Mexico City's Historic Center - Private Walking Tour with a Historian

Mexico City's Historic Centre is where Mexican history was made. It's where the Aztec's capital city Tenochtitlan was located. From here, they ruled over the biggest empire in ancient Mesoamerica, building their main temple with the sanctuaries for the rain god Tlaloc and the sun god Huitzilopochtli. Here is also where the Aztec ruler Moctezuma and Hernan Cortés met in one of the most amazing moments of World History. We'll explore the history in the same place it happened. We'll see the Aztec temples and the colonial heart of the capital city built on their ruins. We'll also visualize the cultural fusion that this epic encounter produced and discuss the cultural & political impact that the events which happened 500 years ago still have on Mexico today. I'll help you unveil the hidden history below the surface of this dynamic Metropolis. We'll also explore the birthplace of Mexico's post-revolutionary muralism movement and I'll tell you how this artistic revival reinterpreted the history of the conquest.

·Once we've met at the Porrúa bookshop in the Historical Centre, we will proceed to visit the ruins of its Aztec temples and see the colonial palaces that replaced them. Then during this tour we will visit the following landmarks: - Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztecs. - The National Palace and former seat of the colonial governments. - Mexico City's colonial Cathedral. - San Ildefonso, the former Jesuit seminar and birthplace of Mexico's muralism movement. - The hidden grave of the conquistador Hernan Cortés. - Bellas Artes, the Palace of Fine Arts with its magnificent wall paintings. We will end our tour at the Palace of Fine Arts which is perfectly located to explore further from there, or to get transported to the next part of your visit to this marvellous city. Of course I can assist you with tips for your further planning. All tours can be adapted according to your individual preferences.