Mexico City Architectural Tour: Explore Historical Buildings & Palaces

Immerse yourself in Mexican history and culture on a guided architectural tour of Mexico City. Explore iconic buildings like the National Museum of Art and Bellas Artes Palace.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Museo Nacional de Artes - Enjoy the most valuable house of art in Mexico. This museum is also a palace left by the Spaniards, which holds a huge collection of artwork over time. You will have the opportunity to admire the art history of Mexico from the XVI to the XX century.
What's Included
  • Entrance to Bank of Mexico
  • Entrance to Palacio de Bellas Artes
  • Professional Guide
  • Entrance to MUNAL
  • Entrance to Palacio de Correos
Additional Information

Explore Mexico’s rich history and vibrant culture, take a tour of its most celebrated architectural masterpieces and understand its grandeur. Stroll through the city with a knowledgeable guide leading you to places such as the National Art Museum, and the National Bank, the birthplace of the nation’s currency that circulates nationwide. Be awestruck by…

Location
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Avenida Juárez
In front of the Palace of Fine Arts, at 9:50 a.m.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nancy_g
Oct 15, 2024
Incredible Mexico City Art and Architecture Tour - I absolutely loved my tour with the wonderful Adhara! Adhara is extremely knowledgeable about architecture and art, and passionate about her love of Mexican culture. She was a joy to be with. Adhara took me to a number of significant buildings. The Palacio de Bellas Artes was a standout. It is beautiful from the outside, but even more exciting were the Diego Rivera murals in the interior. I had no idea these murals would be on the tour and very excited to see his work. There are also many murals by Siquerios in the building that are pretty "wild" and worth seeing. Adhara explained the meaning of the all of the murals to me -- she did an outstanding job and truly understands these art pieces. Another favorite building on the tour was the Old Post Office, a beautiful ornate building with an incredible interior. The National Art Museum was also a fabulous stop. The art work within is from the 1500's through present day. Adhara again presented the key pieces to me and also gave me a few minutes to wander through the exhibits solo. We also visited the Bank of Mexico museum--an exhibit of the monetary system in Mexico that was fun to go through. Because we had a few minutes left, Adhara took me for a few blocks further into the downtown--where we admired beautiful colonial buildings and got a nice feel for the area. She also took me to the oldest candy store in Mexico and bought a little treat for me. I thought that was so kind of her! This is an incredible tour. I highly recommend Adhara and Must-see Buildings and Palaces of Mexico City.
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Reece_r
Sep 22, 2024
Can't miss for lovers of art-deco and other beautiful architecture - Leonardo brought us around to several beautiful buildings in the area that we absolutely loved. I would not recommend going to Palacio de Bellas Artes WITHOUT going to it first on this tour. Leonardo knew so much history about the building and all the murals inside that we would have lost out on had he not been there. We we're able to see so much in just a few hours and Leonardo made it so easy and digestible for us
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Doras01
Sep 8, 2024
Historic city center tour with Bernardo - We had a lovely day with Bernardo our tour guide. He was kind and had a lot of information (very knowledgable) to share about the history of his country. You can tell he loves and has respect for Mexico. We saw a lot and learned a lot. He was kind enough to stay with us until our Uber arrived.
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Daniel_r
Aug 11, 2024
Mexico City *must experience tour* - The private tour was excellent and I very much enjoyed the information and knowledge of the tour guide provided. Very personable experience.
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Danielle_s
Jul 12, 2024
CDMX tour for two - Carlo was a fantastic guide who had so much knowledge about the building we saw, but most importantly you could feel his passion for the art and architecture as well as CDMX. Highly recommend!
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Allen_w
Jul 11, 2024
Great guide Geovana - Genova Altamirano was my guide and she spoke excellent English and was very knowledgeable. She is from CDMX and provided a lot of background on the country, city, the buildings and art. An excellent tour
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Fasu1992
Apr 19, 2024
I learnt a lot - Very educational tour. I was guided by a trainee (I think her name is Dara?), she was very attentive and was clearly very knowledgeable about Mexican history and culture. I could sense the passion when she's explaining stuff to me. Overall very nice educational tour.
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Thelma_s
Aug 14, 2024
Very good - Tour was very good, our guide Reuben is very knowledgeable . The only problem at the start was at the meeting point. Should have been nice if there was an email or txt mssg before the meet up time, or he’s waving a flag to let us know he’s the guide.
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Jack_d
Jun 29, 2024
Interesting architecture but hard to find the group - The tour was fine. The description/explainations of the artwork was the standout experience. For the second time for a walking tour it was difficult to find the tour guide. We were to meet in front of the Palacio de Bella Artes. "In front" is vague since there is a very large area where other tour groups and other tourist are. No description was given to find them. I had to call the operator where they gave me the tour guide name and I had to go around calling out his name. Usually there is something clearly distinct like green shirt and green umbrella. Only later while following did I notice on the back of his navy blue shirt was an interesting logo with the tour company name written at the bottom in small letters - on the back. There was also a small, black pendant flag with gray (or it was dirty) lettering of the company - not held aloft. So frustrating to get to the location and need to go from group to group asking if they are the ones and still not be able to find them.
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Carlos_p
May 24, 2024
Beautiful places and very... - Beautiful places and very knowledgeable bilingual guide. Sometimes too rushed could have sp my more time in some of the buildings
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