We are going to visit the Dolores Olmedo Museum at Mexico City’s southern extreme, with the most impressive Day of the Death” monumental altar that reflects one of the deepest mexican traditions.
After the museum we are going to take a boat in the ecological area of Xochimilco, (is not the touristic commercial area). We are going to see the mexican salamander Ajolote, you can come back by canoe or boat to the arrival point to enjoy a mexican lunch.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM: Is housed in a rambling stone structure, originally dating from the Sixteenth Century, formerly known as the Hacienda La Noria.
By donating her art collection to the people of Mexico, Dolores Olmedo (1908-2002) created a cohesive whole, where treasures of the fine arts were incorporated into colonial construction, surrounded by lush gardens, with Mexican plant species, and inhabited by gorgeous animals like the magical peacocks and the enigmatic hairless Xoloiztcuintle dogs, a Pre-Columbian breed.
Pricing:
TOUR PRICE: (duration 6 hours)
380 USD (for up to 4 people)
Estimated Local Cash Needed:
500 pesos – only beverages
What’s Included:
Transportation in a Toyota minivan, 2013, with driver
Guided tour
Lunch (2)
Cannoing (2)
Tickets for the museum (2)
What’s Extra:
If more than 2 people only pay extra lunch, extra tickets for the museum and extra cannoing. Larger groups are welcome, ask for a customized quotation for a bigger transportation.
Details:
Tour Type: Nature and Wildlife, Local Experience, Day Trip / Out of Town, Adventure / Active
Transportation Method: Minivan, boat, cannoing
Activity Level: Moderate
Handicap Friendly: Yes.
Kid Friendly: Yes.
Language(s): Spanish (fluent), German (advanced), French (fluent), English (fluent) explanation
Maximum travelers: 4
Itinerary:
Pick up in your hotel or airport after your breakfast at 9 am
Visit to Dolores Olmedo Museum
Arrival to the ecological area and boat transportation
cannoing if wanted
lunch in the chinampa
back to the hotel
More about the museum
Since the museum opened its doors to the public in 1994, its greatest treasure is its painting. The world’s most important collections of works by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo are housed here permanently. There is, as well, a collection of the woodcuts and book illustrations by Russo-French painter Angelina Beloff, Rivera’s companion during his early years as a budding painter in Europe.
In addition, a privileged display of over nine hundred archaeological pieces provides interest and contrast, as well as a glimpse of the aesthetic of a number among Mexico’s diverse ancient cultures. Gilded wooden figures from the Colonial period create another contrast. And as evidence of Mexico’s ever-vibrant.
Where and When:
Meet up location: your down town or Reforma street hotel or airport
If your hotel is located in other area of the city, and extra charge will apply.
End location: your downtown or Reforma street hotel or airport
Duration: 6 hours
Note:
My tours are given with a professional federal licensed driver for your own benefit, this way I am, as a guide, available for you and we don’t have to care parking places, we are dropped off and picked up at the door of the places we are going to visit.
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