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deeb
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
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Location: Guadalajara
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 Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:17 pm Post subject: 2 days in DF, what would you do? |
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Hi All,
In November, I will be taking a small group of university students to DF. We only have enough time and money for a long weekend and I'm thinking we will arrive Friday night and leave Monday early-evening.
What would you do or see in DF for two and a half days?
None of my students have ever been there before, so I am interested in showing them a bite-sized version of the city and then I hope they will return on their own for more exploring. I would like to show them some things that are not necessarily in their Lonely Planet guide books.
I have a few ideas, but for those of you living in the area you might have greater insight than I do, coming from GDL.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions! |
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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 2236
Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Day One
1. Take the TuriBus tour of Mexico City. You can get on and off the bus at different points along the route and it covers many of the major sights in DF.
http://web.turibus.com.mx/turibus/
2. Spend a few hours exploring downtown, the Zocalo and the museums including El Templo Mayor, the remains of Tenochitlan, the Aztec capital. Don't miss the ceremony at 6pm when the Mexican Army marches out from the National Palace and lowers the Mexican flag. Complete with band.
http://www.templomayor.inah.gob.mx/
3. At night you can go and check out one of the "cool" colonias such as Condesa or Roma.
http://www.mexicocity.gob.mx/index.php?idioma=en
Day Two
Depends on what you want to see and do. For me-
1. Take a tour of the National Anthropology Museum, Chapultepec Castle and Reforma if you didn't check it out the day before while on the TURIBUS.
http://www.inah.gob.mx/
2. Take a quick tour of Teotihuacan. It's a "must" see if you come to DF.
http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/ |
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dixie
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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Location: D.F
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I would have to disagree with this one. I finally went there about a month ago, and was not impressed. I would stick in town.
Turibus is great though. And the fact that you can get on and off means youc an see a bunch of great sites up close, grab some snacks or lunch, and keep on going. I believe it runs 9-9. |
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notamiss
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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Location: El 5o pino del la CDMX
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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To the good suggestions above I can only add:
My recommendation for anyone who is staying less than a week is to forgo the enormous Anthropology Museum. Substitute the Templo Mayor in the Z�calo, as it is smaller and more or less equivalent to a "best-of" condensed version of the type of exhibits displayed at the Anthropology Museum.
Since they are university students and might be interested to see where many Mexico City students attend, I would have liked to suggest a quick visit to the UNAM, but since you only have 2 days, it would eat up proportionately too much time to be worth it. |
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Guy Courchesne
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:20 am Post subject: |
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| For something off the beaten path, you can pick up a copy of Tiempo Libre at a newsstand or Sanborn's. Timepo Libre covers everything that isn't on the Turibus route, including ballet, free concerts, galleries, and very interesting afterhours locations. |
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deeb
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
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Location: Guadalajara
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| Since they are university students and might be interested to see where many Mexico City students attend, I would have liked to suggest a quick visit to the UNAM, but since you only have 2 days, it would eat up proportionately too much time to be worth it. |
This is precisely the kind of wavering I have been doing in my head for the last week or so. I think in the end a "quick" UNAM could work into the plans. (Look at the library, ooh, Look at the Rectory, ahh, ok lets go!)
Or, we could plan a whole day in that area of town, a little Coyoacan, some San Angel and CU.
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Prof.Gringo wrote:
Day One
2. Take a quick tour of Teotihuacan. It's a "must" see if you come to DF.
http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/
I would have to disagree with this one. I finally went there about a month ago, and was not impressed. |
I was also wanting to see if Teotihuacan made it into the discussion. It seems like a lot of bus time for one item, but maybe it's worth it....
Anyone think the Plaza de tres culturas is worth it? Some of my students are studying history.
I think the Zocalo, Templo Mayor is definitely on the list.
Thanks for all the really great suggestions! |
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Milenka
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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Location: Mexico City
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I would devote one day to Z�calo, Templo Mayor, Bellas Artes and Plaza de las Tres Culturas (especially if your students are studying history, don't forget that 40 years ago this upcoming October the masacre de Tlatelolco took place there). I would devote the second day to the southern part of town: Coyoac�n, casa-estudio de Diego Rivera, la Casa Azul, casa-museo Le�n Trotsky, and UNAM. It's doable if you get up early enough. If you take the metrobus to the south you can even make a quick stop at Poliforum to admire Siqueiros' murals.
Teotihuac�n would definitely not be on my list. |
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notamiss
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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Location: El 5o pino del la CDMX
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| deeb wrote: |
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| Since they are university students and might be interested to see where many Mexico City students attend, I would have liked to suggest a quick visit to the UNAM, but since you only have 2 days, it would eat up proportionately too much time to be worth it. |
This is precisely the kind of wavering I have been doing in my head for the last week or so. I think in the end a "quick" UNAM could work into the plans. (Look at the library, ooh, Look at the Rectory, ahh, ok lets go!)
Or, we could plan a whole day in that area of town, a little Coyoacan, some San Angel and CU.
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If you do decide to go for the University visit, it may be useful to know that anyone can ride the internal UNAM buses for free; you don't have be a student. See the route maps here: http://www.pumabus.unam.mx/rutas.html. Route 9, for example, would give you an overall picture of the campus. Route 7, would too, as well as a circuit around the not-to-be-missed Olympic Stadium.
Since my offspring are in Ciencias, let me put a word in for it as a site to vist. If you want to get off the bus for 10 minutes and wander around to see the inside view of one of the faculties, the Facultad de Ciencias would be an interesting one to explore. The Prometheus fountain, the inner courtyard, etc. Glance up to see the hydroponic garden on the cafeteria roof. The same vegetables that are cultivated overhead are served underneath in the cafeteria. |
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