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Mexico City Sightseeing Tour with Anthropology Museum and Behind-the-Scenes at Bellas Artes
Recommended for your Mexico City trip
6 hours (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English and 1 more
Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
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Overview
Enjoy a comprehensive day of sightseeing in Mexico City on this guided tour. Enter the elegant Palacio de Bellas Artes and get a behind-the-scenes look at the national theater. Gain insight into Aztec and Maya culture inside the world-class National Museum of Anthropology, and in the Zocalo, the city’s main plaza, learn about the former seat of the Aztec empire. Pass by the National Palace and the monuments along Reforma Avenue, including the Angel of Independence and Diana the Huntress.
- Full-day sightseeing tour of Mexico City
- Receive a special tour inside the Palacio de Bellas Artes and see the National Theater
- Tour the National Museum of Anthropology and see the Aztec Stone of the Sun
- Wind through the city’s historic downtown area, including the Zocalo
- Learn about the statues and monuments along Reforma Avenue
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After meeting your guide, your full-day tour begins at the National Museum of Anthropology, with 23 permanent exhibit halls showcasing traditional Mexican history and artifacts, including the Aztec Stone of the Sun. After seeing part of the permanent exhibit, you'll be driven along Reforma Avenue, where you can see monuments and sculptures that commemorate some of Mexico's most historical events. This includes ‘Diana the Huntress,’ ‘Angel of Independence’ and the ‘Column of the Bicentennial.’
As you approach the city's historic center, step inside the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas Artes), for a guided tour. Enjoy an inside look at the National Theater and learn about the incredible performances that have taken place there. Check out the one-of-a-kind curtain, made with nearly a million pieces of mosaic colored glass from Tiffany's in New York and weighs a whopping 27 tons.
Then, walk by some of the busiest streets in the city's historic district and visit the Zocalo. Hear about the former seat of the Aztec empire, admire the Metropolitan Cathedral and stroll through downtown, passing by the National Palace.
After this comprehensive day of sightseeing, enjoy transport back to the central meeting point.
As you approach the city's historic center, step inside the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas Artes), for a guided tour. Enjoy an inside look at the National Theater and learn about the incredible performances that have taken place there. Check out the one-of-a-kind curtain, made with nearly a million pieces of mosaic colored glass from Tiffany's in New York and weighs a whopping 27 tons.
Then, walk by some of the busiest streets in the city's historic district and visit the Zocalo. Hear about the former seat of the Aztec empire, admire the Metropolitan Cathedral and stroll through downtown, passing by the National Palace.
After this comprehensive day of sightseeing, enjoy transport back to the central meeting point.
Itinerary
Our tour begins in the Anthropology Museum, where you’ll get to admire some of the pieces amongst the vast collection of pre-hispanic art inside of the museum.
Operational Days: Tuesday to Sunday. Meeting Point: Main entrance of Museum of Anthropology at 09:50 a.m. Duration: 6 hours.
Our guide will explain pieces like the Sun Stone, also called the Aztec calendar; the Coatlicue, and several other pieces that reflected the thought, lifestyle and religion of the differfent civilizations developed inside the ancient Mexico
Duration: 3 hours
Admission Ticket Included
Later, we’ll head to the Historic Center of our city, where the Aztec empire was once seated. Our guide will give you a brief explanation on the Great Tenochtitlan, and the traces that
remain as evidence of its existence.
You’ll walk through some of the busiest streets of the Historic Center and the outside of some of its emblematic buildings, such as the Metropolitan Cathedral,National Palace and the Palace of Fine Arts.
In between the Museum and the Historic Center, you’ll enjoy a panoramic ride across Reforma Avenue; where you’ll see several monuments that have shaped and given identity to our city, like the Angel of Independence, Diana the Huntress, and more recently, the creation of the Bicentennial Column.
Duration: 3 hours
Admission Ticket Free
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Product code: 5885P143
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