Mexico City

Attractions & Landmarks

Arbol de la Noche Triste

Where Cortés lamented his only defeat

Calzada México Tacuba y Cañitas, Mexico City, D.F. 08769

Ayuntamiento

A journey through the historic centre

Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City, D.F. 06060

Bosque de Chapultepec

Running through the forest

+52 5525 9380

Avenida Constituyentes, Mexico City 11850

Castillo de Chapultepec

The Gardens of Empress Carlota

+52 55 33 4700

Bosque de Chapultepec 1a Sección, Ciudad de Mexico 11560

Catedral Metropolitana

Three Centuries in the Making

+52 55 12 9467

Plaza de la Constitución s/n, Mexico 06010

Centro Histórico

Trip Through Old Mexico

+52 55 533 4700

Francisco l Madero Street, Mexico City 01040

Cerro de la Estrella

Site of the Aztec sun ritual

+52 55 533 4700 (Información Turisticos)

Avenida Culhuacán, Iztapalapa 09040

Colegio Nacional

A vocation that continues to the present day

+ 52 5789 4330/ + 52 5702 1779

23 Luis González Obregón, Mexico City 06020

Edificio de Correos

A palace for the post

+52 55 533 4700 (Oficina de turismo)

Calle Tacuba 1 y Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico City, D.F. 06060

Fraccionamiento Hipódromo-Condesa

For all art deco lovers

Avenida Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06170

Hemeroteca Nacional

The largest newspaper library in Mexico

Insurgentes Sur, 3000 Circuito Exterior, Mexico City, D.F. 04510

Hospital de Jesús Nazareno

The oldest functioning hospital in the Americas

+52 55 5625 222

Calle 20 de Noviembre, 86, Mexico City 06040

Iglesia de Loreto

A Great Dome

+52 5525 9380

Loreto y Rodríguez Puebla, Mexico City 06010

Iglesia de San Francisco

Once the most important convent

+52 5525 9380 (Tourist Information)

Madero, 7, Mexico City, D.F. 06000

Iglesia de Santa Teresa la Antigua

Once the highest dome in the New World

+52 5525 9380 (Tourist Information)

8 Licenciado Primo de Verdad, Mexico City, D.F. 06010

Lotería Nacional

Loads of money!

+52 55 5269 0085

Avenida Hidalgo 130, Mexico City 06060

Mixcoac

The cloud snake

+52 5 5525 9380 (Información Turisticos)

Zona de la Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City 03300

Monte de Piedad

Historical place, second-hand shop

+52 55 5278 1800

Monte de Piedad y 5 de mayo, Mexico City, D.F. 06000

Monumento a la Independencia

Visit the Angel

Paseo de la Reforma y Florencia, Mexico City, D.F. 06600

Monumento a la Revolución

Long live the Revolution!

+52 55 46 2115

Plaza de la República s/n, Mexico City, D.F. 06060

Monumento a los Niños Héroes

Six brave children

+52 55 533 4700 (Tourist Information)

Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City 11560

Monumento al General Alvaro Obregón

Fifty thousand pesos worth of cannon-fire

+52 55 25 1332

Avenida Miguel Angel de Quevedo e Insurgentes, Mexico City, D.F. 01090

Museo Arqueológico Cuicuilco

Pyramid of a Lost Civilization

+52 5 5525 9380

Insurgentes Sur 146 esqina Periférico, Mexico City 14030

Palacio de Bellas Artes

The best shows in a white marble palace

+52 51 30 0900 x2528

Avenida Juárez y Eje Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico City 06050

Palacio de Minería

First school for engineers in America

+52 5623 2982

Tacuba, 5, Mexico City, D.F. 06000

Palacio de los Condes de Buenavista

A beautiful home for the Museo de San Carlos

+52 5566 8085

Puente de Alvarado 50, Mexico City, D.F. 06060

Pinacoteca y Coros del Templo de la Enseñanza

A beautiful Baroque Construction

+52 55 533 4700

102 Donceles, Mexico City 06010

Pirámides de Teotihuacan

Magic and beauty of an astonishing civilization

+55 52 50 0123 (Información Turística)

Carretera México Teotihuacan Km. 46, San Juan Teotihuacan, Estado de México 03010

Pista San Jerónimo (La)

Olympic indoor ice-rink

+52 55 5683 1929

300 Avenida Contreras, Mexico City 10200

Plaza de la Constitución / El Zócalo

The main square

+52 5 5525 9380 (Información Turisticos)

Centro Histórico, Mexico City 06060

Secretaría de Educación Pública

One hundred and twenty frescoes by Diego Rivera

+52 (55) 5 512 1707

República de Argentina, Mexico City, D.F. 06060

Suprema Corte de Justicia

Murals, sculptures and aerial Aztecs

+52 55 25 9380

Pino Suárez Numero 2, Mexico City 06065

Teatro de la ciudad

A remnant of Mexico's belle époque

+52 55 5662 7680

26 Avenida. De La paz, Mexico City 06040

Tlatelolco

In Cuauhtémoc

+52 55 533 4700 (Oficina de turismo)

Norte de Avenida Reforma, Mexico City, D.F. 06995

Torre Latinoamericana

Mexican skyscraper

+52 5 518 1714

Madero y Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico City, D.F. 06040

Zócalo (El)

Historic square

+52 5658 1111 (Tourist information)

Historic Center, Mexico City, D.F.

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