so, i am posting my old travel itineraries in the hopes that it might help someone. particularly, this is a tried and tested itinerary for someone who wants to see some diego, frida and aztec ruins. oh, and eat.
the directions are stuff i found while trolling the net but, unfortunately, no longer have the web address.
FRIDAY
pm: arrive in MEX
stay in condessa or polanco
dinner/drinks
SATURDAY
am/pm: teotihuacan - go as early as possible. it is far and you want to avoid the crowds
directions to get to teotihuacan from mexico city (cheap and easy):
Take the yellow metro line in Mexico City to Autobuses del Norte. Once inside the station walk towards Gate 8. There is a ticket booth almost at the end of the concourse. A one way ticket will run you 27 pesos (October 2006). Autobuses Teotihuacán leave the North bus station every half an hour or so. Check that your bus goes to the site entrance of Teotihuacan ruinas and not just to the town of San Juan Teotihuacán nearby. It will take around an hour, and the buses run until about 6pm - check the last departure before you leave. There are no signs indicating where the return buses from Teotihuacan ruinas to Mexico City stop, but they pick up passengers at the roundabout at entrance 1 and stop at the Indios Verdes and Autobuses del Norte metro stops.
****ALTERNATIVE: There are buses leaving almost every 15 minutes from Terminal del Norte in Mexico City. You can also take the metro (line 3) to Indios Verdes and a bus from here.
pm: casa azul (the one-time home of diego rivera and frida kahlo in coyoacan)
dinner at azul y oro in UNAM (order the cochinita pibil and/or the mole negro)
here are the directions to UNAM and to azul y oro:
Centro Cultural Universtario
Circuito Exterior sin/nombre
Tel. (55) 5622-7135
Sunday through Tuesday 10:00am – 6:00pm
Wednesday through Saturday 10:00am – 8:00 pm
to get there: take the line 3 metro to "universidad." when you exit the metro station, turn right, and go down the stairs and enter the campus. then, take the ruta 3 campus shuttle (towards centro cultural) and stop at the "sala nezahualcoyotl"
nap
bar hop in condessa
SUNDAY
am: eat brekky at la fonda in condessa
am/pm: Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño in xochimilico (former diego mistress, has an incredible amount of diego art work and some frida, too. plus, the grounds are amazing.)
[this museum is located at the end of the blue metro line to taxquena, and then another long train ride to the la noria stop. the trip was about 1 or so hour.]
pm: dinner/drinks in polanco
MONDAY
am: eat brekky at neighborhood cafe or restaurant
zocalo, cathedral, templo mayor, palacio nacional
pm: eat lunch at taco stand near zocalo
fly back home
bon voyage!
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