Iztapalapa Cable Car Adventure: Immerse in Mexico City's Hidden Culture
4.7
67 Ratings
Ciudad de México
Embark on a unique adventure in Mexico City's Iztapalapa district, exploring hidden culture, street food, and traditions. Ride the world's largest cable car, visit local museums and markets, and enjoy a pre-hispanic drink.
Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Museum of Cultures By Iztapalapa Passion - Amazing museum that explain the history & traditions of IZTAPALPA
What's Included
  • Snacks included
  • Tour ends with a Pulque tasting at a local bar
Additional Information

Most visitors stay at the same tourist sites, but rarely get to experience real life as a local…so, we’ve designed a journey to Iztapalapa, an area that reflects the daily lives of 2 million people, that otherwise, you would never hear about.

This urban district is the largest in the city, full of culture, street food, traditions, and history that comes as far from the Aztecs.

What will we do?
The adventure starts Downtown, where we’ll take the subway towards the suburbs.
Then we’ll visit a local museum to learn the best facts about Iztapalapa, their traditions, and their history.
Then, the crown jewels: We’ll fly like birds in the largest cable car in the world for a stunning and colorful view of the street art and the immensity of the valley.
In between, we’ll visit a local market and an amazing airplane converted into a cultural venue.
We’ll come back home by metro, finishing with a pre-hispanic drink in a bar.

Location
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Avenida Juárez
The meeting point is at the main entrance of Bellas Artes Palace.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Whydarren_6uom
May 17, 2024
Absolutely Awesome - The best experience you can ever have in Mexico City for sure! The scenery on the cable car is absolutely amazing, and the entire experience was incredible. Fernando’s team was doing a great job on introducing everything and leading the guests. It was also fun to make so many travelers with different backgrounds and got to talk together. We got to see the Utopias with retired Boeing 737-300s made into a computer lab which is absolutely unheard of. Definitely invaluable experience!
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Latoya_t
May 13, 2024
Wow, what a hidden gem! - There’s so much history and culture to learn and see on this tour. I highly recommend it to anyone visiting Mexico City (and locals). Fernando (and Alix) were great hosts. They made the group feel like we’ve all known each other before the tour.
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Paola_v
May 2, 2024
Recommended! - Fernando was in touch even before the experience started to confirm the location and start time. Tour started on time. He provided a lot of useful information. We had read some of the comments about the pace of the tour - we thought it was appropriate, particularly for such a large city as Mexico City is. We didn't feel rushed, and we were able to enjoy the sights. Overall, we thought both Fernando and the tour were great.
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Eric_g
Apr 22, 2024
Not your usual, but an unforgettable experience! - We booked this tour out mere curiosity; we just wanted to go with the flow and thought a cable car ride would be a whole lot of fun. But it turned out to be a really amazing experience! Fernando is a very warm and welcoming guy who immediately takes you up in the life of a chilango. We explored unknown areas of Mexico City with a rich history, we saw amazing murals and even more amazing rooftop-murals. Fernando immersed us in some captivating social city-projects. I would highly recommend this tour, as there is no other way to see and learn about these rooftop murals then with the cable car. Fernando warmed us up truly for Mexico and its vibrant culture and rich history, and told us a story of hope and progress. And we took the metro ourselves the next day, proud to feel true part of the city.
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Y6425vqerick
Apr 14, 2024
An Amazing Experience - Our guide, Fernando, was an expert on Mexico City. The tour began with an explanation of the subway and all lines. So the first stop was the Iztapalapa neighborhood. There we saw some Aztec art murals on walls around the neighborhood. Fernando explained the meaning of the murals and the different names of the neighborhoods and metro stops. Very fascinating and interesting. Then, we take the cable car or Cablebús over Iztapalapa. The landscapes are wonderful and Fernando's explanation was also incredible. There is a market where we had lunch and the carnitas were delicious. The tour ended in a pulquera in the Historic Center but not before an explanation of how it is done. This tour was one of the best experiences during my CDMX trip.
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Jeanette_p
Mar 30, 2024
Up in the Air - We were lucky to be able to visit Iztapalapa on Good Friday and were able to watch the first part of the re-enactment of the Passion of the Christ. Beautiful artwork on roof tops and lovely walks through a couple of neighborhoods. Great tour guide.
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Merrick_t
Apr 7, 2024
Great hands-on experience with lots to see and absorb. - Superb and unique tour with lots of practical content. The guide's (Fernando) personality however, is not the right one for entertaining curious enthusiastic tourists. I found him detached, terse and combative with too many crass retorts. Note: I hesitated posting this review as I thought that I was the only one who had a mixed experience; however, on looking through recent reviews I saw only in March that someone else had the exact experience as I.
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Magnus_b
Mar 21, 2024
Ruined by the guide - I don’t know why guides these days talk so fast and leave no rooms for pauses. There are so much information that you have to process and when the guide (Fernando) just rambling on without taking a break for a breath, it’s exhausting. You have to be so concentrated that after 10 min you have difficulties to follow along. And when you ask a question that apparently the guide already had mentioned, he gave you an attitude. But it was so much information and it was so fast so it was hard to keep up. And remember, English was his 2nd language and it is also mine 2nd language. And we ran from place to place. It felt like the guide just wanted to do this as quickly as possible. I tried to take photos and videos along the way but had to do it while running. I mean, come on!! The first time by the cable cars me and another tourist did stop for a moment to take some photos and when we turned around the others were gone (we were a group of 5 inc the guide) We found them but the guide gave us the blame for not coming along. But isn’t it his job to look after his clients? And the way he just kept on running it’s no wonder people got behind. He also said that we could ask questions if we want, but when we did, he said, a little annoyed, I’m gonna talk about that later…. So you ended up not wanting to ask questions because you didn’t want a reply with an attitude back. He had done this for 2 years so maybe that’s why. He knows all the info so well so he’s just saying it as fast as he can. Later in the tour when we talked normally and he didn’t gave us info, it was much more pleasant. The tour itself and the cable car ride seems like it’s something I would like to do on my own sometime, because this time was ruined.
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Stanh258
Apr 16, 2024
Scam tour - This tour is a scam, the price of the ride is 7 pesos and these guys charge 700 pesos or about 35 us and you get to see one of the worst run down neighborhoods in the city apart of dangerous
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Julioce2024
Apr 7, 2024
Borderline racist experience - Totally a scam. Untrue to the title, it is not an unexplored part of Mexico but a densily populated area. It displays the people as a touristic attraction, ACTUAL PEOPLE NOT SOME SORT OF WILDLIFE. Whoever came with the idea should be ashamed of themselves.
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