10 days in Mexico City Itinerary

Breathtakingly large, Mexico City provides a home for almost 9 million people living in nearly 1,700 distinct neighborhoods.

Explore the numerous day-trip ideas around Mexico City: Piedra Herrada Sanctuary (in Valle de Bravo), Cuernavaca (Robert Brady Museum & River Rafting & Tubing) and Zona Arqueológica de Teotihuacan Estacionamiento Puerta 5 (in San Juan Teotihuacan). There's lots more to do: learn more about the world around you at Museo Nacional de Antropologia, don't miss a visit to Zocalo, take a peaceful walk through Bosque de Chapultepec, and contemplate the long history of Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana).

To find other places to visit, reviews, more things to do, and other tourist information, read our Mexico City sightseeing planning site.

If you are flying in from Nicaragua, the closest major aiports are Licenciado Benito Juarez International Airport, Querétaro Intercontinental Airport and General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport. In January, plan for daily highs up to 24°C, and evening lows to 7°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 23rd (Thu) to allow time to travel back home.