landmark
Six Flags México
Mexico City's premier amusement park with world-class coasters and seasonal events in the south of the city.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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Xochimilco
Mexico City, Mexico · North America
About Xochimilco
Xochimilco works well as a base: 10 minutes from San Bartolome Xicomulco, 20km from Chapultepec Castle.
Xochimilco is in Mexico City, Mexico, with about 440,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is San Bartolome Xicomulco, about 7 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Xochimilco?
Within an hour or so of Xochimilco: Six Flags México (12 km), Museo Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul) (13 km), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (17 km), Chapultepec Castle (20 km).
Are there any good drives near Xochimilco?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Xochimilco?
Xochimilco is in Mexico City, Mexico, about 7 km from San Bartolome Xicomulco.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 442,178
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Mexico City
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.2547, -99.1036
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from Xochimilco
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.
17 km · about 20 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Xochimilco
- 52 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
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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