Private tour Southern Route Xochimilco, UNAM campus, Cuicuilco

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6 to 8 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

We have been providing highest-quality tours for over 15 years, check out the reviews! Your guides are all licensed by the National Institute of Anthropology and History, and speak fluent English. Larger groups welcome, just ask for prices. This tour is to the southern part of the city, including the oldest prehispanic ruins in this region. Your tour can be customized: choose to go on a boat ride to the quieter, ecological reserve side of Xochimilco or the more festive side. Choose from sites at the UNAM campus: the central campus with mosaic murals by Mexico's principal muralists, the massive sculptures in Espacio Escultórico and others. Depending on your pace and interests, include a guided tour of the Coyoacan neighborhood OR the lovely CENART (National Center for the Arts). You can include other sites in this customized tour: your guide will be able to offer you many alternatives. We NEVER take you to compulsory shopping, craft, tasting or other stops you don't request.

What's Included

Admission to the Cuicuilco archeological site and museum is included
Xochimilco boat ride (USD$50 value)
Depending on group size you will have a car, a mini-van or a van. The driver is not the guide. Pick-up and drop-off are from your place.
Entrance to the axolotl sanctuary, can be included as an additional option.
Food and drinks are not included, which gives you the flexibility to have meals and snacks when and wherever you prefer

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Pick-up and drop-off is from your place

Itinerary

Duration: 6 to 8 hours (approximately)
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    The central campus of the National Autonomous University is a UNESCO World Heritage site. With buildings adorned with mosaic and stone murals by Juan O'Gorman, Diego Rivera and other Mexican muralists, the central campus is a much-beloved space for students and anyone who want to enjoy the grounds. with your guide, learn the history and social importance of this university, from where all 3 of Mexico's Nobel prize winners graduated. If you want to spend more time here, there is also a separate section for the cultural center, home to a contemporary art museum and an outdoor sculpture park.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
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    Xochimilco

    Go to Xochimilco to see and learn about this area of canals and agricultural land created in prehispanic times. On the boat ride, you can choose to go to the ecological reserve side, or the more festive side where other boats will come by to offer you food, drink and even songs from mariachis! Either way, we can include a visit to an axolotl sanctuary, where these endangered endemic salamanders are under protection. Price of boat ride is included. Price of entry to the axolotl sanctuary is not included.

    2 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 3

    Cuicuilco is the most ancient pyramid in the Valley of Mexico, older than Teotihuacan. Unusual because of its circular formation, Cuicuilco was destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Xitle around 400 A.C. Learn the history of this area, first settled around 1200 B.C. with farming villages and slowly growing to be a major civic and ceremonial center.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Coyoacan

    Time permitting, your guide can take you to Coyoacan to explore the neighborhood and the food market. We do not include entry to the Frida Kahlo museum, but if you get your tickets for late in the day, your guided tour can end after your tour of the neighborhood. Your guide can leave you at Casa Azul (they do not allow outside guides to give tour there), and the van can wait for you and take you back home after the 1-hour Kahlo tour.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 5

    OR, depending on time, you can visit the National Center of the Arts. This enormous complex is of architectural interest, and has spaces dedicated to learning and exhibition of the arts including dance, music, sculpture and painting. Includes specialized bookstores and a couple of coffee shops. Your guide will help you learn about the architecture and the social context of this public space.

    45 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Journeys Beyond the Surface

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Private and Luxury
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Archaeology Tours
Car Tours

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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