(TE28) Historic Center of Mexico City and Tula

Tour and private guide

10 to 11 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 world touristic centers and the main cultural destiny of the country. Here are concentrated some of the most appreciated cultural treasures and true architectural jewels. Also, it has the distinction for being declared as human cultural heritage by the UNESCO in 1987.

Visit the most important symbol of the city; the Independence Angel. Watch the city from the top of the most famous building in the city center, walk along its colonial streets, visit churches, the Metropolitan Cathedral, palaces, museums and listen to the main stories, anecdotes and traditions with the help of your private guide.

You’ll visit the archeological zone of Tula in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, 1 hour 30 minutes ago from Mexico City. You can watch the worldwide known Atlantes de Tula, that are giant sculptures of mythical warriors from that era. The Atlantes are located in the top of a pyramid, that is part of an archeological set of the Toltec culture.

In every moment, your certified guide will explain you the stories of the place, curious details, the development and importance of the visited places.

The unit price decreases according to the size of the group.

Departure Time

9:00 a.m.

Included
  • Pick up and drop off in hotel.
  • Visit to the Independence Angel.
  • Visit to the Fine Arts Palace.
  • Walk along Madero Street.
  • Entrance to the observatory of Latin American Tower.
  • Visit to the temple of San Felipe Neri La Profesa.
  • Visit to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.
  • Visit the Diego Rivera murals in Mexico’s National Palace.
  • Entrace to the archeological site of Tula.
  • Driver.
  • Private guide.
  • Private transportation.
  • Bottled water and snacks inside transportation.
  • Souvenir.
  • Face mask and sanitizing gel.
No Included
  • Tips.
  • Entrances to any spectacle or exhibition at Beautiful Arts Palace.
  • Entrances to special visits at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.
  • Video and photography permits in museums, archaeological sites and attractions.
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.
  • Sunglasses recommended.
  • Sun block and hat recommended.
  • Your physical condition must let you walk from 120 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.

(TE28) Historic Center of Mexico City and Tula

$331.08

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Pax Per person
02 $331.08 USD full size car
03 $296.69 USD full size SUV
04 $262.76 USD full size SUV
05 $242.41 USD full size SUV
06 $231.93 USD minivan
07 $221.8 USD minivan
08 $214.2 USD minivan
09 $208.28 USD minivan
10 $203.55 USD minivan
11 $203.4 USD large van
12 $199.87 USD large van
13 $196.87 USD large van
14 $194.31 USD large van
15 $192.09 USD large van

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Itinerary

Independence Angel

Our tour start visiting the most important icon of Mexico City: the Independence Angel. Located in the famous avenue Paseo de la Reforma, this monument is dedicated to liberty, independence 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 enclosure of the nation. Architecturally is inspired in art noveau, but has art decó elements that invoke the love for Mexico through esthetic elements. Inside there are the paints of Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco.

Latin American Tower observatory

We will at our feet the most beautiful view of the Historic Center of Mexico City. From the Latin American Tower we can watch the four cardinal points looking to the horizon where this city ends.

Madero Street and Zocalo Square

We will take a walk to the most famous streets of the Historic Center, where we can appreciate a lot of colonial buildings con exquisite architecture from XVI to XIX centuries, such as the San Felipe Neri temple or the Iturbide Palace.

Later, we’ll walk until the main point of the historic center of Mexico City, popularly known as Zocalo, also named as Constitution Square, one of the biggest squares in the world.

Metropolitan Cathedral

Located next to the Zocalo, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the biggest in Latin America, is the main religious center of viceroyalty era, for its big dimensions and architectural value.

This cathedral was built with the stones that were part of the Major Temple of Tenochtitlan and the Huitzilopochtli temple. Inside there are baroque, herrerian, gothic, renaissance and neoclassic styles. Also we can appreciate the sacristy, two monumental organs and a lot of artistic treasures.

Diego Rivera murals in National Palace

We’ll visit National Palace, the place that was the Moctezuma emperor residency and was replaced with a new edification, by order of Hernán Cortés. During several centuries, this building was home for the viceroys of New Spain, and today is the campus of Mexican Federal Government.

We’ll appreciate a mural of 276 square meters, distributed in three areas. This mural was painted during 22 years by the famed muralist Diego Rivera. In this big piece of art are approached themes of Mexican history, such as the prehispanic era, the Spanish homecoming, the Tenochtitlan conquest, the two world syncretism, evangelization, independence, the war with the United States and France and Mexica Revolution.

Tula

We’ll walk in the archeological zone of Tula, the biggest city in Mesoamerica 1,000 years ago. We’ll see this human settlement built by the Toltecs, the enigmatic warriors known as the Atlantes de Tula and featured structures, like the B Pyramid, the Burn Palace, the Great Lobby, C Pyramid, the ball game and the Coatepantli, also known as the serpents wall. Definitely, a travel full of history and anecdotes. You can’t miss it.

We’ll end the travel, going back to your hotel.

Restaurants

Azcatlmolli

Its name comes from the nahuatl words “azcatl”, that means “ant, and “molli”, that means “stew”. We are a familiar restaurant with fresh regional ingredients. We follow the year seasons to offer you the best taste in every dish.

In December 2007, two guys that came back from being immigrants in the United States, take the decision to invest their savings to open a food business, and decided to name it Azcatlmolli, whose cooking was gaining recognition, taking them from a small place in the city center to a restaurant that is distinguished for its colonial architecture and great flavor.

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