• Coyoacan - Start your full-day excursion with a visit to Coyoacán, one of Mexico City’s oldest neighborhoods, with roots tracing back to pre-Hispanic times. As you wander through the cobblestone streets and admire 16th-century mansions, your knowledgeable guide will share insights into the area’s history and colonial heritage.

Discover how this neighborhood evolved into a cultural hub, drawing numerous artists and intellectuals.

• Museo Frida Kahlo - Conclude your Coyoacán exploration at the Frida Kahlo Museum (if you choose this option), also known as Casa Azul (Blue House). Explore the home where this globally acclaimed artist lived with her husband, Diego Rivera, and learn about her dramatic life. During your hour of free time here, appreciate examples of her iconic artwork.
• Museo Casa Kahlo - Enter Casa Kahlo (if you choose this option), a contemporary museum honoring Frida Kahlo’s life and legacy. Discover immersive exhibits, interactive displays, and thoughtfully curated rooms that showcase her art, personal story, and lasting influence on Mexican culture.
• Floating Gardens of Xochimilco - Join your guide on a vibrant, flat-bottomed boat called a trajinera, and enjoy a leisurely hour-long cruise on the chinampa channels, passing by floating flower gardens. As your boatman navigates by pushing a pole through the water, your guide will explain the history of these distinctive boats, originally carved from logs and once used for transportation across Mexico.

Observe other painted vessels carrying passengers and explore the boat vendors offering fresh food. Feeling hungry? Sample a variety of dishes and drinks, such as mole, mixiote (barbecued meat), roasted corn, quesadillas, tacos, carnitas, pulque (a milky alcoholic beverage), and micheladas (a Mexican beer-based cocktail). (Food and drink purchases are at your own expense.) Enjoy the sounds of mariachi music drifting from other boats, filled with families and visitors celebrating birthdays, baptisms, weddings, or simply enjoying themselves.

• Ciudad Universitaria - Appreciate the murals by Juan O’gorman & Diego Rivera on the UNAM central library, which are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
• Estadio Olimpico Universitario - Admire the Olympic Stadium from the outside upon arriving at the University Campus.
• Xochimilco - Xochimilco is an agricultural region located 17 miles (28 km) south of Mexico City, where many of the city’s flowers are cultivated. In Aztec times, this valley was once a lake. Learn how the local people ingeniously created islands with floating reed mats covered in soil, using them as gardens called chinampas. Today, these gardens are an ecological reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

• Transport from central meeting points
• Ride in a colorful ‘trajinera’
• Ticket to Casa Kahlo (if option selected)
• Professional certified guide (English or Spanish)
• Ticket to Frida Kahlo Museum (if option selected)
• Lunch at a local restaurant (if option selected)
• Digital guide of Frida Kahlo in English and Spanish

• Drinks
• Tips

Experience the vibrant highlights of Mexico City with the ‘Colors of Mexico’ tour.

Start your journey in Coyoacan, a city of great historical significance in Mexico. As you stroll through its picturesque, tree-lined streets, discover its role in the history of empires such as the Aztecs and the Spanish.

Next, choose to visit either La Casa Azul or Casa Kahlo, depending on your preference. Step into the world of Frida Kahlo by exploring her original home or the innovative museum, and delve into the life and art of one of Mexico’s most celebrated and unique artists.

Following the artistic inspiration of Frida Kahlo, proceed to the vibrant Xochimilco. Here, board a trajinera, a colorful gondola-like boat, for a scenic ride through the neighborhood’s renowned canals. Enjoy local delicacies as your guide reveals the fascinating reasons why this area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Conclude the tour with a visit to North America’s oldest university, where you can admire its Central Campus, another UNESCO World Heritage site.

• The activities’ order may vary due to the Frida Kahlo’s Museum availability
• The tour will be monolingual when arriving to the visit. During the transportation times it will be bilingual
• It is recommended that you wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes
• Lunch is only included in the price of the Full Experience option
• Please note: for the options that include Frida Kahlo, you will visit only one Frida Kahlo museum. You may choose between the Frida Kahlo Museum (Blue House) or Casa Kahlo (Red House) at the time of booking.
• IMPORTANT: Please note that the Casa Kahlo Museum is not the same as the Frida Kahlo Museum (La Casa Azul). The Casa Kahlo Museum is a new exhibition space, not the artist’s former home. By visiting this museum, you will have the opportunity to explore some of Frida Kahlo’s personal belongings, as well as previously unseen artworks related to her life and legacy. However, this tour does not include entry to the original Frida Kahlo Museum (Blue House).

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.