Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México: 25 Places to Visit

Ciudad de México

25 places with their own page in the municipality of Cuauhtémoc, in the state of Ciudad de México.

Map of Cuauhtémoc

Places to visit in Cuauhtémoc

Cities · 1 Archaeological sites · 2 Landmarks and museums · 22

Cities

Ciudad de México · City
Mexico's capital, built over Aztec Tenochtitlan at 2,240 m: about 170 museums, 16 boroughs and some 9.2 million people in the city proper.

Archaeological sites

Templo Mayor · Archaeological site
The Aztecs' great twin temple, unearthed after 1978 beside the Zócalo: walk through seven building stages, then see the Coyolxauhqui stone inside.
Tlatelolco · Archaeological site
Aztec temples, a 1609 Franciscan church and modernist towers on one square: the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, site of the last stand of 1521 and of 1968.

Landmarks and museums

Forum Buenavista · Landmark
Shopping mall opened in 2009 on top of the Buenavista rail yard, wired into the Metro, Metrobús, Suburbano and the AIFA train.
Alameda Central · Landmark
Laid out in 1592, the oldest public park in the Americas: fountains, the marble Juárez monument and Rivera's dream of a Sunday here.
Catedral Metropolitana · Landmark
Built from 1573 to 1813 on the north side of the Zócalo: gilded Baroque altarpieces, 18th-century organs and archbishops' crypts; free to enter.
Centro Histórico · Landmark
668 blocks over the ruins of Tenochtitlan, with some 1,500 listed buildings; a UNESCO site since 1987, revived since the 2000s.
Condesa · Landmark
Art Deco colonia built around an old racetrack: oval Avenida Ámsterdam, Parque México and Parque España, and pavement cafés under jacarandas.
Monumento a la Revolución · Landmark
Díaz's unfinished parliament turned Art Deco arch and mausoleum: ride the glass lift to the 360° deck, then climb to the lantern.
Museo Nacional de Arte · Landmark
Five centuries of Mexican art, from viceregal altarpieces to Velasco, Rivera and Kahlo, in a gilded Porfirian palace on Calle Tacuba.
Palacio Nacional · Landmark
Seat of power on Moctezuma's palace grounds, home of Diego Rivera's 'Epic of the Mexican People' murals; free guided tours with ID.
Palacio de Bellas Artes · Landmark
Marble opera house at the Alameda: Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros murals, a Tiffany glass curtain and the Ballet Folklórico on stage.
Plaza Garibaldi · Landmark
Mexico City's mariachi square since the 1920s: bands in charro suits play by the song, plus the Salón Tenampa and a tequila and mezcal museum.
Torre Latinoamericana · Landmark
The 1956 skyscraper that rode out the 1957 and 1985 earthquakes; its open-air deck on floor 44 looks straight down on Bellas Artes.
Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso · Landmark
Jesuit college turned museum where Mexican muralism was born: Orozco's frescoes wrap three floors of the main patio, a block from the Zócalo.
Arena México · Landmark
The Cathedral of Lucha Libre in Colonia Doctores: masked wrestlers, flying dives and a roaring crowd every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday since 1956.
Casa de los Azulejos · Landmark
A counts' palace wrapped in blue-and-white Puebla tiles since 1737, now a Sanborns where you can eat under an Orozco mural.
Mercado de Artesanías La Ciudadela · Landmark
Mexico's first crafts market, born for the 1968 Olympics: 350-plus stalls of alebrijes, ceramics, textiles and silver by Metro Balderas.
Mercado de San Juan · Landmark
The chefs' market of the Centro: European cheeses, escamoles, crocodile and wild boar, with tapas and aguachile at the counters.
Palacio Postal · Landmark
Adamo Boari's 1907 post office, still selling stamps under a glass roof, with a bronze double staircase and a postal museum upstairs.
Paseo de la Reforma · Landmark
Maximilian's imperial boulevard: glorietas, monuments and skyscrapers like Torre Mayor, closed to cars on Sunday mornings for cycling.
Roma · Landmark
Leafy Porfirian colonia of some 1,100 early-1900s mansions, now Mexico City's food and gallery hub, with Michelin-starred tables and taco stands.
Tianguis de La Lagunilla · Landmark
Sunday antiques and flea market north of the Centro: tin toys, vinyl, old cameras and furniture along Comonfort, plus micheladas.
Zócalo · Landmark
Mexico's main square, about 240 m a side and pedestrian since 2024: the giant flag, the Grito on 15 September and record-breaking free concerts.
Ángel de la Independencia · Landmark
Mexico City's gilded Winged Victory, raised on Reforma for the 1910 centennial, with the independence heroes' tombs in its base.