Shrine of Guadalupe
- Address:Plaza de las Americas 1, Avenida de los Misterios y Calle Fray Juan de Zumárraga, Mexico City
- Hours:Tue - Sun 10am - 7pm
- Admission:Free
Shrine of Guadalupe Reviews
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The Pyramids were beautiful. The Shrine of Guadalupe was moving. The gift shops could have been avoided, as they were very pushy. Overall the guide and driver were great. Dinner was excellent. BRING WATER WITH YOU TO THE PYRAMIDS. DON'T EXPECT TO FIND ANY THERE BEFORE YOU CLIMB! For the money, it was well worth it!
The Visit to the Shrine of Guadalupe was too short
Plenty of time to explore the Pyramids. We personally would have liked more time but realize that this is a group tour and must be planned accordingly. Great guide! Poor choice of restaurant, expecially considering that we passed several appealing restaurants on the way from the pyramids to the chosen eatery, and that we'd already spent quite a bit of time at that spot in the morning before the visit to the pyramids. Shrine of Guadalupe was worth the visit.
This tour was fantastico! Our guide, Pepe, was excellent and we really enjoyed our visit to the pyramids and the Shrine of Guadalupe. Well worth the cost!
It was a good trip, although we spent a lot of time in a mexican shop before getting to the pyramids. This time could have been used to spend more time in the Shrine of Guadalupe. I think they wanted too much to offer us as tourists all the handcrafted products so we will buy.
The trip to Teotihuacan Pyramids was refreshing although the shrine of Guadalupe was not worth the visit..
I really enjoyed the featured tour attractions. Was a little taken aback by the switching drivers shortly after leaving the pickup point. My tour guide was fun and knew his history. I liked the fact that our tour group was small which allowed us to get to know each other a bit. The Shrine of Guadalupe was gorgeous. There were a few side attractions that were interesting as well. Plenty of photo opportunities and time to walk around the pyramids were a definite plus. My only complaint was the fact that I was expecting lunch (included in booking fee) but got dinner instead. In the interim, I was starving and dinner was an extreme disappointment. I also had to purchase a drink which I felt should have been included. If you do the tour, make sure you take snacks just in case.
Our tour guide Javier was 35 minutes late picking us up. After explaining why he was late, he asked if it was okay to grab a cup of coffee (hadn't had breakfast) from our hotel's coffee shop--took 10 additional minutes. When we walked out to the vehicle, there were other tourists waiting.
Our tour guide returned to his vehicle once we all entered the area of the pyramids; we were all on our own from there until we returned. It was nice in a way, but we missed a "chamber" we could have seen.
The sampling of the three types of tequila was nice.
The "lunch" tasted alright and did not include a drink. It's not what I expected as shown in some of the pictures. A packed sandwich would have tasted better.
We could have spent more time at the Shrine of Guadalupe so we walk up the hill and through all the churches there. We made plans to return since this was a quick "walk" through.
Overall, it was a good experience. Javier is a charasmatic and funny individual. I enjoyed having a tour guide, but if you book with this company expect delays, excuses and some unorganization. But, DON'T make evening plans! During one tour (Cuernavaca, we did not arrive back until after 9pm and we had tickets to the opera at the Palace of Fine Arts!)
Wonderful day out...Pyramids were fantastic..nice lunch with musical entertainment...comprehensive tour of Shrine of Our Lady of Guadaloupe..guide Xavier was relaxed and very informative.
The trip is well worth doing. The pyramids are fantastic and the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe was very interesting. Both the guide and driver were extremely courteous, helpful and informative. The trip also stops off in the morning at a silver shop to see a craftsman engraving silver and later at an artisan cooperative to see hand carvings and learn about the many uses of the agave cactus. While it was clearly hoped that people would buy something, there was absolutely no hard sell, and in fact especially the second stop was very interesting in showing the many uses of the agave, from pulque to paper to needles. What was also very nice was that we were a small group, divided into Spanish and English speakers. Instead of taking us around as a whole group, the Spanish speakers went with the driver/guide and the English speakers went with the guide and this worked very well. We had time on our own to climb the pyramids, for example. A really good and interesting trip.
The first part of the tour to the Plaza of 3 Cultures and the Shrine of Guadalupe were well done. It started to go downhill when we were at the "cactus" place, which was really a "tourist trap" that didn't have benches or chairs for sitting in the shade during our long wait to get to the pyramids. It was a hot afternoon and we could have skipped going there. We had specifically indicated 2 members of our group had mobility issues and found it impossible to access the pyramid area from gates 1 or 2. I now know that gate 5 would have enabled us to walk along the area and feel we were a part of this historic site. Instead we had the driver/guide take us to a restaurant and we ate and waited for him and the other 4 tour members to join us.
In the future we will be sure to be more assertive about our needs.
We had a an excellent tour to Teotihuacan and the Shrine of Guadalupe. We got picked up in a shuttle bus (with A/C) and had an excellent guide called Sergio. He was extremely knowledgeable, passionate about his subjects and gave us plenty of time at the sites. We were able to go up both Pyramids and look around before having a lunch at a lovely restaurant close to the site. Will def book again with Viator :) (ps we went the the pyramids midweek, prob easier to do it like that)
The pyramids site is absolutely fantastic, and not to be missed, but double check your pick-up point. When I called from the States a couple days before our trip to confirm the tour pickup, the tour rep told me that since our hotel was in Condesa, we would need to get a cab to the Fiesta American to meet our guide. We got a cab, and halfway through our ride, the cab turned around because the guide was at our hotel. We were out 60 pesos to the cab driver,(I'm still hoping for the promised refund!) the tour was late for the other guests as well as us, and we were all really annoyed at the miscommunication. The tour itself was good -- the site was astounding, but we didn't realize that the tour is only for one entrance spot into the site, so the other sections which my husband was especially interested in, couldn't be accessed. The guide was good, and the places he took us where the agave plant uses and the making of pulque were demonstated were an added bonus. Little bit of hard sell on the tourist stuff, but still reasonable. The Shrine was interesting as well.
This tour was excellent!
The Shrine of Guadaloupe was interesting but when you realize that unlike the Shroud of Turin, the miracle of the image of the Madonna on the Indian's cloak was actually a painting composition and not just an impression, you kind of lose some credibility and wonder what it's all about.
The pyramids on the other hand are fantastic and very impressive. Be careful about taking a climb up the pyramids though. We had only been in Mexico City a day and not properly acclimatized to the thin air...we got to the highest accessible (middle) stage of the Pyramid of the Moon, and felt completely out of breath - don't attempt the full height of the Pyramid of the Sun unless you have tried out the first one to see how you fare.
We took the lunch optional tour - gives you more economical choice from the menu.
Only downside of the tour is the stop at a gift shop that these tours usually include...and the "hard sell personal shopper" that comes with it!
Something that should not be missed when in Mexico City! Wonderful place, marvelous buildings and a lot of energy to climb (if you want to). A very nice visit to a craftsmen place to learn about the production of tequila and 'pulke'.
I was impressed with the Shrine of Guadalupe and the number of people visiting the church for religious purposes. The whole complex, with the seven churches is great! Thank you viator.com for meeting my expectations, great service of your partners. I will definitely use your services on my next travel.
