City tour - Shrine of Guadalupe -
Pyramids of Teotihuacan. During the morning visit the main streets and avenues
of Mexico City. Visit to the main square (called Zocalo, the National Palace in
which you will admire the magnificent frescoes of Diego Rivera (closed on
sundays). The frescoes narrate with images the most important events of our
history during three centuries. We will see the ruins of the main temple of the
Aztecs as well as the Cathedral. Then, you will make a stop in a handicraft
center. On to Chapultepec Park, residential area, where you will see the homes
of famous artists. In the afternoon, on the way to the sanctuary of Guadalupe
short stop by the "Plaza de las 3 Culturas", where you see 3 different periods
in the history of mexico represented by 3 different kind of buildings: an
archeological site, a catholic church and a modern building of foreign affairs
ministry.
We continue our tour to the
Basilica, where you will see the original image of the virgin mary appeard on a
simple piece of fabric belonging to the indian juan diego. You will see both
basilicas, the one of the XVIII century and the one devoted to the virgin almost
three decades ago. On a modern highway we will reach the site of Teotihuacan
"where men become gods" during your tour you will have the time and opportunity
to climb the amazing Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon as well as to visit the
Palace of Quetzal-Butterfly, the Feather-Snake-temple and the Avenue of the
Death as well as the Citadel. (10 hrs) |
