Delphine Teisserenc

Mexico City Vacations

Mexico City lives at a hundred miles an hour and is lively and fun, even though it is seen as violent and dangerous.

Visit Mexico City

Art & Culture
Place or Historical Monument
Handicraft

Mexico City: How to get there?

8 hours from Guadalajara and 6 hours from Acapulco by bus

Mexico City: See when to go ?

All year round

Mexico City: For how long?

2 to 3 days

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Mexico City: What to see nearby?

Canyon Sumidero

San Cristóbal de las Casas

Yaxchilan

Agua Azul

What our travelers think of their stay

Mexico City lives at a hundred miles an hour and is lively and fun, even though it is seen as violent and dangerous.

My suggestion

Forget what you have been told about Mexico City and form your own opinion of the town. If you are on the defensive you are more likely to have problems.

Located at the centre of the country, Mexico's capital, Mexico City, is gigantic, all-consuming, and overpopulated. There are 20 million people squeezed into this swarming metropolis. The city lives at a frenetic pace that never seems to let up. It has just the sort of over-the-top excessiveness I so enjoy.

My suggestion

In view of the city's gigantic size, the metro system offers the best option in terms of transport. I recommend using and abusing it to travel around as cheaply as possible and visit and explore as many of the capital's wonders as you can.

It is Mexico's immense capital city, and one of the most influential towns in Latin America.

My suggestion

Don't forget to take a tour of one of the town's traditional pulquerias - bars that specialise in serving Pulque, an alcohol made from fermented agave - it's a great place to see local life!

I have just returned from 3 weeks touring in Mexico, visiting Mexico City, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Merida, Chichen Itsa and Tulum. All fabulous and fascinating, and made stress free by the excellent organisation of in-country flights, tour guides and hotels by Sonia and her team. About 8 months ago I sent Sonia a rough list of where I wanted to go and what I wanted to see, and she put together a detailed itinerary, with various options for hotels and sites. She chose small but good quality boutique type hotels located in safe and accessible parts of the various cities, which was important to me as most of the time I was travelling on my own. All the guides arrived on time to collect me from my hotels, were knowledgeable, spoke good English, asked me about my interests and priorities, and varied the tours to ensure those were covered. I am very happy to recommend Sonia and her team to others, and as I say, I may well be doing a return visit to Mexico in the next couple of years!

Mexico city is a great experience, so make sure you spend a day or two there to discover the urban version of the Mexican way of life. You'll see the famous Zocalo (central plazza) with its cathedral, but also the park Bosque de Chapultepec, and the different areas of the city. It's big, noisy, with a lot of cars and some dodgy areas so make sure you know where you're going!

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