16 days in Mexico City Itinerary

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

Change things up with these side-trips from Mexico City: Cuernavaca (Spanish Language Institute - Day Course, Robert Brady Museum, &more), San Juan Teotihuacan (Zona Arqueológica de Teotihuacan Estacionamiento Puerta 5 & Piramide de la Serpiente Emplumada) and Tepozteco (in Tepoztlan). There's lots more to do: get a new perspective on nature at Museo Nacional de Antropologia, delve into the distant past at Museo del Templo Mayor, take in the architecture and atmosphere at Basilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe, and appreciate the extensive heritage of Zocalo.

To see other places to visit, ratings, traveler tips, and more tourist information, you can read our Mexico City sightseeing planning tool.

If you are flying in from United States, the closest major aiports are Licenciado Benito Juarez International Airport, Querétaro Intercontinental Airport and Santa Lucía Air Force Base / Felipe Angeles International Airport. In July in Mexico City, expect temperatures between 74°F during the day and 56°F at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 16th (Tue) to allow time to travel back home.