Mexico: Culinary Glimps

Breakfast in hotel. Today, let us show Mexico City to you, in its origins, in its transformation to contemporary culture, learning about ancient roots and culinary aspects. Visit the Square of 3 Cultures in Tlatelolco, where in prehispanic times were held the market places of all goods, which also were provided to the theocratic quarters of priests, and where nowadays the Aztec ruins lay next to colonial Santiago church, surrounded by the rather modern living complex of Nonoalco- Tlatelolco. Get into Mexico City’s historical center (UNESCO World Heritage – UWH), where you explore the area walking, seeing Zocalo main square with National Palace and Metropolitan Cathedral around, get into a local market and see all the fresh fruit and vegetables and have some tasting of typical Mexican food. Visit also the ruins of Aztec Main Temple which remain from prehispanic Aztec capital Tenochtitlán (Templo Mayor is closed on Mondays / in those Mondays, the view would be from outside only). See also the Fine Arts Palace with its fascinating mural paintings inside, as well as Alameda Central Park and get gimpls into traditional bakeries and Mexican artisan sweet shops. After a day full of city center exploration return to your hotel. There we recommend not to miss a dinner (not included in package price) in the hotel’s rooftop restaurant, which is well known for its exquisite cuisine!

Breakfast in hotel. The morning is dedicated to Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology, a unique example of its kind in the world. The visit there is for the seeing of some major exhibition hall about main prehispanic cultures in Mexico, also seen from the prehispanic point of view, calling all the included cultural area Mesoamerica. In route then out of Mexico City, visit the small archaeological sites of Tenayuca and Sta. Cecilia, where it can be seen, how the temple structures of Aztec domain in central Mexico Valley looked like on the arrival of the Spaniards. In the afternoon, reach your overnight place in the countryside outskirts of Mexico City, where the landlady welcomes you in her charming rural mansion to fully relax in nature and silence.

Breakfast in hotel. Morning drive out of Cañada de Cisneros to get into the prehispanic region of the Toltecs, there to visit their ancient capital of Tula, where in the archaeological site you can see, among others, the interesting Atlant statues, which formerly carried the temple roof, which has disappeared over the centuries. In ongoing route for Teotihuacán, visit the colonial exconvent of Acolman. Here you will see and learn about, how the Spanish crown conquered ancient Mexico not only economically, but overall, in the religious way. Evening arrival in Teotihuacán and your hotel.