Culture and Cuisine in Mexico City

Get ready to spice things up in Mexico City!

Experience the culture and cuisine as you stay in the capital of Mexico. First however, explore the city and its many museums. Take a stroll through Alameda Centrale, once an ancient Aztec marketplace and site of the Spanish Inquisition. Be sure to visit the Museo Frida Kahlo as well as the Museo Nacional de Antropología—they won’t disappoint! In need of some exercise? Climb the stairs to the tops of the Pyramid of the moon, Teotihuacan.

Now that you’re worked up an appetite, try some of the fabulous food Mexico has to offer, but be careful– it may be picante (spicy)! Some of the regional dishes include panuchos, cochinita pibil, and dried meat with eggs Nouveau Mexican. Often, dishes are served with tacos and tortillas. Let your taste buds sample what the city has to offer and even sip on Sangria.

“Our days in the big city were spent flitting from art museum to art museum, the most memorable of these being the Diego Rivera mural museum displaying a huge mural depicting a dream of the Alameda Central packed full of historical figures, with Diego himself as a child in the centre holding Frida Kahlo’s hand. What with our limited knowledge of Mexican history, it was useful to have a detailed chronology of who each of the 100 or so figures represented. Near the highest tower in Latin America, which we scaled (admittedly by lift), we visited another interesting museo, in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, a grand old building housing murals of various artists, including one which showed the inequalities of capitalism on one side and a highly idealised version of socialism on the other. Our visit to the Cultural Centre fed our desires for future worldly travels… The rest of our time in the capital was spent eating unbeatable street food and shopping, both in the artesanía (handicrafts) markets and the more boutiquey clothing shops…” (more…)

Plan your trip to Mexico City today!

Mexico City Attractions
Mexico City Hotels

Bookmark to: