Culturally Rich Mexico Family Vacations
Chapultepec Park
Families flock to Chapultepec Park on the weekends for a relaxing picnic, café dining, open-air concerts or to a stroll through the park by foot, pony ride or bicycle ride. You can also enjoy the dining options offered here on your family vacation to Mexico.
Museo Nacional de Anthropologia
The national museum of Anthropology is a very exciting Mexico City attraction for families, offering everything worth seeing in pre-Columbian archeological ruins - Olmec, Toltec, Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, Mexica (Aztec). Rooms are filled with beautiful stone, ceramic, jade and turquoise findings. Don’t forget to miss the world famous Aztec calendar.
Parque Zoologica de Chapultepec
All families love parks and when you plan your family vacations to Mexico, your children are going to love seeing the Parque Zoologica de Chaultepec. Be sure to visit the giant pandas (the first pandas bred in captivity outside of China) and enjoy FREE admission. And just next door is the the Centro de Convivencia Infantil, a children’s play area with slides and swings and a petting zoo.
Torre Latinoamericana (Latin American Tower)
Of all the things to do in Mexico City, this attraction allows you to climb to new heights! Take a ride up the Torre Latinoamericano, the first skyscraper built in Mexico City. Indoors is an observation deck and restaurant with paramount views and children love the aquarium on the 38th floor.
Zocalo
The historical zone in Mexico City is bursting with things to do and see. At sundown, watch the large Mexican flag being ceremonially lowered from flag pole and don’t forget to take in the sights of the Catedral Metropolitana, the largest cathedral in Latin America. At the Palacio Nacional, another must-see Mexico City attraction, gaze at the historical murals by Diego Rivera.
Templo Mayor
On family vacations to Mexico City, the Templo Mayor with its ruins of the Great Temple of the Aztecs is a must on your list. The Templo Mayor originally had two shrines up top, one for Huitzilopochitli, the god of sun and war, and another for Tlaloc, the god of rain. The Museo del Templo Mayor has ten rooms full of artifacts from the ruins, including skull masks and stone "face blades" used in sacrifices.
Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico
This Mexico City attraction covers the history of Mexico, from the pre-Hispanic, all the way through the colonial era and the 19th and 20th centuries. Exquisite models of Tenochitlan are on display as well as reproductions of Aztec maps and books.