"El Ministerio de Educacion Publica" houses an incredible collection of Diego Rivera murals.

These are his early murals (the 20s) and are on three floors surrounding an open courtyard with jacaranda trees.

Calle Argentina No. 28, Centro Historico, near Donceles. Free admission.

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With 250,000 students, 50% of all scientific research in Mexico, five internal bus lines, a cultural centre, an olympic stadium and a nature reserve (among other things), University City is an often overlooked but most fascinating spot in Mexico City.

Southern Mexico City. On Insurgentes, or at the Universidad Metro Station.
www.unam.mx

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At its peak around AD300, more than 1,000 years before the Aztecs arrived in the vicinity, the city of Teotihuacan covered eight square miles and housed some 150,000 people. Three hundred years later the civilisation disappeared, although nobody really knows why. The highlight of the ruins are two great pyramids and an avenue lined with temples.

Teotihuacan is 30 miles north of the city - you can get a bus from the northern terminal every 15 minutes, or arrange a price with a taxi; Mon-Sun 8am-5pm; admission 35 pesos

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This palace was built was Porfirio Diaz in the 20th-century. It reminds you of a French monument because of the architectonical style. In addition you can admire the inside of this building decorated with mural paintings by Diego Rivera or Rufino Tamayo, both of them famous Mexican painters. Besides being the centre of art expositions in the city, concerts and ballet performances take place in Bellas Arte's auditorium. Do not miss this opportunity to go and enjoy it.

Av Hidalgo 1, Centro, CP 06050, Deleg. Cuauhtémoc, México, DF;
Tel: 512 2593, 521 9251, ext. 152, 153, 154;
Lada sin costo: 01 800 90 440

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The Voladores (Totonaca men from Papantla on the Gulf Coast who perfom ancient flying acts) are also your best bet for buying real vanilla pods and vanilla extract in Mexico City.

Just wait for their daily shows outside the Museo Nacional to finish, and ask them 'Tienes vanilla?' For a fraction of the price you'd pay at the tourist shops, you'll get real vanilla, not the essence, straight from the Gulf Coast source.

Los Voladores perform on a platform outside the Museo Nacional, Paseo de la Reforma, Polanco, Mexico City

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It is a big (especially in DF) square in the middle of the city whereyou can have fun. On the date the Spanish
Arrived, there’s a big celebraion and you can watch people in Aztec clothing doing Aztec dances. It’s a great place to go, I really recommend it. If you go - enjoy!
Aleph, age 8

Nearest metro: Zocalo

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DF's Camden Market. Hang out with the city's goths, punks and art students shopping for obscure mexican music and movies, army surplus and novelty T-shirts.

Saturdays, Buenavista Metro Station

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A colonial village with cobble stone streets, art markets and Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera’s house.

Take the metrobus south on Avenue Insurgentes to Miquel de Queveda or a micro bus on Avenue Patriatismo going north to San Angel

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Pre-Colombian ruins with giant Atlantian statues and pyramids.

Take a bus from the terminal del norte to tula and then a taxi (30 ps)

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A giant market, crawling with prostitutes. The main reason to visit is a giant witchcraft market virtually tourist free, where you can buy candles, handicrafts, a love potion or spell for anything, and just soak in the atmosphere.

In the neigbouring block is a giant exotic animal market, again interesting but very sad considering the conditions some animals are kept in. Remember this is not the best part of town and the witchcraft market is not geared towards tourists but to people with deeply held beliefs so be careful not to offend.

Take the metro to La Merced (pink line). You will exit into the main food market. Ask directions to El Mercado de la Brujeria (Witchcraft Market)

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A sprawling Latin American market, where you can buy antiques, handicrafts, fossils, clothes and crystals. Everything in fact at the cheapest prices in the city.

You can have a retrato painted (a picture of a life event that you want a to dedicate to a particular saint). Frida Kahlo collected them. You can see shrines to the Santa Muerte, a pre-Columbian god disguised as a catholic saint dressed as the grim reaper. Sundays are best.

Take a micro bus on Avenue Reforma in the historic centre or Zona Rosa and ask to be put off at the Tianuis (street market) del Tepito

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Original art gallery owned by eponymous grand old man of Mexican modern art in atmospheric colonial building, in a lively and colourful central location.

Academia 13, two blocks west of Zocalo

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The Aztec rooms are the most impressive, but the museum also has ample collections from the other great civilizations that flourished in MesoAmerica much earlier. The building is Mexican modern architecture at its best, but the explanations on the exhibits lack depth.

Paseo de la Reforma, opposite Chapultepec Park main entrance; Tue-Sun 9am-7pm; admission 38 pesos; nearest metro: Chapultepec

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Look at the buildings and go in when you can. Don’t miss the murals inside some of them, like Diego Rivera’s masterpiece in the National Palace on the Zocalo. If you watch your wallet, stroll into the more dilapidated parts of the centre behind the cathedral where street vendors, prostitutes and general faded glory hold sway.

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