Your first day in Mexico City is low-key – you’ll want to save your energy for the busy schedule ahead. After you land, check into your hotel in the centro histórico near Roma – our local insider, who will accompany the group throughout the trip, will be there to greet you. Meet your fellow travelers at 6pm, then head to a local restaurant for your first taste of true Mexican cuisine. End the night with a cocktail or two back at the hotel bar.

Grab a coffee with breakfast, but don’t fill up too much – you’ll be eating plenty today. After a downtown walking tour of the oldest sights in Mexico City, you’ll head over to the hip Condesa and Roma neighborhoods for a guided tasting tour through markets that serve gastronomic Mexican food you won’t find anywhere else. You’ll then have the choice to join an optional art and architecture tour, highlighting the colorful style of the city.

Consider today a breather – after a buffet breakfast at your hotel, what you do is up to you. You might want to check out the multi-story Museo de Antropologia in the vast green space known as Bosque de Chapultepec, dive into the trendy Juárez neighbourhood, or gawp at Diego River's monumental mural in the Palacio Nacional. Or, join an optional tour to the the pyramids of the Sun and Moon at the Teotihuacán ruins outside the city. Or perhaps you'd prefer to get into the spirit of things with an optional full tasting flight of mezcal at a mezcalería, followed by a lubra libre wrestling match? 

You’ll have the morning off today – to hang around downtown or head to the exotic Mercado de San Juan for lunch. In the afternoon, you’ll be whisked down to Coyoacán. Snap photos of Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul, now home to the Frida Kahlo Museum, and ponder her colorful artwork up close. Then, you’re off to the canals of Xochimilco, where a decked-out, colorful trajinera boat awaits. A mariachi band will entertain as you drift along. Once you're back on land, stop at Los Danzantes, just off the main plaza in Coyoacán, for a final celebratory dinner.

After one final Mexican breakfast at your hotel, it’s time to say farewell to your fellow travelers and head to the airport at 12pm – or extend your stay in the city. ¡Adios!