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.

Your cultural itinerary includes sights like Museo Nacional de Antropologia and Memory and Tolerance Museum. Museum-lovers will get to explore Museo Frida Kahlo and Museo Dolores Olmedo Patino. Get out of town with these interesting Mexico City side-trips: Playa La Virgen (in Tequesquitengo), Zona Arqueológica de Teotihuacan Estacionamiento Puerta 5 (in San Juan Teotihuacan) and Cosmovitral Jardin Botanico (in Toluca). And it doesn't end there: wander the streets of San Angel, gain insight at Ciudad Universitaria, appreciate the extensive heritage of Zocalo, and delve into the distant past at Museo del Templo Mayor.

To see other places to visit, photos, reviews, and tourist information, read our Mexico City driving holiday planning site.

If you are flying in from Canada, the closest major aiports are Licenciado Benito Juarez International Airport, Querétaro Intercontinental Airport and Santa Lucía Air Force Base / Felipe Angeles International Airport. August in Mexico City sees daily highs of 28°C and lows of 16°C at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 22nd (Wed) to allow time to travel back home.