Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Bosque de Chapultepec
Mexico City's lovely urban park
is one of the largest in the world
and home to many of the city's top
museums and family attractions
(see pp22-5)
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Museo Nacional de Arte
This exquisite
palacio
is home to the nation's
extensive art collection, encompassing nearly five
centuries of magnificent masterpieces by Mexico's
finest artists, including Miguel Cabrera, José María
Velasco, Diego Rivera, and many others
(see pp26-7)
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Xochimilco
Floating Gardens
Colorfully decorated
trajineras
(flat barges),
propelled by boatmen
with long poles, carry
merry-makers on floating-
parties along the shady,
tree-lined Aztec canals of
Xochimilco, “the place
where flowers grow”
(see pp28-9)
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Villa de Guadalupe
One of the holiest Catholic shrines in
the Western Hemisphere honors the
Virgin de Guadalupe, Mexico's patron
saint, who appeared in a vision to an
indigenous Mexican peasant, Juan Diego
in 1531
(see pp30-31)
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Teotihuacán
The largest archeological site
in Mesoamerica, and one of the
most impressive in the world,
this ancient city reached its
zenith in AD 550
(see pp32-5)
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