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Things to Do in Mexico City

Looking for things to do in Mexico City? This list of 8 includes Museo del Templo Mayor (Centro Histórico, Mexico City). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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    Centro Histórico, Mexico City

    Excavated Aztec temple ruins beside the Cathedral, uncovered by chance in 1978, with a museum holding thousands of offerings found on site.

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    Chapultepec, Mexico City

    Mexico's flagship archaeology museum, home to the Piedra del Sol and rooms tracing every major pre-Hispanic culture.

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    Chapultepec, Mexico City

    Hilltop castle overlooking the city, once an imperial residence, now a history museum with murals and period rooms.

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    Xochimilco, Mexico City

    Colorful flat-bottom boats punt through the surviving Aztec-era canals and chinampas, a UNESCO-listed waterway since 1987.

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    Doctores, Mexico City

    The sport's biggest arena, opened in 1956, hosts masked wrestlers before a roaring crowd on regular fight nights.

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    Centro Histórico, Mexico City

    Art Nouveau/Art Deco theater and museum with a Tiffany glass curtain and murals by Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros; the theater has its own separate box office.

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    Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City

    UNESCO World Heritage campus since 2007, its buildings covered in murals by Juan O'Gorman, Rivera and Siqueiros, including the Biblioteca Central's stone mosaic.

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    Coyoacán, Mexico City

    1956 neighborhood market by architects Félix Candela and Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, stacked with crafts, sweets and stalls selling the city's best tostadas.

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