8 days in Mexico City Itinerary

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

Popular historic sites such as Zona Arqueológica de Teotihuacan Estacionamiento Puerta 5 and Basilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe are in your itinerary. Your cultural itinerary includes sights like Museo Nacional de Antropologia and Palacio de Bellas Artes. Get out of town with these interesting Mexico City side-trips: Reino Animal (in San Juan Teotihuacan), Robert Brady Museum (in Cuernavaca) and Bosque Esmeralda (in Amecameca). And it doesn't end there: delve into the lush surroundings at Bosque de Chapultepec, examine the collection at Museo del Tiempo Tlalpan, take a stroll through Historic Center (Centro Historico), and visit Coyoacan.

For maps, reviews, other places to visit, and more tourist information, refer to the Mexico City trip itinerary planning tool.

In August, daily temperatures in Mexico City can reach 28°C, while at night they dip to 16°C. Finish up your sightseeing early on the 11th (Sun) so you can travel back home.