17 days in Mexico City & Cancun Itinerary

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

Your cultural itinerary includes sights like Museo Nacional de Antropologia and Zona Arqueológica de Teotihuacan Estacionamiento Puerta 5. Give yourself a bit of retail therapy at Polanco and The Shops at Downtown. Explore the numerous day-trip ideas around Mexico City: Cuernavaca (Archaeological Zone of Xochicalco & Robert Brady Museum). Next up on the itinerary: take a stroll through Historic Center (Centro Historico), contemplate in the serene atmosphere at Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana), don't miss a visit to Zocalo, and see the interesting displays at Museo Frida Kahlo.

To find traveler tips, maps, more things to do, and tourist information, go to the Mexico City trip website.

The Route module shows you travel options from your home to Mexico City. In October in Mexico City, expect temperatures between 26°C during the day and 14°C at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 15th (Tue) early enough to fly to Cancun.

Few destinations in Mexico dazzle visitors quite like Cancun, a modern resort town filled with glitzy hotels sitting on picturesque and well-developed Caribbean beaches.

We've included these beaches for you: Akumal Beach and Playa Norte. Your cultural itinerary includes sights like La Isla Shopping Village and Parroquia de Cristo Resucitado. Get out of town with these interesting Cancun side-trips: Playa del Carmen (Scuba & Snorkeling, Quinta Avenida, &more), Punta Sur (in Isla Mujeres) and Puerto Morelos (Spas & Tequila Factory Cancun and Villas). There's still lots to do: fulfill a lifelong dream with a swim-with-the-dolphins experience, tee off at Cancun Golf Club at Pok-Ta-Pok, shop like a local with Galeria Balance Cancun, and hunt for treasures at Mercado 28.

For other places to visit, reviews, traveler tips, and tourist information, refer to the Cancun trip itinerary maker.

Fly from Mexico City to Cancun in 4 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. The time zone changes from Central Standard Time (CST) to Eastern Standard Time (EST), which is usually a 1 hour difference. Traveling from Mexico City in October, things will get a bit warmer in Cancun: highs are around 35°C and lows about 26°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 25th (Fri) to allow time to fly back home.