Mexico City is a great destination for budget travelling. A lot of excellent options for budget accommodation, cheap food and a lot more are abundant there. Here, making your trip to Mexico more amazing by compiling these 10 free things to do in the city!

1. Stroll along the Centro Historico

Start your trip by walking into the Mexico City’s El Centro Historico. Explore Zocalo, the Templo Mayor which is the main Aztec temple, and just marvel at appreciate the beautiful architecture from Mexico’s colonial period.

2.  Visit the Churches

Don’t dare miss the Basilica de Guadalupe, and the oldest cathedral in the Americas, the Catedral Metropolitana.e

3.  Explore Mexico City’s Parks

Get a dose of nature by visiting Mexico City’s parks like the Parque Mexico in the Condesa neighborhood (Chilpancingo metro station), where you can have a free tango class every Sunday at 5pm, and the Chapultepec Park (Chapultepec or Auditorio metro station) complete with a lake, museums and amusement park.

4.  Visit the Animals at Chapultepec Zoo

This zoo is a home to 252 species of animals, 130 of which are native to Mexico. It is open from Tuesday to Sunday (except Mondays), 9am to 4:30pm, and is free to the public. More about this zoo on Chapultepec Zoo.

5.  Marvel at the Beautiful Murals

Murals are abundant in Mexico and totally for free! Here the places to find some:

  • National Palace – Diego Rivera’s “The Epic of the Mexican People”
  • Secretary of Public Education at Republica de Argentina #28 – see over 200 Rivera murals
  • Supreme Court building at Pino Suarez #2 – see four Jose Clemente Orozco murals, murals by George Biddle, and by Hector Cruz García.
  • Insurgentes theater on Insurgentes Sur #1587 – Rivera’s “The History of Theater”
  • Universidad metro station – mural by Arturo Garcia Bustos
  • Jesus Nazareno church, Pino Suarez #34 – a fresco by Jose Clemente Orozco.

6.  Walk at the Markets

Markets are overflowing in Mexico City. Some that are worthy for a visit are the Mercado de la Ciudadela in Balderas metro station, Bazar Sabado in San Angel, La Lagunilla in Lagunilla metro station, and the Mercado de la Merced. Just be mindful of your important stuff when visiting the markets and take sensible safety precautions.

7.  Discover the UNAM campus

Visit One of Mexico’s UNESCO world heritage sites, the campus of Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM). It contains the mosaic mural by Juan O’Gorman and the mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros. Tip: Don’t miss the espacio escultorico (sculptural space), or the botanical garden.

8.  Enjoy Watching the Street Performances

Don’t miss out on watching the amazing street performers in the city like the Aztec dancers in the Zocalo or nearby, The Voladores outside the National Museum of Anthropology, the Mariachi in Plaza Garibaldi. All are for free!

9.  Visit the Plaza de las Tres Culturas

A lot of things have happened in this spot. An archaeological site, a colonial-period church and modern-era apartment buildings converge on this site, and this is also where the 300 students got massacred by the Mexican army and police after having a protest against President Diaz Ordazo’s government on October 2, 1968.

10. Exlplore Free Museums

Here is the list of the free museums in the city:

  • Museo Soumaya – free admission everyday of the week.
  • Museo de la Charreria – located at Isabel la Catolica #108 also offers free admission.
  • The Museo Palacio Cultural Banamex– situated at Madero #17 (2nd floor), has paintings by the famed Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Dr. Atl, Frida Kahlo and Joaquín Clausell, as well as a large collection of photographs of Manuel Alvarez Bravo.
  • Museo Dolores Olmedo – free on Tuesdays.
  • Museo Nacional de Arte – free on Sundays.

 

 

 

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