Everything else on this site costs nothing. These cost a little, and we list them because what you get is far bigger than the price.
MX$7A public cable car that leaves from Los Pinos/Constituyentes and floats over the wooded ravines of the park's western sections to Vasco de Quiroga. It is city transport, so it costs one fare.
Ride it out and back late in the afternoon for the view over the forest and the towers of Santa Fe. You need the MI transit card, MX$15 at any station machine.
Source: Mexico City tourism office (Secretaría de Turismo CDMX)
MX$6Line 7 runs red double-decker buses the full length of Paseo de la Reforma, from the Basilica area in the north past the Alameda, the Angel of Independence and Chapultepec to Campo Marte.
Sit upstairs at the front and you have the tourist bus route for the price of a fare. Pay with the MI card, cash is not accepted on board.
Source: Mexico City tourism office (Secretaría de Turismo CDMX)
MX$3The light rail runs 13 km from Tasqueña, the southern end of Metro Line 2, to Xochimilco, a short walk from the old town centre, its market and the canal landings.
The boats cost real money, but the trip, the market and a walk along the landings do not. Go on a weekday morning, weekend trains are crammed.
Source: Mexico City tourism office (Secretaría de Turismo CDMX)
MX$42The city's own museum, in the 18th-century palace of the Counts of Calimaya three blocks south of the Zócalo. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 17:30.
Before you go in, look at the corner of the building on Pino Suárez: the cornerstone is an Aztec serpent head taken from the Templo Mayor. Upstairs is the preserved studio of the painter Joaquín Clausell.
Source: Secretaría de Cultura CDMX
Nothing free comes close to the Sun Stone, the Olmec heads and the Maya hall under one roof, and as a tourist you cannot use the free Sunday anyway. The MX$210 ticket buys three or four hours in one of the best museums anywhere. Go on a weekday at 9:00 and start with the Mexica hall.
Everything above is free. This is the only paid pick on the page, chosen because no free option replaces it.
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