There will be a long weekend thanks to Benito Juárez’s birthday, which is commemorated on March 21st, although the holiday is observed on Monday, March 16th.
If you’re planning to take advantage of these days off in Mexico City, but you’re still not sure what to do, here are 5 suggestions.
How can you combine gastronomy and sightseeing? The agency Tours en Bici CDMX has the answer with the Taco Bike Tour, a bicycle tour through the Historic Center to visit some of its most popular taco stands.
For 3.5 hours, you’ll travel 12 kilometers through the Ciudadela, Calle Regina, Zócalo, Templo Mayor, Plaza Garibaldi, and the Alameda Central.
The best part is that the tour includes stops at several taco stands, such as Los Cocuyos, Los Paisas, El Progreso, Los Especiales, and others, where you’ll try delicious tacos like mixiote, carnitas, tacos de canasta, birria, suadero, and al pastor.
Available Saturday, March 14th and Monday, March 16th at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
The cost is $1,250 pesos per person. This includes a bicycle, safety equipment, hydration, a guide, and tacos.
Website: cdmxtours.com/es
Are there museums open on Mondays? Yes, and one of them is located behind the Temple of San Hipólito, very close to the Alameda Central: the Pulque and Pulquerías Museum.
There are guided tours of its rooms that tell the story of the drink, its popularity in independent Mexico, its properties, which were (and still are) the most famous pulquerías in Mexico City, and its importance in the country’s social life.
The experience includes a tasting of 7 pulques per person: 6 different flavored pulques and 1 natural pulque.
Available on Monday, March 16.
The cost is $120 pesos per person.
WhatsApp: (55) 6465 4011.
Aguabonita (not far from the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium) is an organic grocery and crafts store, but it also serves as a venue for sensory experiences organized by Enrique Cervantes, an influencer specializing in gastronomy.
During this long weekend, there is a tasting of Latin American chocolates and a talk about the origin of cacao and chocolate, how to distinguish good and bad chocolates, the differences between artisanal and industrial processes, and much more.
It will be on Monday the 16th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The cost is $600 pesos per person.
Website: quelite.mx/noches-de-cacao/
Visit to the Living Museum of Muralism
Another museum that will be open on the Monday of the long weekend is the Living Museum of Muralism, one of the newest in the Historic Center and Mexico City in general, having opened in September 2014.
This neoclassical building was formerly the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Education and today boasts its halls and courtyards adorned with murals by artists such as Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Luis Nishizawa, Jean Charlot, Manuel Felguérez, and others.
There are also pre-Hispanic artifacts, an explanation of the origins of muralism in the world and in Mexico, and works by Leonora Carrington and María Izquierdo.
It will be open this long weekend from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Admission is free.
Website: museovivodelmuralismo.sep.gob.mx
Concert at the Palace of Fine Arts
The first season of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico has begun, and its weekend concert in the Main Hall of the Palace of Fine Arts is a great plan.
Under the direction of Shira Samuels-Shraag and with soprano Anabel de la Mora as a special guest, the program will include pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ethel Smyth, Marcela Rodríguez, and Aaron Copland.
It will take place on Sunday the 15th at 12:15 p.m.
Tickets start at $150 pesos per person.
Get your tickets at the box office or on the Ticketmaster website.
Source: eluniversal
