Xochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo with Optional Lunch
Description
Enjoy some of Mexico City’s must-see spots with our ‘Colors of Mexico’ adventure. Begin in Coyoacan, 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 Aztecs and the Spanish. Then visit either La Casa Azul or the Casa Kahlo (depending on the selected option). Step into Frida Kahlo’s world through her original home or the innovative new museum, and immerse yourself in the life and art of one of Mexico’s most iconic and 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.
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Itinerary
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.
Wrap up your Coyoacán visit at the Frida Kahlo Museum (if you select the option), 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.
Step inside Casa Kahlo (if you select the option), a modern museum celebrating the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo. Explore immersive exhibits, interactive displays, and carefully curated rooms that reveal her art, personal story, and enduring impact on Mexican culture.
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.
We going to appreciate the Juan O’gorman & Diego Rivera murals on the UNAM central library, this murals are an UNESCO World Heritage site.
Admire the Olimpic Stadium from the outside when arriving to University Campus
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.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The private tour option includes hotel pick up and drop off from selected areas of Mexico City.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The activities' order may vary due to the Frida Kahlo's Museum availability
- 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
- Lunch is only included in the price of the Full Experience option
- Please note: for the options that include Frida Kahlo, you will visit only one Frida Kahlo museum. You may choose between the Frida Kahlo Museum (Blue House) or Casa Kahlo (Red House) at the time of booking.
- IMPORTANT: Please note that the Casa Kahlo Museum is not the same as the Frida Kahlo Museum (La Casa Azul). The Casa Kahlo Museum is a new exhibition space, not the artist’s former home. By visiting this museum, you will have the opportunity to explore some of Frida Kahlo's personal belongings, as well as previously unseen artworks related to her life and legacy. However, this tour does not include entry to the original Frida Kahlo Museum (Blue House).
- For safety reasons, all infants are required to travel in an approved child restraint system while on the bus. Amigo Tours does not provide child safety seats, so customers must bring their own. As the child restraint system occupies a seat, a fee will be charged to reserve and guarantee a seat on the bus.
Reviews(8,154)
It was worth the price I paid for with great informative tour guides.
They are very thorough and very informative. The guides know a lot about everything and I feel like you definitely get your moneys worth. :))
Very nice experience. Loved the atmosphere and very informative
Excellent tour, the guides were very attentive and were always looking out for us, I recommend it. It was fun!!!
The day went exactly as indicated. Alvaro and Paco were very informative and helpful. Alvaro, in particular, delighted us with a performance of his with the collaboration of the local mariachis, very unexpected. Highly recommended!
The whole tour was very nice! The Xochimilco experience was very fun and Frida's house was beautiful. Walking through Coyoacan was an experience full of colors. Highly recommended!
Gerson, Eliazar y Fransisco fueron geniales!
Excellent experience, great guides who explain absolutely everything. Eliazar, Francisco and Gerson Super friendly, great knowledge.
A fantastic experience of traditional Mexican culture and pastime. Each activity was immensly enjoyable . The guides were very knowledgeable and had lots of interesting things to say. It was a long day but everything was organized to a T. I strongly recommend the tour.
Unfortunately, this was a poorly planned tour. The sights were great but too much time was spent trying to sell us stuffm lunch was after 3:30, which really is not acceptable. Total travel time was almost 11 hours.
