Tag: Mexico City

After five days of intense sightseeing, and with a Mexican wedding coming up tomorrow, I wanted to take it easy today, so instead of a list of monuments and museums I chose instead to walk around nice neighbourhoods.I began in the Centro by checking out the Shops At Downtown, which is an old hacienda that… Continue reading Alameda, Roma

(I just noticed that this is my 100th entry in this blog. A hundred days of travel in four years!)Today I got another high-octane culture injection: after working through the anthropology museums, today I went to art museums!The first on my list was the Palacio de Bellas Artes, an impressive turn of the century building… Continue reading Art Museums: Bellas Artes, MAP, Frida Kahlo

Today was another road trip day! Reader, I was just as excited about sitting for two hours as about the actual destination.The mission was to go to Puebla, a city east of Mexico City notable for being one of the first towns that the Spanish founded from scratch. The city's historic centre is a Unesco… Continue reading Puebla

Today I took off to Chapultepec, east of the old town. It is an area with an enormous park, an urban forest, which is home to an impressive collection of museums.I took the metro for the first time; at $5 a ticket (just €0.25!!) it is by far the most affordable way to move inside… Continue reading Chapultepec Museums

Most museums are closed on Monday, so I thought today was the perfect day to visit the great pyramids of Teotihuacán! Here's a picture just so it comes up first in the preview!Initially I thought of going by myself (you go to the Northern Bus Terminal, take a bus, then buy a ticket to the… Continue reading Teotihuacán

Our new adventure is... Mexico City!I landed yesterday after an endless 12h flight, and I think I got altitude sickness (Mexico City is 2,300 m above sea level!); the very second I stepped off the plane I got a splitting headache and lightheadedness that didn't go away until I had an aspirin and a meal… Continue reading Centro Histórico