Mexico City is North America’s biggest city, and often glanced over by tourists who head straight to the beach. Mexico City is easily one of the coolest cities we’ve ever spent time in, and we highly recommend that you stay for at least a couple of days!
After living in Mexico City for over 6 months, we’ve had a chance to check out a lot of the popular sites and discover some of our favorite things to do in the city! Here they are (in no particular order):
10 Awesome Things To Do In Mexico City
1.Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan, or City of the Gods, is an impressive set of ancient ruins located about 40kms outside of Mexico City. It’s best known for it’s 2 big pyramids: The Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon. You can climb up both of them and get amazing views of the entire area.
It takes about an hour to get to Teotihuacan, and we would recommend getting there early, especially if you’re going on a weekend, as it can get really busy and really hot. You can take a tour, a bus, or an Uber there. We were a group of 4 so we opted for an Uber to and from and it worked out perfectly for us.
2. Frida Kahlo Museum
The Frida Kahlo museum is another very popular attraction located in the Coyoacan area of the city. This is the house that Frida and Diego lived in before she died, and when you arrive, you won’t be able to miss it. It’s bright blue and there is always a massive line up! Either get there early or buy your tickets online beforehand!
The Frida Kahlo museum shows you what Frida and Diego’s life in Mexico City was like – where they lived and what life was like there – as well as, showcases her unique artwork. At the back of the house/museum, you can see some of her clothing, which was one of the things that made her so popular. This was easily a highlight of our visit there!
3. The Anthropology Museum
The Anthropology Museum is a gorgeous museum located in Chapultepec Park. There are a number of different rooms that correspond to different artifacts from different periods of time, and you could easily spend hours and hours looking at everything in the museum.
We asked the woman at the information desk to tell us the most popular exhibits and we went to those first. Our personal favorite was the Mayan exhibit!
4. Chapultepec Park & Castillo de Chapultepec
One of our favorite things to do on weekends in Mexico City is head to Chapultepec Park to walk, read, and hang out in nature. Chapultepec Park is a very large park and you can spend hours roaming the park!
There is a lake where you can rent paddleboats, as well as the Chapultepec Castle. We haven’t rented paddle boats, but we did take a visit to the Castle and loved it! The building is gorgeous, but the view was the highlight for us. We could see all the way down Avenida Reforma, and look out at Mexico City in every direction. The view of Mexico City from the top of the castle really gives perspective for just how big the city is – it’s really incredible!
5. Zocalo & Bella Artes
Visiting Zocalo can be really overwhelming, but it’s a must for your first trip to Mexico City! You can see the main cathedral, the national palace, and Templo Mayor. There is always some sort of event or display happening in Zocalo and you will be sure to run into a ton of people while you’re there!
We recommend walking 5-10 minutes from Zocalo to check out the beautiful Bella Artes building. There is a museum as well as folklore shows there, and it is one of the most beautiful buildings in all of Mexico City.
Pro tip: head to the 9th floor of the Sears building across the street and grab a coffee at the coffee shop there for the best view of Bella Artes!
6. Lucha Libre
Lucha Libre is Mexican wrestling and it is a hoot! We were recommended by friends to give it a try, and sine neither of us are big wrestling fans, we weren’t entirely sold. The tickets are cheap though, so we decided to give it a try, and it ended up being really fun! The storylines are always good vs. evil and the drama is so fake it’s hilarious. Honestly, don’t knock it until you try it!
7. Xochimilco
Xochimilco is about an hour south of the city and is a number of river canals where people rent boats for a couple of hours, play music, drink and have a good time. This is the type of adventure that would never happen north of the border, and because of that we appreciated it immensely!
When you arrive, you need to find a boat, pay for however long you want the boat for (we did 2 hours and that was a great amount of time), and then start playing some music and drinking. You can bring whatever you want on the boat or you can buy drinks and food from the passing boats selling things.
Xochimilco is best with a group of people, as the boats fit up to 20 people in the them, so gather all of your friends together and have an awesome afternoon drinking on the water!
8. See a Soccer (Futbol) game
Estadio Azteca is an unreal stadium and one of the biggest stadiums we’ve ever been to! Seeing a soccer game in any Latin American country is really fun, and definitely worth the experience. When purchasing tickets, make sure you know what section you are sitting in and make sure you know what colors to wear based on your section.
We attended a Club America vs. Club Azul game (two teams from Mexico City) and wore neutral colors so that we didn’t draw attention, and the game was really fun!
9. See a concert!
Being that it is such a big city, Mexico City gets a ton of great artists passing through. Regardless of what type of music you enjoy, you could probably find someone performing in the city that you’d enjoy! We’ve had the chance to see artists such as J Balvin, Carlos Vives, and Maluma, and each concert was a really fun experience.
10. Eat! Eat! Eat!
Whether you’re into street tacos or high end Mexican food, or you prefer other cuisines, Mexico City has something for everyone. We’ve had so much fun trying a bunch of different restaurants here and it’s hard to find enough time and stomach space to try all of the amazing restaurants in this city!
Here is a list of a few of our favorite restaurants in the city!
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