Mexico: Language, Culture & History

Cities: Mexico City, Puebla, Toluca
Duration: 8 days
Area of Study: Culture

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Program Includes

  • Roundtrip Airfare
  • 7 Nights of Hotel Accommodation
  • All Ground Transportation 
  • Daily Continental Breakfast 
  • Welcome & Farewell Dinners 
  • Historical & Cultural Walking Tours
  • Full Time Local Guide
  • 24/7 On-Ground Emergency Support
  • Travelers Health Insurance & Liability Insurance 
  • Tips & Gratuities

Program Highlights

  • Templo Mayor Museum
  • National Palace
  • Metropolitan Cathedral
  • Bellas Artes Folkloric Performance and Tour
  • Teotihuacán Pyramids
  • Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • National History Museum in Chapultepec Castle
  • Leon Trotsky Museum
  • La Casa Azul
  • Day Trip to Puebla and Toluca
  • El Nevado de Toluca

Program Itinerary

day 1 / DEPARTURE

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.

day 2 / MEXICO CITY

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

day 3 / MEXICO CITY

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

day 4 / MEXICO CITY

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

day 5 / MEXICO CITY

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

day 6 / PUEBLA/MEXICO CITY

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

day 7 / TOLUCA/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

day 8 / RETURN

Breakfast & Day Briefing

Airport Transfer

Depart Mexico City, Mexico for Home

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