Mexico - EF Educational Tours
Mexico - EF Educational Tours
Mexico - EF Educational Tours
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9 DAYS<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>: Ancient & Modern<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong><br />
Guanajuato (1)<br />
Puerto Vallarta (3)<br />
Guadalajara (1)<br />
Teotihuacán<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> City (3)<br />
Number of overnight stays in parentheses. This tour may also be reversed.<br />
A monument in <strong>Mexico</strong> City honors Benito Juárez, the president of <strong>Mexico</strong> from 1858 to 1872, who promoted equal rights for <strong>Mexico</strong>’s indigenous population.<br />
Program Fee includes:<br />
■ Round-trip airfare<br />
■ 8 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms<br />
■ Breakfast and dinner daily<br />
■ Full-time <strong>EF</strong> Tour Director<br />
■ 4 sightseeing tours led by licensed local guides:<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> City • Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and<br />
Teotihuacán Pyramids • Guanajuato • Guadalajara<br />
■ 1 sightseeing tour led by your tour director:<br />
Tlaquepaque<br />
■ 1 walking tour:<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> City<br />
■ 5 visits to special attractions:<br />
Museum of Anthropology • Basilica of Our Lady of<br />
Guadalupe • Teotihuacán Pyramids • Callejoneadas<br />
choral group performance • Hospicio Cabañas<br />
OPTIONAL:<br />
Frida Kahlo Museum and Coyoacán<br />
Ballet Folklórico<br />
Sierra Madre<br />
Day 1 <strong>Mexico</strong> City<br />
Flight to <strong>Mexico</strong> • Relax as you jet south<br />
to <strong>Mexico</strong>’s capital, the world’s fastestgrowing<br />
city!<br />
Arrival in <strong>Mexico</strong> City • After clearing<br />
customs, you are greeted by your <strong>EF</strong> Tour<br />
Director, who will remain with you throughout<br />
your stay. A private motorcoach then<br />
takes you to your comfortable hotel for<br />
check-in.<br />
Walking tour of <strong>Mexico</strong> City • On today’s<br />
walking tour of <strong>Mexico</strong> City, stroll down<br />
Paseo de la Reforma, pass a monument to<br />
Christobal Colón (Christopher Columbus)<br />
and see where <strong>Mexico</strong>’s first saint was born.<br />
Day 2 <strong>Mexico</strong> City<br />
Guided sightseeing of <strong>Mexico</strong> City • Your<br />
guided tour takes you to the Zócalo, <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
City’s main square. This was the heart of the<br />
Aztec empire before Cortés and his conquistadore<br />
leveled the area. Picking up the leftover<br />
pieces (including stones from the temples of<br />
Tenochtitlán and Montezuma’s residence), the<br />
Spanish built the cathedral and royal palace<br />
(dating back to 1523). Enter the patio of the<br />
Palacio Nacional, where viceroys were once<br />
entertained by bullfights. Here you can admire<br />
Diego Rivera’s renowned murals—painted<br />
over the course of 22 years and covering 850<br />
square feet, the murals chart <strong>Mexico</strong>’s history<br />
throughout the ages. Upon exiting, look for<br />
the Bell of Dolores, once rung to inspire the<br />
Mexican people to fight for their independence.<br />
Then cross the square to North America’s<br />
largest cathedral—step inside for a look<br />
at the Altar of the Kings. Back outside, see<br />
the Templo Mayor, a remarkable example<br />
of Aztec ruins.<br />
Visit to the Museum of Anthropology •<br />
Built of marble, volcanic rock and wood, the<br />
Museo Nacional de Antropología houses<br />
items ranging from ancient archaeological artifacts<br />
to the treasures of <strong>Mexico</strong>’s great civilizations.<br />
Keep your eyes open for the Aztec<br />
calendar stone and Montezuma’s headdress.<br />
Optional visit to the Frida Kahlo Museum<br />
and Coyoacán • Opt to visit the eccentric<br />
Frida Kahlo Museum. Once the artist’s home,<br />
the museum offers a personal look not just<br />
into her works, but into her life as an affluent<br />
Mexican bohemian and wife of muralist Diego<br />
Rivera. Kahlo was born and lived her young<br />
life here before returning with her husband<br />
to spend the seven years before her death.<br />
In addition to her paintings, the museum<br />
also contains costumes, her diaries, masks and<br />
papier-mâché creations. You will also see some<br />
of the surrounding town, Coyoacán, commonly<br />
known as the southern end of <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
City. Wander the tree-lined streets dotted<br />
with buildings from the 16th to 19th centuries,<br />
soaking up the bohemian atmosphere created<br />
by the local artist galleries, craft stalls and<br />
street performers.