A trip to Mexico has become a big surprise for me. The fact is that my husband flew in Mexico City, and I was forced to go with him as an indispensable companion. Children decided to leave at home. In the consequence, I regretted that the eldest son did not go with us. As it turned out, it was for him, a connoisseur of architecture of art, in the capital of Mexico there are many interesting places.
Anthropology Museum (Museo Nacional De Antropologia)
He is located in Paseo de la Reform. In all guidebooks, this place is indicated as mandatory for visiting. In one of the 26 exhibition halls of this major museum, the Aztec Solar Calendar Calendar and the Statue of the Cattlee Goddess are kept.
All exhibition halls around the perimeter surround the courtyard of the museum, in the center of which a small concrete fountain is installed in the form of a tree-umbrella and is available. The facade of the building decorates the coat of arms of Mexico with an image sitting on a cactus of an eagle devouring the snake. So in the presentation of the indigenous people looks like a celebration of good over evil.
The museum has a great permanent exhibition and periodically replacing temporary exhibitions. The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00. A ticket for an inspection of a permanent exhibition costs 59 pesos. Time exposures can most often examine free of charge. To that on Sundays, visiting the entire museum for tourists is free.
You can get to the museum on the subway. Inspection of all interesting exhibits will take about 2 hours, after which you can stroll through the Park Chapultep. Tourists in this place are resting, feeding almost manual proteins and try to realize the value and greatness of all seen in the museum.
Mexico despite the fact that it is a rather contrasting city, it is not particularly different from many other world megalopolises. Along with noise and mud in the city there are amazing colonial palaces and interesting museums. Many of them are focused around the historic center of the city Square.
One of the samples of elegance is Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas Artes) serving opera house. It is located at Avenida Hidalgo, 1 800 meters from Sokalo Square. The theater building is made of white marble, and the inner side of the walls is decorated with wall painting and magnificent frescoes. Even if you cannot get to the presentation, then visiting the palace itself will be remembered for a long time. For visitors, the doors are open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. Inspection of the interior of the museum costs 46 pesos. Photographing inside you can only pay 30 pesos.
Next door to the palace is a remarkable house. All his facade is lined with blue and white talaver tiles. Probably why the house is called Tipped (Casa de Los Azulejos).
Inside an unusual building is a colorful cafe. The interior of the institution is deleted, and the staff is closed with national costumes. Everything is done in order to attract tourists.
In the very center of Mexico, the 183-meter skyscraper, which is hard not to notice. Torre Latiniamericana. Or the Latinamer Tower attracts all tourists the opportunity to admire the city with a decent height. At the same time, you can visit the Bicentenario Museum, waiting for its guests on the 36 floor of the building. The museum's exhibits will have a two-year period in the history of Mexico. On the 38th floor, tourists can familiarize themselves with the photos of this historical period, and on the 37th floor everyone will acquire souvenirs for a small fee. It is possible to look at the city through the glass by 42 and 43 floors from the Mirador viewing area. And already on the 44th floor there are practically free without interference, not counting the metal grid, tourists will see how huge Mexico.
You can get to the skyscraper by taxi, but in the rush hour it is better to use the metro services. It will be cheaper and faster. Latinamerican is located at Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, 2. Paying 70 Pesos for an adult ticket and 60 Pesos for children's (4-11 years old), tourists can twice the tower from 34 to 44 storey during the day. The main thing after the first lift does not remove the bracelet, which serves as a ticket. The skyscraper is open daily from 9:00 to 21:00.
Decoration of Sokal Square is also Cathedral Cathedral (Metropolitan Cathedral Of The Assumption of Mary) . It is made in the style of Baroque. The gray walls of the cathedral are not particularly fasciating, although they look majestically.
The main treasure is inside the building. The carved altar of the absorption, made of marble, onyx and gold attracts the views of visitors. Move attention from the altar you can only on the royal chapel. It is neither less beautiful. Visit the cathedral is absolutely free.
Near the cathedral is located National Palace (Palacio Nacional) . Unlike his neighbor, the palace is made of reddish bricks. This highlights it on the overall area of the square. Daily from 9:00 to 17:00 you can see free from the house-museum of Benito Juarez, located in the palace and admire the famous wall frescoes (Mural) Diego Rivera.
It is worth looking into the patio to appreciate the magnificent garden and fountain.
Inspection of palaces and museums is a fascinating business, but besides them, Mexico can surprise other attractions. Taking advantage of the metro, tourists will easily get to Square of three crops (Plaza de Las Tres Culturas) . In this place, the Ruins of the Aztec builders were intertwined, the Tower of Just and the Catholic Cathedral of Santiago. In principle, the area does not particularly surprise, but still nicely look at the place where the events meaningful for the history of Mexico occurred. The victory over the Aztecs was observed here, and this event was fundamental for Mexico.