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Depart Home for Mexico City, Mexico
Arrive in Mexico City, Mexico
Airport Transfer - Private Bus
Orientation Walking Tour - The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do incase of an emergency.
Welcome Dinner - The group will be taken for an authentic Mexican dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets.
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Historical & Cultural Tour of Historical Centre - Templo Mayor Museum, National Palace, Metropolitan Cathedral and more..
Lunch Break at Sanborn’s
Continue Tour of Historical Centre
Breakfast & Day Briefing
National History Museum in Chapultepec Castle - The National Museum of History is the Chapultepec Castle that holds the memory of the history of Mexico, from the conquest of Tenochtitlan to the Mexican Revolution.
Museum of National Anthropology - The Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City contains the world's largest collection of ancient Mexican art and also has ethnographic exhibits about Mexico's present-day indigenous groups.
Lunch Break
Bellas Artes - Attend the National Ballet of México featuring the folkloric dancing and tour of the building.
Structured Free Time & Cultural Immersion
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Teotihuacán Pyramids - The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 30 miles north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
Lunch Break at La Gruta
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe - The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Roman Catholic church, basilica, and National shrine of Mexico which houses the cloak containing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo - Located in one of Rivera's former studios, this museum has a small collection of his paintings.
Visit Coyoacán - Coyoacán, a former village and now one of the 16 boroughs of Mexico City, is a historic center.
Lunch Break
Leon Trotsky Museum - The Leon Trotsky House Museum is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum.
La Casa Azul - La Casa Azul is the Intimate Universe of Frida Kahlo. In this beautiful residence, the artist lived most of her life.
Structured Free Time & Cultural Immersion
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Day Trip to Puebla (approx. 2 hours)
Cholula Pyramid & Tonantzintla Mexican Baroque Church
City Tour of Puebla - Artisan Market and Talavera Factory
Return to Mexico City
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Day Trip to Toluca (approx 2 hours)
City Tour of Toluca & Local University
El Nevado de Toluca - Nevado de Toluca is a stratovolcano in central Mexico, it is the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. The volcano and the area around it is now a national park.
Return to Mexico City
Farewell Dinner & Program Closing
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Airport Transfer
Depart Mexico City, Mexico for Home