Templo Mayor Tour: Explore 14th Century Mexica Ruins

Explore the 14th-century Templo Mayor ruins and uncover the secrets of the Mexica Empire’s capital. Join our small group tour today.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Museo del Templo Mayor - We will delve into the city’s history, tracing it back to its origins. We’ll visit the archaeological site of the most significant pre-Hispanic structure, and view mural paintings, monoliths, and various artifacts.
What's Included
  • Entry Fee
Additional Information

Let’s explore the remnants of a 14th-century building that sheds light on the functioning of the Mexica Empire’s capital.
In this journey, we will visit the most significant building for the Mexicas, who governed the city until its fall in August 1521. The Templo Mayor was almost entirely demolished, and its construction materials were reused to build…

Location
Templo Mayor Museum
Seminario
Please let's meet inside the lobby right next to the ticket office.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Alissa_f
Nov 3, 2024
Fantastic tour - Eduardo was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the temple mayor. I highly recommend this tour!
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542vasilev
Sep 3, 2024
For 3 hours, the mighty Mexica Empire came alive again! - I recently had the opportunity to take the Museo del Templo Mayor / Urban Archaeology tour offered by Raúl. After taking his architecture & history walk in Centro Histórico on a previous visit, which I left very impressed, I was curious to learn more about the city’s history when I visited it again this summer, particularly about its fascinating Aztec / Mexica heritage. I was happy to see that Raúl was offering a tour focusing specifically on this topic and, based on my previous positive experience, decided to give it a try - and it was absolutely worth it! The ruins of Templo Mayor and the adjacent museum are fascinating places to visit even on your own, but Raúl’s tour greatly enhanced this experience: he added important context to the museum exhibits and what's left of the temple pieces, making me understand much better their meaning and religious significance. However - and this is what truly makes his tours one-of-a-kind - this is not just a museum walk with some bonus information. Much rather, Raúl uses the site of Templo Mayor and the museum exhibits to re-construct, with his narration, the life in the former Aztec capital: its culture, its people, its leaders and of course, its dramatic fall. He forges fascinating connections between the pieces and the broader history of the city, making the former capital - for a period of 3 hours - truly come alive again in my mind. This is even more impressive considering that, going into the tour, I only had very little background knowledge! Once again, I left Raúl’s tour having learned incredibly much - and yet, at no point did I ever feel overwhelmed or exhausted by the amount of information (something that tends to happen to me, especially in long museum visits!), thanks to Raúl’s captivating and vivid narrative style. All things considered, I cannot recommend enough Raúl enough as a guide if you want to explore and understand the history of the city (and the country!), no matter if you have some or no previous knowledge at all - with his tours, you will be able to see the city in a new light. If I have the chance to re-visit Mexico City in the future, I will definitely make sure to take more walks with him!
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