Jessica A. Zelenak, MPA

I have long wanted to take a trip to Mexico City and think it could be a fun thing to do with my family in the Halloween season in the next few years. Below are some of my ideas, but I’d love to hear from you if you’ve been and have any suggestions for a family friendly trip! Also if anything below is extra amazing or you would skip, I want to hear your thoughts!

Here we go, in no order with no context! Just ideas!

• Lucha Libre
• Frida Kahlo museum
• Teotihuacan temples day trip
• muses Soumaya
• Plaza Garibaldi
• Xochimilco for a trajinera ride is also cool and it’s fun to pay for a Mariachi serenade or some snacks off another boat.
• Patrick Miller on a Hi-NRG night
• Historic Center (Colonial architecture, Zocalo, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palacio de Correos, Casa Azul, Ruins of the Templo Mayor, Sunk Metropolitan Cathedral, Azul Histórico, Museum of Popular Art, Crafts Market La Ciudadela, Spanish Casino, Hotel de Mexico, Museum of the Estanquillo, Alameda Central, Museum of Memory and Tolerance, exotic food at the San Juan Market, lucha libre, Mariachi in Plaza Garibaldi)
• Chapultepec Forest (Altar to the Fatherland, National Museum of Anthropology, Chapultepec Castle, Chapultepec Zoo, Museum of Modern Art, Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Cárcamo de Dolores Museum, National Auditorium, Restaurant del Lago, LAGO ALGO Gallery and Restaurant, Xochipilli Fountain)
• Paseo de la Reforma (the avenue and skyscrapers, Angel of Independence, Monument to the Revolution, Diana the Huntress, Zona Rosa (gay district), Chocolate Museum, Museum of the Future, Cuauhtémoc Monument, architecture of houses in San Rafael, Estela de Luz)
• Xochimilco (water canals, flower and plant market, typical Mexican food, mariachis, La Casa de las Muñecas)
• Condesa and Roma Norte (Cibeles Roundabout, trendy and modern restaurants and bars, Mexico Park, modernist, art deco, and art nouveau architecture, art galleries, Álvaro Obregón Avenue)
• Polanco and Nuevo Polanco (Soumaya Museum, Jumex Museum, Telcel Theater, Masaryk Avenue (high-end shopping), Lincoln Park, Polanquito, Hacienda de los Morales)
• Coyoacán (Frida Kahlo’s House, Coyoacán Kiosk, Coyotes Fountain, ice cream, Crafts Bazaar, House of Culture, Santa Catarina Park, Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum)
• San Ángel (Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s House, Art Garden, La Bombilla Park, restaurants on Avenida de la Paz, Carmen Market, San Jacinto Square, San Jacinto Parish, San Ángel Inn Restaurant, Carmen Museum)
• Teotihuacán (the pyramids, La Gruta Restaurant, Teotihuacan Culture Museum, Quetzalpapalotl Palace)
• UNAM Campus (The Islands, murals at the Olympic Stadium, murals at the Central Library, Sculptural Space, Museum of Contemporary Art, National Biodiversity Pavilion, circular pyramids of Cuicuilco)
• Santa María la Ribera and Tlatelolco (Morisco Kiosk, Geology Museum, Vasconcelos Library, Three Cultures Square, Chopo Museum, University Cultural Center, socialist architecture from the 1960s)
• Others: Estadio Azteca, Basilica de Guadalupe, Cuarto dinamo, Desierto de los Leones, Six Flags Mexico, La Marquesa

Looking forward to hearing your Mexico City travel tips in the comments!