Visit Mexico City

Mexico City has something for everybody. From cultural and historical precincts (Mexico City has over 150 museums!), to monumental arenas and event venues, parks and neighborhoods both traditional and luxuriously modern, which shows that in Mexico City there’s no room for boredom.

Mexico City is a spectacular metropolis, versatile and cosmopolitan, that nourishes from its inhabitants’ movement and daily activity. Previously known as Distrito Federal, it has 16 boroughs and an assortment of neighborhoods, so different from one another and with well-defined architectural styles that go from the exuberant baroque, colonial and neoclassical to the art nouveau and art deco.

Visiting Mexico City is exploring a modern city that maintains an intimate and very close tie to its past. Just in the Historic Center one can enjoy iconic constructions like the Latin American Tower, the Palace of Fine Arts and the Metropolitan Cathedral, and just a few steps further having a look of the ruins of the Templo Mayor, which were discovered in 1978 and nowadays go through permanent excavations, finding new amazing discoveries each day.

Mexico City is the city of museums. It is home to Mexico’s most visited museum, the National Museum of Anthropology, but there are also other cultural precincts worth visiting, like the National Museum of Art in Tacuba #8, the Franz Mayer Museum, the Templo Mayor Museum and the Estanquillo Museum in the Historic Center.

Interesting Facts about Mexico City :

1. Even when the numbers vary, there are approximately 156 museums in Mexico City, a figure that earned it the name of City of Museums.

2. The Mexico City Zocalo Square or Plaza de la Constitución is one of the most emblematic areas. It has been a gathering spot, a place for manifestations and even for massive concerts of international artists such as Paul McCartney, Roger Waters and Pixies. Each December the area gets in a winter mood with the installation of an already traditional ice skating rink.

3. Mexico’s tallest skyscraper is in Mexico City. It’s the Torre Reforma, which rises to a total height of 246 meters. Nevertheless, this tower will have the second spot right after the Torre Mitikah, also in Mexico City, will rise to 276 meters.

4. Mexico City has 8 archaeological zones, among them Cuicuilco, Tlatelolco and Teotihuacan. The Historic Centre itself is built on the remains of Tenochtitlan, so the discoveries don’t stop. The excavations at the Templo Mayor have allowed findings like offerings, murals, temples and a traditional Ball Game.

5. Mexico City has the world’s second most visited sanctuary. The Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe received 14 million visitors each year, a number that only the Vatican beats.