MX
What to see in Mexico City on foot
50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.
Coming soon on iOS — be first to walk Mexico City offline.
Mexico City is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Mexico City pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.
Landmarks8
- 1Barrio ChinoBarrio Chino is a barrio located in the downtown area of Mexico City, near the Alameda Central and Palacio de Bellas Artes.
- 2Palacio Postal
- 3Casa de los AzulejosThe Casa de los Azulejos or Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Mexico City, built by the Count of the Valle de Orizaba family.
- 4Iglesia de San FranciscoThe Convent of San Francisco is located at the western end of Madero Street in the historic center of Mexico City, near the Torre Latinoamericana and is all that remains of the church and monastery complex.
- 5Palacio de Iturbide
- 6Mercado de Artesanías de La Ciudadela
- 7Torre LatinoamericanaThe Torre Latinoamericana is a skyscraper in downtown Mexico City.
- 8Plaza de la Constitución
Historic Sites7
- 9Monumento Vicente Guerrero
- 10Hospital del Divino SalvadorThe Hospital del Divino Salvador was the first hospital established in Mexico City for the treatment of mentally ill women.
- 11Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México
- 12Templo MayorThe Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City.
- 13Palacio Nacional
- 14Antigua Aduana de la Ciudad de México
- 15Biblioteca de México. La Ciudadela
Museums & Galleries27
- 16Archivo de la FotografíaThe Museo Archivo de la Fotografía is a museum in the Historic center of Mexico City located in "La Casa de las Ajaracas", built at the end of the 16th century, at Guatemala street #34.
- 17Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
- 18Museo del Pulque y las Pulquerías
- 19Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes
- 20Museo Nacional de Arquitectura
- 21Museo Nacional de la EstampaThe Museo de la Estampa is a museum in Mexico City, dedicated to the history, preservation and promotion of Mexican graphic arts.
- 22Museo de la CaricaturaThe Caricature Museum is located in an 18th-century Baroque building in the historic center of Mexico City.
- 23Casa de la Primera Imprenta de AméricaThe House of the First Printing Press in the Americas at the corner of Moneda and Licenciado Primo Verdad streets in Mexico City was the home of the first printing press/print shop in the New World.
- 24Museo EstanquilloThe Museo del Estanquillo is located in the Historic Center of Mexico City, Mexico.
- 25Museo de la Ciudad de MéxicoThe Museum of Mexico City is located at Pino Suarez 30, a few blocks south of the Zocalo, on what was the Iztapalapa Causeway, near where Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II met for the first time.
- 26Museo Memoria y Tolerancia
- 27Museo José Luis CuevasThe José Luis Cuevas Museum is located just off the Zócalo within the Historic center of Mexico City, in Mexico City, Mexico.
- 28Museo Templo MayorThe Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City.
- 29Antigua Academia de San CarlosThe Academy of San Carlos, formerly also known as the National School of Fine Arts, is an art academy in Mexico City that historically played an important role in the development of Mexican art and architecture.
- 30Museo Numismático Nacional
- 31Museo de la CharreríaThe Museo de Charrería or Charrería Museum is located in the historic center of Mexico City on Izazaga Street, in an old monastery which was dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat.
- 32Museo de Arte PopularThe Museo de Arte Popular is a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, that promotes and preserves part of the Mexican handcrafts and folk art.
- 33Museo Nacional de las CulturasThe Museo Nacional de las Culturas is a national museum in Mexico City dedicated to education about the world's cultures, both past and present.
- 34Antiguo Colegio de San IldefonsoColegio de San Ildefonso, currently is a museum and cultural center in Mexico City, considered to be the birthplace of the Mexican Muralism movement.
- 35Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina
- 36Museo Franz Mayer
- 37Palacio de MineríaThe Palace of Mining, also Palace of Mines, is a building in Mexico City, Mexico, considered to be a fine example of Neoclassical architecture in the Americas.
- 38Museo Nacional de Arte
- 39Museo Interactivo de EconomíaInteractive Museum of Economics is the first museum in the world dedicated exclusively to economics.
- 40Museo de la LuzThe Museum of Light is a science museum dedicated to the phenomena of light, located in the former San Ildefonso College in the historic center of Mexico City.
- 41Palacio de la AutonomíaThe Palacio de la Autonomía is a museum and site where the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México gained autonomy from direct government control in 1929.
- 42Museo Panteón de San FernandoThe San Fernando Pantheon is one of the oldest cemeteries in Mexico City that is preserved to this day.
Parks & Gardens5
- 43Alameda CentralAlameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City.
- 44Parque de los Periodistas Ilustres
- 45Plaza de la SolidaridadThe Plaza de la Solidaridad is a plaza located in Mexico City, Mexico, adjacent to the Alameda Central. During the sixteenth century, the area in which the park is now located was on the outskirts of the city.
- 46Parque Guadalupe Victoria
- 47Plaza de la Ciudadela
Public Art3
- 48Monumento a Beethoven
- 49Puerta 1808Puerta 1808 is an outdoor carbon steel sculpture by Manuel Felguérez installed in Mexico City, Mexico.
- 50El Caballito
