Things to do in the City

Here is a long list of things to do in the city - see the other posts for more information on each:

National Palace (Palacio Nacional)

Palacio de Bellas Artes - Theatre

Museo de Arte Popular - The museum of Popular art, a great musuem housing many mexican works

San Jacinto Plaza - San Jacinto Park

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico - Mexican Ballet

National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)

Plaza de las Tres Culturas - the plaza of the three cultures

Edificio de Correos - The post office building

Museo Leon Trotsky - the house was built just before the mexican revolution and is a great piece of history

Castillo de Chapultepec - Chapultepec Castle

Zócalo - Mexico Cities large plaza, the second largest after Red Square in Russia

Museo del Templo Mayor - Templo Mayor Museum

Monumento a los Ninos Heroes - Famous and Important momument

Central University City Campus (UNAM) - One of the countries best Universities and a great peice of Architecture

Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana) - One of the cities best sites

Museo Casa Luis Barragan - The musuem and preserved home of famous mexican architect Luis Barragan

Torre Latino - go up to the top floor of the Torre Latino for great views of the city and the worlds highest aquarium located on the 38th floor

Frida Kahlo Museum (Museo Frida Kahlo) - The blue houe where the famed Mexican artist was born and died

Paseo de la Reforma - one of Mexico cities principle streets which hosts various exhibits throughout the year

Museo de Cera de la Ciudad de Mexico - Located in an old mansion, this museum chronicles the history of Mexico's capital city from the time before European contact to present day

Basilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe - This famous Basilica, located on the site where an Indian claimed to have seen the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531, contains an image of her that is the most famous religious icon in all of Mexico

Catedral Metropolitana - one of the largest cathedrals in Latin America

Papalote - the childrens museum with lots of things to do and see and complete with an IMAX cinema

Coyoacan - Once a small town outside the capital, it is now well within the city limits but preserves its small-town atmosphere and colonial architecture. A quiet refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city

Museo Dolores Olmedo Patino - the musuem hosts 27 works of Frida Kahlo

Xochimilco - the canals located to the south of the city which can give visitors a view of what the city looked like in pre-hispanic times

La Opera - This old bar still has the bullet holes left by Pancho Villa on one of his visits