The Mexico City Architecture Tour

First influenced by colonial Spanish and French architecture, Mexico City later developed its own style often drawing on its rich Pre-Hispanic heritage. The city has grown at an astonishing pace over the last century: from a population of just 240,000 in the mid-1850’s it now numbers some 24 million people and is a fascinating patchwork of neighborhoods and architectural styles.

Over the course of our Mexico City Architecture Tour and as we make our way across “town”, we will have you discover the city’s colonial past, the villages that were absorbed as it mushroomed, the effects of the devastating 1985 earthquake, the current construction boom and the young architects who are shaping the city of tomorrow.  A journey into a one of the world’s largest and most architecturally most diverse cities !

The Mexico City Architecture Tour begins at 9:30 AM. Hotel pick-ups are schedule between 9:30 AM and 10:00 AM depending on your hotel’s location and traffic conditions. Please be in your hotel lobby a few minutes before your scheduled pick-up time.

All our architecture tours are tailored to our guests interests. For this reason, we will be contacting you prior to your departure date in order to find if you wish your tour to focus on any particular architectural style.

The Mexico City Architecture Tour includes a:

• Tour of La Juárez, La Roma and La Condesa neighborhoods where you will get to see a variety of building such as French Porfirian and Art Deco constructions and some leftover ruins of the 1985 and 2017 earthquakes
• Tour of the buildings and mural of one of Mexico’s remarkable examples of 20th century modernism, the National Autonomous University of Mexico or UNAM, a UNESCO World Heritage site
• Tour of the San Angel neighborhood with a stop at Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo’s studio and residence one of the first constructions of the modern movement in the Americas designed by the architect Juan O’Gorman
• Visit of the Plaza de las Tres Culturas and the Nonoalco Tlatelolco building complexes designed by architect Mario Pani
• Visit of some the City’s latest built constructions such as the Vasconcelos library and the many skyscrapers under construction along the Paseo de La Reforma
• Tour of the upcoming neighborhoods of la Santa Maria la Ribera and San Rafael

Your architecture tour includes:

• Transportation in a Beetle convertible or vintage VW Bus
• Your guide, a licensed architect, during your 7–hour tour
• Bottled water & a healthy snack
• Hotel pick-up & drop-off
• Optional picnic meal (available at checkout)

Not included in your architecture tour are:

• Meals* aside from your snack if you do not opt for our picnic option at checkout
• Purchases you may choose to make along the way
• Gratuities you may choose to give at your discretion

• Shared architecture tour: $155.00 USD per person (no minimum booking requirement, but tours will only be scheduled if 3 or more participants sign up)
• Private architecture tour: $185.00 USD per person (minimum of 2 people)
• Solo passenger architecture tour: $300.00 USD per person