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Xochimilco and Coyoacan Tour: Explore Frida Kahlo's Life and Mexico City's Heritage
3.6
29 Ratings
Ciudad de México
Embark on a captivating tour of Xochimilco and Coyoacan, immersing yourself in Frida Kahlo’s life and Mexico City’s rich heritage. Explore her house, cruise through the vibrant floating gardens, and marvel at Diego Rivera’s murals.
Embark on a captivating tour of Xochimilco and Coyoacan, immersing yourself in Frida Kahlo’s life and Mexico City’s rich heritage. Explore her house, cruise through the vibrant floating gardens, and marvel at Diego Rivera’s murals.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Ciudad Universitaria - Explore the central campus of one of Mexico and Latin America’s top public universities: “UNAM.” Here, admire the Olympic Stadium and the Central Library, featuring murals by Juan O’Gorman and Diego Rivera. This site is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Floating Gardens of Xochimilco - Board a vibrant…
- Ciudad Universitaria - Explore the central campus of one of Mexico and Latin America’s top public universities: “UNAM.” Here, admire the Olympic Stadium and the Central Library, featuring murals by Juan O’Gorman and Diego Rivera. This site is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Floating Gardens of Xochimilco - Board a vibrant flat-bottomed boat known as a trajinera for a leisurely hour-long cruise through the canals, passing by floating flower gardens. These boats were historically used for transporting food and passengers across Mexico City. Feeling hungry? Sample a variety of traditional Mexican dishes and refreshing drinks, including the famous mole, roasted corn, quesadillas, and pulque (a pre-Hispanic spiritual alcoholic beverage). You can also request songs from musical groups like mariachi (additional cost applies).
- Coyoacan - Discover one of Mexico’s most charming neighborhoods, home to artists and historical figures. Visit the house where Frida Kahlo lived (with the “Frida Kahlo Museum Tickets” option), explore Coyoacán Center, the Church of San Juan el Bautista, Hernán Cortes’ house, and enjoy a traditional coffee if you wish.
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Museo Frida Kahlo - Known as La Casa Azul, this was the home of the renowned painter Frida Kahlo, her family, and her husband Diego Rivera. Explore the building and learn about her life and work.
Important: Admission to the Frida Kahlo Museum is only included if you select the appropriate option.
What's Included
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tour in trajinera (canoe with flat bottom)
- Transfer from collection points
- Certified guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tour in trajinera (canoe with flat bottom)
- Transfer from collection points
- Certified guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
Discover three of the top locations in southern Mexico City:
- First up is Coyoacan, home to many of Mexico’s renowned artists and historical figures. There, you can explore the house where Frida Kahlo resided, now transformed into a museum. Choose the ‘Frida Kahlo Museum Tickets’ option to gain access to the preserved corners where the artist was born….
Discover three of the top locations in southern Mexico City:
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First up is Coyoacan, home to many of Mexico’s renowned artists and historical figures. There, you can explore the house where Frida Kahlo resided, now transformed into a museum. Choose the ‘Frida Kahlo Museum Tickets’ option to gain access to the preserved corners where the artist was born.
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Next, journey through the vibrant floating gardens of Xochimilco. This tranquil and lively destination features a trajinera ride - a journey on a flat-bottomed canoe.
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Lastly, tour one of the places recognized as World Cultural Heritage: the Ciudad Universitaria of the Autonomous University of Mexico. It is iconic for the magnificent murals by Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo’s husband.
Location
Hilton Mexico City Reforma
Avenida Juárez
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.6
(29 Ratings)
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Trinidadjr_p
Apr 9, 2025
Great! - This was a great experience. Julio, our tour guide was absolutely amazing. He was very dedicated and detailed about everything.
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Scott
Dec 7, 2024
A lot to see - Miguel and Sr.Martinez (our driver) were awesome. We saw a lot of Mexico City between the zocalo and Xochimilco. Discovered much about the area and its volcanoes, along with culture.
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Jorge_h
Nov 4, 2024
Xochimilco - We couldn't have asked for a better time in Mexico. Our tour guide was passionate about his job. He was extremely knowledgeable about the landmarks areas and places we visited. We would definitely recommend this tour with Max.
