(TE20) Historic Center, Garibaldi and Mariachis
Tour and private guide
Meals included
9 to 10 hours
All entrances
Private transportation
Pick up and drop off hotel
Tour brief description
Tour for 2 up to 15 people from Mexico City.
Travel along the Historic Center of Mexico City, the biggest and most emblematic in Latin America, is one of the most important touristic centers in the world and the main destiny of cultural tourism in Mexico, Here are concentrated some of the most appreciated cultural treasures of the nation, authentic architectural jewels. Also, it has the distinction to be declared as human cultural heritage by the UNESCO in 1987.
Visit the most important symbol of the city: the Angel of Independence. Watch the city from the top of the most famous building in the center, walk in its colonial streets, visit churches, the Metropolitan Cathedral, palaces, museums and listen the stories, anecdotes and traditions told by your private guide.
You will know Garibaldi square, famous because of its traditional cantinas and mariachis. Here you can enjoy of an incredible Mexican show, full of music and dance, in some of the most famous and popular restaurants in that square.
In every moment, our certified guide will explain you the place histories, the curious details, the development and the importance of the visited sites.
The unit price decreases according to the size of the group.
Departure Time
3:00 p.m.
Included
- Pick up and drop off in hotel.
- Visit to the Angel of Independence.
- Visit to the Fine Arts Palace.
- Entrance to the observatory of Latin American Tower.
- A walk through Madero Street.
- Visit to San Francisco temple, front of Tiles House, Manuel Tolsá square, ecuestrian statue of Charles IV and front of the Ancient Iturbide Palace.
- Visit to the temple of San Felipe Neri La Profesa.
- Visit to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.
- Visit to Garibaldi Square.
- Mexican music and mariachis show.
- Meals at restaurant
- Driver.
- Private guide.
- Private transportation.
- Bottled water and snacks inside transportation.
- Souvenir.
- Face mask and sanitizing gel.
No Included
- Tips.
- Entrance to any kind of show or exhibition in the Fine Arts Palace.
- Entrances to special visits at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.
- Video and photography permits in museums, archaeological sites and attractions.
- Drinks in restaurant.
Languages
English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arab, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
Additional information
- It is essential to present ID to the guide before starting the tour.
- Tennis or comfortable shoes recommended.
- Sun block and hat recommended.
- Warm clothes recommended because part of the tour is in the night.
- You may have the physical condition to walk up to 180 minutes (with breaks).
- Spanish and English explanations don’t have an extra cost.
- We don’t do surprise stops in any store to force you to buy handicrafts.
- We strictly respect the itinerary.
- We don’t sell you anything aboard or in the tour.
- Confirmation will be received by email at the time of booking.
- Infants under 2 years of age are free of charge, but must travel in the arms or on the legs of their parents. (please inform us in the notes).
- Babies (over two years old) and young children must have their own seats.
- A infant car seat available per tour, (please request it).
- The unit price decreases according to the size of the group.
(TE20) Historic Center, Garibaldi and Mariachis
$324.21
USD max per person.
Final price in dollars includes all taxes
Itinerary
Independence Angel
Our tour starts visiting the most important icon of Mexico City: the Independence Angel. Located in the famed Paseo de la Reforma avenue, this monument is dedicated to liberty and Mexican heroes. You can listen from our guide the history and meaning of the sculptures and the most famous column of the city.
Fine Arts Palace
This is the artistic symbol of the nation, the first art museum in Mexico and the biggest cultural place of the country. Architecturally is inspired in art noveau, but it has art deco elements that invoke the love for Mexico through esthetic elements. Inside there are works of Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco.
Latin American Tower Observatory
We’ll have at our feet the best view of the historic center of Mexico City. From the Latin American Tower we can see the four cardinal points looking at the horizon where this city ends.
Madero Street and Zocalo Square
We’ll walk through the most famous streets of the historic center, where we’ll appreciate an infinity of colonial buildings with exquisite architecture from XVI to XIX centuries, such as the temple of San Felipe Neri or the Iturbide Palace.
Later, we’ll walk until the main point of the historic center, popularly known as Zocalo, also named as Constitution Square, one of the biggest in the world.
Metropolitan Cathedral
Located at the side of the Zocalo, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the biggest in Latin America, is the main religious center from viceroyalty, because its great dimensions and architectural value.
This cathedral was constructed with the stones, that once formed part of the Major Temple of Tenochtitlan and the temple of Huitzilopochtli. Inside there are inspired baroque, herrerian, gothic, neoclassic and renaissance styles. Also, we can appreciate the sacristy, the two monumental organs and many more artistic treasures.
Garibaldi square
Later, we’ll go to Garibaldi, main point of the city, dedicated to the vernacular Mexican music. There we’ll enter in a restaurant to see a folkloric show, with traditional music, Mexican singers, prehispanic and regional dances. We’ll dine typical Mexican food –menu at your choice– and we can taste the original Mexican tequila.
The tour ends taking you back to your hotel.
Restaurants
Guadalajara de Noche
Awake your senses to the sounds, colors and flavors of Mexico in a familiar and recreational ambient, where you can enjoy the Mexican folklor, cooking, music and traditions.
A place where Mexican families and foreign visitors enjoy the mariachi and prehispanic typical dances from all regions of Mexico. Our best wish is that our diners take home a little bit of richness, flavor, folklor and entertainment from Mexico.
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