Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
1 Avenida de Las Américas, Moderna, Benito Juárez, 03510, Mexico
The Basilica of Guadalupe is the most visited Catholic pilgrimage site in the world — over 10 million people come here annually to venerate the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which according to tradition appeared miraculously on the cloak (tilma) of an indigenous man named Juan Diego in 1531 and has been on continuous display for nearly 500 years.
Coyoacán
Coyoacán, Mexico
Coyoacán is Mexico City's most charming neighbourhood — a colonial-era village that was once separate from the capital and still feels like a small town despite being surrounded by 22 million people.
Mercado de San Juan
Mexico
Mercado de San Juan is Mexico City's gourmet market — a covered market in the Centro Histórico that specialises in imported and exotic ingredients alongside some of the finest traditional Mexican cooking in the city.
San Ángel
Plaza San Jacinto, San Ángel, Mexico City
San Ángel is Mexico City's most picturesque colonial neighbourhood — a hillside district of cobblestone streets, stone walls, and flowering gardens that was a separate village until the city swallowed it in the 20th century.
Xochimilco
Xochimilco, Mexico
Xochimilco is the last surviving fragment of the lake system that once covered the Valley of Mexico — a network of canals and artificial islands (chinampas) that the Aztecs created for agriculture and that still function as floating gardens 500 years later.
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