Best places: Tourist attractions in Mexico City, Mexico

Dramatic marble performance hall & museum featuring murals by Diego Rivera & other notable artists.

Revered Catholic church & pilgrimage site housing a cloak with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Museum showcasing archaeological finds & exhibits related to the Aztec civilization.

Housed in a grand neoclassical building, this prominent museum features a wide range of Mexican art.

Museum displaying colorful folk & popular art, with kid-friendly craft activities & adult workshops.

Mexico City's main square has roots to the Aztecs & is now the site of frequent cultural events.

Commemorating Mexico's independence, this famous monument is topped with the goddess of victory.

Famous monument dedicated to the Mexican Revolution, with an observation deck & on-site museum.

This grand Roman Catholic cathedral with many ornate chapels is Latin America's oldest & largest.

Museum with contemporary exhibits on worldwide genocides, plus a kids’ area focused on diversity.

International collection of 16th- & 19th-century decorative arts, including silverware & textiles.

Innovative structure completed in 2008 & offering contemporary art exhibits & programs.

Museum in an 18th-century building with exhibits focusing on ancient & contemporary world cultures.

This former Jesuit college is now an art museum & cultural center housing murals by Mexican artists.

Sacred site dating from 1739, with 2 ornate bell towers & known for an icon of Jude the Apostle.

Founded by the famous artist Diego Rivera, this stately art museum showcases pre-Hispanic works.

Artefacts from the fight for independence displayed in galleries below the 1938 Revolution Monument.

👍👍 Tlatelolco is a free archaeological site about 3 km north of Tenochitlan. Cuahltemoc, the last Aztec emperor was crowned and staged the last battle against the Spanish here. Just outside the archaeological site is a church built in 1608 with materials from the Tlatelolco pyramids. In the archaeologi...

Fountain with bronze statues of a pair of coyotes surrounded by jets of water, in a small park.

👍👍 A must-see to really understand the history of Mexico. The basement of this rehabbed building holds the ruins of the school for children of Aztec nobility, and it's location demonstrates precisely what happened to the rest of the Aztec city -- it was buried by the Spanish invaders. Entrance is free,...