The Ones On The Postcards
Landmarks
TODO — what landmarks in Mexico City are actually worth the time.
5 placesCentro Histórico
The Zócalo and the Cathedral
One of the largest squares in the world, laid out on the ceremonial centre of Tenochtitlan, with a cathedral built from its stones.
Centro Histórico
Palacio de Bellas Artes
An Art Nouveau exterior around an Art Deco interior, with murals by Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros and a Tiffany glass curtain.
Chapultepec
Castillo de Chapultepec
The only royal castle in the Americas, on a hill that was sacred to the Aztecs, holding the national history museum.
Centro Histórico
Torre Latinoamericana
A 1956 skyscraper on the soft bed of a drained lake in an earthquake zone, which is still standing because of how it was built.
La Villa
Basílica de Guadalupe
The most visited Catholic shrine in the world after St Peter's, holding a cloak that around twenty million pilgrims a year come to see.