Native Trails MyTrails 2026 113 Ciudad de México 53 Visit of the El Carmen Museum Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy You visit the Museo de El Carmen, a former Carmelite monastery from the 17th century. It contains a multitude of paintings and sculptures, woodwork and furniture of the Carmelite monks, and numerous objects of religious art. Although time has left its marks on the building, the old Carmelite college has still preserved its aesthetic values. Stroll through the cloister and the Students’ Patio, the sacristy with its gilded coffered ceiling, or the Mortuary Chapel decorated with talavera tiles. These crypts are worth seeing also for the collection of 12 well preserved mummies; found in the building in 1916, they are today known as the “Mummies of San Ángel”. 54 Trip to the quarter San Ángel Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy Visit the old quarter of San Ángel in the southwest of Mexico City – a listed heritage. As part of the vital silver route, the Ruta de la Plata, San Ángel was very important for the King of Spain. Many traces of the old wealth can still be admired. Restaurants, boutiques, galleries, fine furniture stores, music shops, and interesting bookstores invite you to stroll and stay. 55 Visit of the Bazar de Sábado Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy The hustle and bustle of the Saturday market – the bazar de Sábado – is well-known throughout the city and popular with tourists and locals alike. Every Saturday the market attracts thousands of visitors. An old hacienda accommodates the artists’ market with many stands where jewelry, pictures, clothes, ceramics, and glass are offered – as are dolls, books, old photos, lamps, candles, and much more. Do not neglect to bargain! 56 Visit of the University City and the Olympic Stadium Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy There are more than 80 university buildings on the huge campus of Mexico City. Best known among them is the 12-storey library, whose façade is adorned with pictorial mosaics of stones, tiles and glass on all four sides. The first building erected on the site was the Olympic Stadium of 1952. Its façade shows a three-dimensional frieze by Diego Rivera. 57 Visit of the Anahuacalli Museum Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy Originally, when starting its construction in 1942, painter Diego Rivera had intended today’s Museo Anahuacalli to be a building to live in and to accommodate his immense collection of pre-Hispanic objects. He was inspired by the industrial development in the United States and at the same time wanted the building to be integrated into the surrounding landscape, so he modeled it after a Mexican pyramid with a temple on top and used the lava that constituted the terrain as building material. The museum today has 23 exhibition rooms, where about 2,000 of the collection of more than 45,000 objects are permanently on display; they include figures by the Olmecs, Toltecs and Zapotecs as well as sketches of some of Rivera’s later murals. 58 History of Football in the Estadio Azteca Duration: 02:00 h · Level: Easy The football stadium Estadio Azteca is located in the picturesque borough of Coyoacán in Mexico City. At a capacity of 105,000 roofed seats, it is one of the biggest stadiums worldwide. It is the only stadium to have hosted two opening and two final games of the FIFA world championship (1970 and 1986). In the past, the stadium was also used to stage large concerts (e.g. by Michael Jackson). Pope John Paul II made a speech to thousands of faithful Mexicans in the Estadio Azteca in 1999, during one of his tours of America. At present, the stadium is mostly used by the Club América, one of Mexico’s professional soccer clubs.
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