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Alina_o
Nov 2, 2024
A day to remember - Definitely A Day to Remember. We had originally scheduled a visit to sochimilico Frida Karla Museum however there was some issues with not being able to obtain tickets to the Frida Karla Museum however our tour guide maximiliano recommended other options which we chose to visit Mixquic. So happy we chose to visit the cemetery in a very small town outside of El Centro. We were honored to see how beautiful the locals decorated the Tombstones and remembrance of their loved ones full of color music food definitely one of the most memorable trips ever. The church San Andres de Mixquic was absolutely breathtaking. Thank you Maximiliano and our driver Andres.
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Vanessa
Dec 15, 2024
Trip - I was very disappointed that I never received my tickets to Frida home/ museum. That was the main reason why I brought the tickets. The title is very deceiving. I had to spend money twice and buy tickets to get into Frida museum/home.
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Erinne2898xy
Dec 30, 2024
Not as advertised - Unfortunately, the tour was not as expected and we had many hours in the van. It took nearly two hours to pick up all passengers in the morning (from 8:30-10:10am) before we journeyed North. We were taken to a jewelry shop that was not described in the tour. This added close to an hour of traffic and an unwanted stop in the wrong direction from the described tour.
When we arrived at University to see the Diego Rivera mural we saw a small mural outside the gate; not the large beautiful one advertised by the tour group. The university was closed for holiday so we could not see the more famous mural; we were not told this ahead of time.
The boat ride was enjoyable and the best part of the tour.
We ended up leaving by Uber early because the tour was already 7hours and we were not yet at Frida Kahlo’s home.
I do not recommend this tour.
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Ashka_s
Nov 23, 2024
Misleading and boring - Spent three days calling and texting back-and-forth trying to get a pick up location. Tour was boring and multiple markets that weren’t part of the tour were money grabs. My English tour was 15sec increments of info cause they mixed the groups. We were rushed through every section and took a three second photo in front of Frida kahlo‘s museum. Tickets not included like description. Boats are cool but even the food on the boat, you’re told afterwards how much it cost. Guide was obnoxious and was actively annoying people infront of us.
Wouldn’t recommend.
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Virginia_r
Nov 14, 2024
Its a no - Booking this tour, I thought I booked a 5 hour tour including a ticket to the Frida Kahlo museum.
That was not the case.... this is a full day tour with the first 3 hours spent to visit a jewelry shop (a partner of the TO I guess), then the Xochimilco and the museum outside....
As our guide said and i quote : "We will visit and take pictures from outside. Inside pictures are not allowed so you might as well say you visited"
I would not recommend this tour. You may visit those sites on your own in half the time and money.
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Gulhan_u
Dec 28, 2024
Waste of time and money. - Nothing good. Bad organization started with the pick up. I was picked up at 8:15 and the tour started not before 10:00. I had to stay in the bus all the time. For some reason we had to wait for some passengers. We had to visit first thing in the morning a silver workshop for which I had no interest at all. Frida Kahlo part is only for 5 minutes for taking photos from the outside. So the title of the tour is misleading. Don’t have any illusions of visiting the museum. When we arrived at Xochimilco our boat was not reserved. We were offered the alternatives of waiting for at least 30 minutes or cancel the tour. When we asked whether we would be reimbursed the guide told us to contact the agency. I came back to my hotel after 9 hours, exhausted and regretted for taking this tour.
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Dakshina_r
Dec 28, 2024
Terrible guide and operator, misleading tour title - The tour description misled to include Freda Kahlo entry - what you get is the view of the outside walls. The tour operator and tour guide were arrogant on this and insisted despite clear documentation describing this. The tour guide had a poor handling of English and despite the tour describing g an English guide we received only partial English. Many of the sites included as part of the itenary are only glimpses of them that you get pointed out from a great distance. The overall service was poor, with little coordination and handling. When trying to manage the poor service with Viator and the tour operator- only received repeated poor service and arrogance. Definitely the worst experience- avoid at all costs
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