Mexico City 6 Day Itinerary (No Traps)
Six days is our 5-day plan plus a market day, the part of CDMX food culture most itineraries skip entirely in favor of another museum. Still no Teotihuacan, no Puebla; those live in our Mexico City Mexico itinerary .
Book these before you go:
- Casa Azul or a Coyoacan tour on GetYourGuide : mandatory advance tickets, no walk-up, book 2-4 weeks out
- A Xochimilco trajinera tour : skips the haggling with unlicensed boat touts
- Lucha libre at Arena Mexico via Viator : Tuesday, Friday and Sunday cards
- A Roma Norte or Condesa hotel on Booking.com : the walkable base for all six evenings
| Day | Focus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zocalo, Templo Mayor, National Palace, Anthropology Museum, Roma Norte dinner |
| 2 | Casa Azul, Coyoacan plaza, Xochimilco trajinera, Condesa dinner |
| 3 | Chapultepec Castle, Bosque de Chapultepec, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Centro dinner |
| 4 | Polanco, Museo Soumaya, lucha libre at Arena Mexico |
| 5 | San Angel, Bazar Sabado, rest afternoon, Roma Norte dinner |
| 6 | Mercado Roma, Mercado de San Juan, Zona Rosa, second Condesa evening |
Day 1: Historic Centre and the Anthropology Museum
The Zocalo and the Metropolitan Cathedral are free. Templo Mayor runs roughly 100 MXN for the museum and archaeological zone (hours on inah.gob.mx ), home to the Coyolxauhqui stone found by accident in 1978. The National Palace across the square is free and holds Diego Rivera’s mural cycle.
Afternoon at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia : 210 MXN for foreign visitors, 105 MXN for nationals and resident foreigners, closed Mondays, worth a full afternoon. Dinner in Roma Norte after 8pm.
Day 2: Coyoacan, Casa Azul and Xochimilco
Casa Azul is 320 MXN, includes the Museo Anahuacalli, booked two to four weeks ahead through boletos.museofridakahlo.org.mx . Give the plaza outside equal time to the house.
Afternoon trajinera through Xochimilco’s chinampas, roughly 750 MXN per boat per hour, split across your group, contracted at an official embarcadero only. Condesa dinner.
Day 3: Chapultepec Castle and Bellas Artes
Chapultepec Castle costs 210 MXN, up from 100 MXN before the January 2026 INAH increase, with the best terrace view in the city. Palacio de Bellas Artes charges 75 MXN for seventeen murals by Rivera, Siqueiros, Orozco and others; tickets in-person only, sales end 5:30pm, closed Mondays.
Day 4: Polanco and lucha libre
Museo Soumaya, free, holds Carlos Slim’s 66,000-piece collection inside a faceted silver building. CMLL lucha libre runs at Arena Mexico Tuesdays 7:30pm, Fridays 8:30pm, Sundays 5pm, through Ticketmaster.mx; land this day on one of those nights if you can.
Day 5: San Angel and an actual rest afternoon
San Angel’s cobblestone streets and Plaza San Jacinto galleries fill with the Bazar Sabado craft market on Saturdays. Spend the afternoon resting, not booking a sixth museum; six days at 2,240m adds up more than most itineraries admit. Roma Norte dinner closes the day.
Day 6: Markets and a second Condesa evening
Morning at Mercado Roma, a vertical food market with a rooftop bar, then Mercado de San Juan for exotic ingredients and a genuinely good comida corrida, the fixed multi-course lunch served roughly 1-4pm on weekdays, running 80-150 MXN.
Is a dedicated market day worth a slot this late in a six-day trip? Yes, more than a repeat museum would be. CDMX’s food culture runs through its markets as much as its restaurants, and a fixed lunch here costs a fraction of a Roma Norte tasting menu for an equally honest read on the city.
In the afternoon, walk Zona Rosa for its dense Korean food enclave, an easy contrast to the day’s Mexican markets, then close with a second evening in Condesa: the mezcal bar you skipped on day two, or the taco counter that had the longest line.
Before you go
Book Casa Azul the day your flights are confirmed. Spread museum-heavy days apart rather than stacking them; the altitude compounds over six days more than three. Uber or Didi beat a street taxi after dark, and bottled water is sold at every OXXO you pass.