, this valley was once a lake. Learn how the local people, as a way around the lack of farmland, developed islands with floating reed mats loaded with soil and used them as gardens called chinampas. Today, these gardens are an ecological reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

• Admission Ticket Free

Floating Gardens of Xochimilco

Board a colorful, flat-bottomed boat called a trajinera with your guide, and for an hour take a slow cruise on the chinampa channels, passing by floating gardens of flowers. As your boatman moves the vessel along by pulling a pole through the water, hear from your guide about the characteristic boats, originally hollowed from logs and once used for transportation throughout Mexico.

Pass by other painted vessels transporting passengers and check out the boat vendors selling fresh food. Hungry? Taste a variety of dishes and drinks, such as mole, mixiote (barbequed meat), roasted corn, quesadillas, tacos, carnitas, pulque (milk-colored alcoholic beverage) and micheladas (Mexican beer-based cocktail). (Food and drink purchases are at your own expense.) Hear music like mariachi drifting from other boats, occupied by families and visitors celebrating birthdays, baptisms, weddings, or simply a good time.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Coyoacan

Begin your full-day tour with a visit to Coyoacán, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Mexico City, dating back to pre-Hispanic times. As you stroll the cobblestone streets and see 16-century mansions, learn about the history of this area and its colonial legacy from your knowledgeable guide.

Listen to how the neighborhood turned into a cultural hotspot, attracting artists and intellectuals in great numbers.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Museo Frida Kahlo

Wrap up your Coyoacán visit at the Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as Casa Azul (Blue House). See where this world-renowned artist lived with her husband, Diego Rivera, and learn about her tumultuous life. During your hour of free time here, admire examples of her iconic work.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Reviews

Recommended

T1737XOmartinap, 11-01-2023

We were with Alicia. Amazing guide, a lot of information, bubbly personality, we really enjoyed the day, thanks!!!

Great Tour

Resort22563802784, 11-01-2023

The tour was interesting and Alice was a fantastic guide. I particularly enjoyed the boat tour which was an enriching and authentic experience.

A fun day seeing some interesting places

996shonas, 11-01-2023

Alice & Liliana were great tour guides, very enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge. The tour was nice and varied so something for everyone.

Brilliant & Quirky Culture

bhyland, 11-01-2023

This is an absolute *must do* trip in Mexico City for those who love art, want to absorb local culture and enjoy quirky fun! We joined about 40 guests on a meticulously maintained comfortable tour bus (A/C, toilets for emergency) and drove about 1 hour to the southern side of Mexico City. The guide (Lilliana) is exceptionally knowledgeable about Mexican history. As a professor, she has a gift for engaging the audience and storytelling. She was terrific at answering the many questions the guests asked. We stopped at Mexico's National University and learned about the fantastic murals, including those by Juan O'Gorman. Dr Lilliana kept the tour moving yet allowed us to linger in the delightful and brilliantly curated Frida Kahlo Museum. We ended with a tour on the colourful Xochimilco boats, which have a fascinating cultural history. You can enjoy a few drinks and take in a Mariachi band who will board your boat and play (the group pays by the number of songs you let them sing)! Enjoy the river as a local! Xochimilco is Mexico's version of Venice gondolas but are way more fun!

Just okay

Shelley_D, 11-01-2023

Could not hear or understand our guide. Besides that it was good , would not do a tour with that many people again!

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