Cultural Acitivies
Float through its canals in traditional and colorful “trajinera” boats! One of the most important tourist destinations in Mexico City. During the tour, you will come across boats with mariachis players, ‘ranchero’ trios, and marimbas, who will offer to play you a few songs and liven up your evening.
Xochimilco
Constructed beginning in 1725, Chalpultepec Castle has served many purposes in its centuries of use; it was a military academy, an observatory, and the only castle in North America to house rulers, including Emperor Maximilian I and his wife Empress Carlota. It would later be established as the National Museum of History by Lázaro Cárdenas in 1939, which would open the castle to visitors. Located at the entrance of Chapultepec Park, it’s a historical site that can’t be missed on your next visit to Mexico City.
Chapultepec Castle
With more than 61,000 visitors a day, Bosque de Chapultepec is one of the largest parks in the world. The park is TWICE the size of Central Park in NYC.
Bosque de Chapultepec
There are various stadiums where you can attend lucha libre (Mexican wrestling) fight nights, including Arena Coliseo (“the cathedral of lucha libre"), Arena México and Arena Naucalpan to the northwest of the city.
Once you take a seat, grab yourself a giant plastic cup of cheap beer and a bag of potato chips from the sellers that weave in and out of the packed stands. Watch in amused awe as the masked luchadores (wrestlers) carry out acrobatic flips, kicks, and belly-flops, their sweaty, lycra-clad bodies dramatically smacking onto the canvas.
Lucha Libre
