16 of the best · Mexico City, Mexico
The Zócalo and the Templo Mayor, Bellas Artes, the Museo Nacional de Antropología, the castle on Chapultepec hill, the Blue House and Casa Barragán.
Our 16 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three Mexico City addresses we keep going back to: the Templo Mayor at opening time, lunch at Contramar and a night of mariachis at the Salón Tenampa.
The great temple of Tenochtitlan
The ruins of the great temple of Tenochtitlan beside the Zócalo, with a museum of more than 3,000 Mexica objects.
Seminario 8, Centro, 06060 CDMXExplore View on map
The Sun Stone
The great museum of Mexico’s ancient cultures, around a courtyard roofed by a single “umbrella” on one column; the Sun Stone is its heart.
Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Chapultepec Polanco, 11560 CDMXExplore View on map
Home of the Ballet Folklórico
The palace of the arts on the Alameda, Art Nouveau outside and Art Deco within, home of the Ballet Folklórico.
Av. Juárez s/n, Centro Histórico, 06050 CDMXExplore View on map
The Templo Mayor, the Sun Stone and the Blue House: a city built on a lake.
The back story
The Templo Mayor under the Zócalo, the Sun Stone in the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Bellas Artes and its glass curtain, the castle on Chapultepec hill and the Blue House in Coyoacán: how to read a city built on the lake of Tenochtitlan.
The heart of the old city.
The cathedral of lucha libre
Masked wrestlers, a roaring crowd: lucha libre at the Arena México, the sport’s “cathedral”.
Dr. Lavista 189, Doctores, 06720 CDMXExplore View on map
A dome with a view
The great domed monument on the Plaza de la República, with a museum below and a viewing deck in the lantern.
Plaza de la República s/n, Tabacalera, 06030 CDMXExplore View on map
Home of the Ballet Folklórico
The palace of the arts on the Alameda, Art Nouveau outside and Art Deco within, home of the Ballet Folklórico.
Av. Juárez s/n, Centro Histórico, 06050 CDMXExplore View on map
Rivera’s murals
The long palace on the east side of the Zócalo, with Diego Rivera’s murals on its stairway and upper floor.
Plaza de la Constitución s/n, Centro Histórico, 06066 CDMXExplore View on map
A palace of the post
The city’s main post office, opened in 1907: marble stairways, bronze and gilded ironwork, still selling stamps.
Tacuba 1, Centro Histórico, 06000 CDMXExplore View on map
The great temple of Tenochtitlan
The ruins of the great temple of Tenochtitlan beside the Zócalo, with a museum of more than 3,000 Mexica objects.
Seminario 8, Centro, 06060 CDMXExplore View on map
44 storeys over the Centro
The 44-storey tower on the Eje Central with the city’s best-known viewing deck.
Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas 2, Centro Histórico, 06000 CDMXExplore View on map
UNESCO, 1987
The great square of Mexico City, with the Catedral Metropolitana on its north side and the Palacio Nacional on its east.
Plaza de la Constitución s/n, Centro, 06000 CDMXExplore View on map
The park and its museums.
The big wheel
The new urban park and big wheel in Chapultepec’s second section, on the site of the old fair.
Av. de los Compositores s/n, Bosque de Chapultepec II Secc, 11800 CDMXExplore View on map
The Museo Nacional de Historia
The castle on Chapultepec hill, home of the Museo Nacional de Historia, with views down Reforma.
Bosque de Chapultepec I Sección s/n, 11100 CDMXExplore View on map
The Sun Stone
The great museum of Mexico’s ancient cultures, around a courtyard roofed by a single “umbrella” on one column; the Sun Stone is its heart.
Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Chapultepec Polanco, 11560 CDMXExplore View on map
Kahlo, Barragán and the UNAM.
UNESCO, 2004
The architect’s own house and studio of 1948, all colour, light and silence; UNESCO World Heritage since 2004.
Gral. Francisco Ramírez 12–14, Ampliación Daniel Garza, 11840 CDMXExplore View on map
UNESCO, 2007
The central campus of the national university, its library wrapped in a mosaic by Juan O’Gorman; UNESCO World Heritage since 2007.
The Blue House
Frida Kahlo’s blue family house in Coyoacán, a museum since 1958.
Londres 247, Del Carmen, Coyoacán, 04100 CDMXExplore View on map
The shrine at Tepeyac.
A place of pilgrimage
The great shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe at Tepeyac, in the north of the city.
Plaza de las Américas 1, Villa Gustavo A. Madero, 07050 CDMXExplore View on map
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