Mexico - New Years 2022
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Daily Itinerary

Arrival in Mexico City, Welcome Dinner overlooking the Zocalo, El Balcon del Centro Zócalo Hotel.

Hotel: EL Parque Mexico Hotel
Meals: D

We’ll spend the morning visiting the Casa Azul, Frida Kahlo’s home. In the afternoon we’ll travel out to Xochimilco. The canals and island gardens of Xochimilco once fed the Aztecs. Today, Mexican families take canal trips on colorful barges, called trajineras, pushed gondola style. We’ll eat canal food, have a drink, listen to floating mariachis and enjoy the festivity. Xochimilco is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Hotel: EL Parque Mexico Hotel
Meals: B

The Zocalo is the intersection between Mesoamerica’s last empire, the Aztecs, and colonial New Spain. After breakfast overlooking the Zocalo, we’ll visit the Templo Mayor in the morning. The Templo Mayor was the religious center of the Aztec Empire. Buried for nearly 500 years, it was rediscovered by electrical workers. (Lunch at Sanborn’s Tile House?). The historic center of Mexico City is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Hotel: EL Parque Mexico Hotel
Meals: B, L, D

Today, we’ll get up early to be the first to enter Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan was one of the world’s greatest cities from AD 100 to AD 700. The Pyramid of the Sun might be the largest Precolumbian structure in the New World (Rick’s colleagues at El Mirador would disagree.), and the third largest pyramid in the world. The Temple of the Feathered Serpent, where more than 200 sacrifices were part of the temple dedication, was the political center of the city. Teotihuacan is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Hotel: EL Parque Mexico Hotel
Meals: B, L, D

Today, we’ll get up early to be the first to enter Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan was one of the world’s greatest cities from AD 100 to AD 700. The Pyramid of the Sun might be the largest Precolumbian structure in the New World (Rick’s colleagues at El Mirador would disagree.), and the third largest pyramid in the world. The Temple of the Feathered Serpent, where more than 200 sacrifices were part of the temple dedication, was the political center of the city. Teotihuacan is a UNESCO World Heritage site. To make this day extra special we have arranged for you to see the most spectacular views floating above this ancient city in a hot air balloon.

Hotel: Hotel Carmina
Meals: B, L, D

Get up late after all the New Year’s Eve festivities and spend a peaceful day exploring San Miguel. Last year Travel and Leisure called San Miguel de Allende the “Best City in the World” for the second year in a row! Between the beautiful colonial architecture, the great food, and the city’s festive attitude, it isn’t hard to tell why. San Miguel de Allende is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Hotel: Hotel Carmina
Meals: B

We’ll travel on to enchanting Guanajuato. Make a couple of stops along the way: the Santuario de Atotonilco, and Dolores Hidalgo the cradle of the Mexican Revolution (where we’ll lunch on carnitas and home-made ice cream). (Drive is about 1.5 hours not including the stops along the way)

Hotel: Hotel Carmina
Meals: B, L, D

Guanajuato, Guanajuato achieved massive wealth producing nearly ½ the world’s silver in the 17th century. Alhóndiga de Granaditas, Tunnel system. The Hidalgo Market was designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel who also designed a certain tower in Paris. Jardín de la Unión. farewell dinner. Guanajuato is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Hotel: Hotel Carmina
Meals: B, L, D

This morning we say goodbye. You will depart to the Guanajuato International Airport and fly home.

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