Travel to Mexico City, Mexico – Episode 177

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ana Laura about her home city of Mexico City. We will talk about food, museums, architecture and history. We will puzzle about why the tourists stay in the Zona Rosa and we will tell you where they should go including Coyacan and Xochimilco. We will climb the world’s third largest pyramid and eat street food. Discover this huge, bustling, diverse city. 20 million Mexicans can’t be wrong.

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Show Notes

Mexico City
Mexico City Historic Center
Hernando Cortes
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Pedro de Alvarado
Moctezuma II
Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts)
La Casa del Arte Popular Mexicano (Spanish)
Museo del Estanquillo (Spanish)
Mexico City on Wikitravel
National History Museum
Moctezuma’s Feather Crown (Copilli Queztalli)
“The Aztec Civilization of Mexico” from Bernal Diaz The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz de Castillo
Xochimilco canals
Coyacan

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