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⭐ Highlights

3 Days in Mexico City — Essential Highlights

Aztec pyramids, Frida Kahlo's Blue House, tacos al pastor for MXN 25 and the finest museum in Latin America

📍 Mexico City, Mexico 📅 3-day itinerary

Mexico City in 3 days: the greatest pre-Columbian city on earth beneath the Spanish colonial one, Diego Rivera murals on every wall, and street food that the UN declared a world heritage.

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Zócalo, Templo Mayor & Bellas Artes

08:00
🏙️ Zócalo at sunrise — Diego Rivera's murals in the National Palace

Latin America's largest cathedral and the Mexican Revolution in paint on the National Palace staircase. Free.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 Free
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
10:30
🏛️ Templo Mayor — the Aztec Great Temple emerging beneath the city

The principal temple of Tenochtitlán discovered in 1978: the 3.5-tonne moon goddess disc and 8 halls of Aztec artefacts.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 MXN 90
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14:00
🌮 Taco al pastor at El Huequito — the trompo since 1959

Pork on a vertical spit (Lebanese technique + Mexican chilli): the defining taco of Mexico City for MXN 25.

⏱ 1 hr 💶 MXN 30–70
16:00
🏛️ Palacio de Bellas Artes — Diego Rivera's Rockefeller mural, repainted

The sinking marble opera house: the mural Rockefeller had destroyed in 1934, recreated by Rivera from memory.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 Free
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Teotihuacán pyramids, Frida Kahlo Museum & Roma Norte mezcal

07:00
🔺 Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán — 350 steps before the heat

The third-largest pyramid ever built, 50km from the city, up the Avenue of the Dead at opening time.

⏱ 4 hrs 💶 MXN 90
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14:00
🎨 Frida Kahlo's Blue House — book months in advance

La Casa Azul in Coyoacán: her wheelchair, Tehuana dresses, jewellery and the studio she worked in.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 MXN 250
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17:00
🌳 Coyoacán neighbourhood — Trotsky's house and tostadas de tinga

Colonial squares, the ice axe that killed Trotsky in 1940, and the market stalls of the most charming neighbourhood.

⏱ 2.5 hrs 💶 Free
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21:00
🥃 Mezcal at Bósforo — wild Tobalá agave from Oaxaca

Roma Norte's legendary mezcal bar: copita of artisanal joven with worm salt and orange. Not tequila.

⏱ 3 hrs 💶 MXN 200–500
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Anthropology Museum, Chapultepec Castle & final taco crawl

09:00
🏛️ Museo Nacional de Antropología — the Aztec Sun Stone, 24 tonnes

The greatest museum in Latin America: every major pre-Columbian civilization in one building. MXN 90.

⏱ 3 hrs 💶 MXN 90
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13:30
🏰 Chapultepec Castle — the only royal castle in North America

Maximilian I's palace with volcano views: Popocatépetl at 50km, 5,426m, on a clear day.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 MXN 90
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20:00
🌮 Taco crawl — suadero, canasta, barbacoa, tamale and atole

Four taco varieties and a warm corn drink: the complete Mexico City street food tour for under MXN 100.

⏱ 2.5 hrs 💶 MXN 80–200
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