Let’s take an educational sightseeing trip to Mexico City this winter! Mexico City has beautiful parks, architectural gems, ancient Mesoamerican indigenous sites, and an incredible 150 museums! While we are there, we may have an opportunity to meet with some UUs who live there.
Some attractions we may take in include:
– The Central Historic District, with the Zocalo (main plaza, one of the largest in the world), the Metropolitan Cathedral (built from 1573 to 1813), and Templo Mayor, the Aztec temple that was unearthed in the 1970s, and its associated museum.
– Alameda Central Park (also located in the Central Historic District), the oldest municipal park in the city, which is surrounded by a host of museums, including the Palace of Fine Arts, National Art Museum, Diego Rivera Mural Museum, Museo Kaluz (18th-21st Century Mexican art), Museo Franz Mayer (decorative arts from the 1500s to the 1800s), Museo Memoria Y Tolerancia (modern museum about global genocides), and the Popular Art Museum.
– Chapultepec Park, Mexico City’s premier green space – twice as large as New York’s Central Park – containing the National Museum of Anthropology (housing treasures of Mexico’s many indigenous cultures), Chapultepec Castle (housing the Historical Museum), ancient Aztec baths, the Modern Art Museum, and many other attractions.
– Xochimilco, a borough of Mexico City offering boat rides along the peaceful canals and pre-Hispanic “floating gardens.”
– Teotihuacan, an ancient pre-Aztec city, was once the largest city in the Americas, located 25 miles from Mexico City. It is the site of the Pyramid of the Sun, one of the largest pyramids in Mesoamerica, which you can climb.
Join us for a planning and informational meeting at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 17, at UUCUC. We will begin to explore questions about the trip, including the dates (January? February?), length (One week? Ten days?), itinerary, cost, etc. Bring your questions and your ideas.
For pictures and descriptions of some of the highlights of Mexico City, please see the following:
The Creative Adventurer
https://thecreativeadventurer.com/category/mexico-city/
Self-guided Walking Tours of Mexico City
https://www.gpsmycity.com/gps-tour-guides/mexico-city-563.html
Sunday Bike Riding
Video: Bike Riding on the Paseo de la Reforma on Sundays
https://youtu.be/jF-mj0Nshlc?si=zJ2L7KkfYV9qBU-d
Article: How to enjoy Mexico City’s free Sunday bike rides
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/how-to-enjoy-mexico-citys-free-sunday-bike-rides