Mexico City 7 Day Itinerary (No Traps)
Seven days is our 6-day plan plus a genuine flex day, the one day on this itinerary with nothing booked. Use it to repeat whatever won, or hand it to Teotihuacan and the rest of central Mexico via our Mexico City Mexico itinerary ; this route stays inside the city either way.
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 seven 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 |
| 7 | Flex day, repeat a neighborhood or add a day trip, departure |
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 on its own. Dinner in Roma Norte after 8pm, when the room actually fills.
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 itself.
Afternoon trajinera through Xochimilco’s chinampas, roughly 750 MXN per boat per hour, split across your group, contracted only at an official embarcadero pier. Condesa dinner closes the day.
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 over Paseo de la Reforma in the city. Palacio de Bellas Artes charges 75 MXN for seventeen murals by Rivera, Siqueiros, Orozco and others; tickets in-person only, per palacio.inba.gob.mx , sales ending at 5:30pm, closed Mondays.
Day 4: Polanco and lucha libre
Museo Soumaya, free, holds Carlos Slim’s 66,000-piece collection, heavy on Rodin, 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 the calendar allows.
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 rather than booking a sixth museum; seven 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, then Mercado de San Juan for a fixed comida corrida lunch, 80-150 MXN, served roughly 1-4pm on weekdays. Afternoon in Zona Rosa’s Korean food enclave, then a second Condesa evening: the bar or taco counter you skipped on day two.
Day 7: A genuine flex day, and where the extra day trips live
This is the one unbooked day on the itinerary, and it should stay that way until you are actually in the city and know what you want more of. Common picks: a second, slower pass through Coyoacan without the museum crowds, a first look at Xochimilco on the opposite type of day from your original visit, weekday quiet versus weekend party, or simply the Roma Norte cafes you have walked past all week without stopping.
Should you use day seven for a Teotihuacan day trip instead? Only if you are willing to treat it as a genuinely separate trip logistically: roughly an hour each way from Terminal Central del Norte, an early departure, and a full day rather than a half day. Our Mexico City Mexico itinerary builds a route around it properly; bolting it onto the end of a city-only week works, but budget the whole day, not a few spare hours.
If you would rather stay in the city, use the morning to revisit whichever neighborhood earned a second look and the afternoon to pack, confirm your departure transport, and spend down the last of your cash on one more market lunch.
Before you go
Book Casa Azul the day your flights are confirmed, not the week before. Spread museum-heavy days apart rather than stacking them across a full week; the altitude compounds more than a short trip ever reveals. Uber or Didi beat a street taxi after dark on every evening on this list, and bottled water is sold at every OXXO you pass.