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Mexico City: Art, History & gossip about Chapultepec Castle

By Walk Mexico
10 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is $149 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Discover the history of Chapultepec and its importance to the Mexica (Aztec).
  • Stroll around Chapultepec Castle with an expert guide.
  • Find out about the castle's various uses since its construction in 1780.
  • Learn about the aqueduct that supplied water to the city from the woods.
  • Find some pre-Hispanic stone carvings preserved in the ladders of the woods.
Activity location
    • Mexico City
    • Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • Meet your guide at the Starbucks in Chapultepec Park. Av. Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Bosque de Chapultepec I Secc, 11850 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico.
    • Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico

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Mexico City: Art, History & gossip about Chapultepec Castle
  • Earn $8.91
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Starting time: 10:30AM
Price details
$148.58 x 2 Adults$297.16
Total
Price is $297.16
Until Fri, Mar 13

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    A walking tour with an expert guide with a graduate academic degree (Art Historian, Historian, or Architect).
  • What's includedWhat's included
    In large groups, headsets will be provided to hear the tour guide.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Museum ticket.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food or beverages.

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Food and drinks, Luggage or large bags, Pets

What you can expect

Enjoy along the way aspects about the history, architecture and why not, even some gossip about the woods of Chapultepec and mainly about the Castle, while visiting its European rooms, gardens, and appreciate the great views of Reforma Avenue and the City.

Learn about how the hill was sacred to the Mexican (Aztecs), its transformation into a colonial palace In 1780s, and then a beautiful European castle by Emperor Maximilian I, and its later uses as the presidential home and now as a National Museum of History with your guide.

After visiting the castle, walk through the woods while you walk down the hill.

Location

Activity location
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    • Mexico City
    • Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    • Meet your guide at the Starbucks in Chapultepec Park. Av. Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Bosque de Chapultepec I Secc, 11850 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico.
    • Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico