museum
Museo Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul)
The vibrant blue house where Frida Kahlo was born, lived, and died, filled with her art, personal objects, and Diego Rivera's collection.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Benito Juárez
Mexico City, Mexico · North America
About Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez works well as a base: 10 minutes from Álvaro Obregón, 6km from Chapultepec Castle.
Benito Juárez is in Mexico City, Mexico, with about 390,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Álvaro Obregón, about 5 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Benito Juárez?
Within an hour or so of Benito Juárez: Museo Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul) (2 km), Chapultepec Castle (6 km), Museo Nacional de Antropología (7 km), Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución) (7 km).
Are there any good drives near Benito Juárez?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Benito Juárez?
Benito Juárez is in Mexico City, Mexico, about 5 km from Álvaro Obregón.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 385,439
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Mexico City
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.3727, -99.1564
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from Benito Juárez
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Chapultepec Castle
A hilltop royal castle built in 1785, the only royal castle in the Americas, now housing the National Museum of History.
6 km · about 10 min drive
museum
Museo Nacional de Antropología
The world's greatest museum of pre-Columbian art and archaeology, home to the Aztec Sun Stone and stunning Maya artifacts.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución)
One of the largest public plazas in the world and the historic heart of Mexico City, surrounded by the National Palace and Metropolitan Cathedral.
7 km · about 15 min drive
cathedral
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
The largest cathedral in the Americas, built over three centuries on the north side of the Zócalo in central Mexico City.
7 km · about 15 min drive
restaurant
Casa de los Azulejos
An 18th-century Mexico City palace sheathed on three sides in blue-and-white Puebla Talavera tile, its glass-roofed courtyard now the flagship Sanborns restaurant: breakfast under Orozco's staircase mural.
7 km · about 15 min drive
racetrack
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
8 km · about 15 min drive
restaurant
Pujol
Enrique Olvera's Polanco restaurant, where the signature mole madre is a black mole reheated for thousands of days and served as a single ring beside a fresh one. Two Michelin stars; book months ahead.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Driving roads near Benito Juárez
- 62 kmPaso de CortésThe 3,600-m saddle between the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, reached by a paved mountain road from Amecameca: the route Cortés marched into the Valley of Mexico in 1519.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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