Things to see and do México

The main square of Tlalpan is surrounded by the church of San Agustín de Las Cuevas (founded in 1547 by Dominican monks), the pretty La Paz market, the Casa Frissac and the municipal palace where you can admire a 70 m long fresco that tells the story of the village. All around the square, in private houses or under the porticoes, there are many restaurants and bars. This square is very lively at weekends and at night it becomes a dance floor with the sound of the danzón . It is the lively heart of the neighbourhood.

The Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina is an imposing baroque construction built between 1732 and 1736 to house the siege of the terrible Inquisition; its implementation is symptomatic of its political and social importance: between a church and the central customs of the country. For 84 years, the Tribunal of the Saint-Office was going to sit there until it was closed in 1820. Converted to medical school in 1854, we were going to give courses for almost 102 years. Today, the collection of this museum is vast and diverse: it reflects the relationship of medicine to body through different eras and disciplines. It includes the reconstitution of a pharmacy of the xixe, herbalism, medicine and pre-Hispanic epidemiology, etc. Temporary exhibitions linking artistic creation with the theme of medicine.

The hotel was very clean and friendly.

If you only stay a few days in the city, the agency is ideal for planning a tour of the city. Silvia and Claudia have been managing this agency for nearly three years and also offer a myriad of excursions around and around the area (Xochimilco, Teotihuacan, Oaxaca).

This little, almost unusual, didactic museum presents a slide show with its light and light and photos. In the national hall: retrospective of the police from the pre-prehispanic to the present day. In the Chiefs of Police Hall: photos of chiefs of police from 1921 to date. In the International Hall: uniforms of the world's different fonts.

Appointed in honour of the Cuban poet and revolutionary (1853-1895), this museum is devoted to foreign, French and American interventions in particular in Latin America (the expression «intervention» was used by Napoleon III to justify his action).

More than Mexican paintings from the th to the th century. Baroque and San Carlos Academy. Many temporary exhibitions (photos, paintings).

The School of Plastic Arts resides in a beautiful colonial building filled with sculptures. Temporary exhibitions.

Officially the Museo Galeria de la Lucha del Pueblo Mexicano por. In fact, the museum is named because of the spiral shape of the building. The vicissitudes of Mexican history echo the word Díaz: " So far from God, so close to the United States. "

Casa de Cultura Jesús Reyes Heroles is a cultural centre where different cultural and artistic activities are organised (painting courses, ceramics, photography…) as well as interesting temporary exhibitions. In the interior garden, you can enjoy a bronze sculpture that represents Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, nature.

Despite its name, the museum of history of Tlalpan does not trace the history of the village. In fact, it is a museum of plastic arts, where Mexican artists exhibit their works. For the little history, the building where the museum is located is popularly known as "La Casona", this is where in 1878 the first long distance telephone call of the country was realized. 

At the beginning of the th century, the beautiful colonial building housed the Casa de la Moneda (Mint house), when the village of Tlalpan, then called San Agustín de Las Cuevas, was named the capital of the state of Mexico. Later, the building was used as a military garrison and prison. Today, it is a school.

You can discover the Coyoacán area by Tram. If you are interested, go to Rue Carrillo Puerto, opposite the church of San Juan Bautista. The tram leaves as soon as a number of people met. Tramway passes through all major sites in the neighbourhood: the house of Frida Kahlo, of Léon Trotsky, the museum of Watercolor, and the squares of Santa Catarina and Conchita. However, the explanations are given in Spanish. For a visit to another language, you must book a few days before.

Huge amusement park south of Mexico City for the small and larger. Games for children and several attractions typical Russian mountains of adrenaline.

This museum is specially designed for children. Exhibitions include fun activities to learn while enjoying how the human body, communication technologies, earth, space or physics works. The museum also has a giant géode and screen, but access to these services is not included in the museum's entrance price.