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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.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico · North America
About Mexico City
Mexico City works well as a base: 10 minutes from Benito Juarez, 6km from Chapultepec Castle.
Mexico City is in Mexico, with about 12 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Benito Juarez, about 5 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Mexico City?
Within an hour or so of Mexico City: Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución) (1 km), Casa de los Azulejos (1 km), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (5 km), Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (6 km).
Are there any good drives near Mexico City?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Mexico City?
Mexico City is in Mexico City, Mexico, about 5 km from Benito Juarez.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,294,193
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Mexico City
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.4285, -99.1277
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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 Mexico City
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
1 km · about 5 min drive
racetrack
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
5 km · about 10 min drive
cathedral
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
6 km · about 10 min 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
Driving roads near Mexico City
- 63 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.
When to drive here
Year-round
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