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Xochimilco Tour: Trajinera Ride and Exploration of Frida Kahlo's Favorite Spots
4.8
11 Ratings
Mexico City
Explore Frida Kahlo’s favorite places on a Xochimilco tour. Enjoy a trajinera ride, visit San Ángel’s picturesque town, and explore Coyoacán’s 16th century mansions and Frida Kahlo’s house-museum.
Explore Frida Kahlo’s favorite places on a Xochimilco tour. Enjoy a trajinera ride, visit San Ángel’s picturesque town, and explore Coyoacán’s 16th century mansions and Frida Kahlo’s house-museum.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Floating Gardens of Xochimilco - Xochimilco, an agricultural area 28 km (27 miles) south of Mexico City, where many of the city’s flowers are grown. In Aztec times, this valley was a lake. Find out how the local people, as an alternative to the lack of farmland, developed islands with floating earth-covered mats and used them as gardens called…
- Floating Gardens of Xochimilco - Xochimilco, an agricultural area 28 km (27 miles) south of Mexico City, where many of the city’s flowers are grown. In Aztec times, this valley was a lake. Find out how the local people, as an alternative to the lack of farmland, developed islands with floating earth-covered mats and used them as gardens called chinampas. Today, these gardens are an ecological reserve and belong to the UNESCO World Heritage list and one of Frida Kahlo’s favorite places. Here you will not only get information about its origins, which date back to pre-Hispanic times, but you will also be able to enjoy a traditional trajinera ride.
What's Included
- Trajinera ride - 1 hour
- Complimentary bottled water
- Climate-controlled transportation
- SECTUR-certified guide
- Trajinera ride - 1 hour
- Complimentary bottled water
- Climate-controlled transportation
- SECTUR-certified guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Ticket to Frida Kahlo Museum
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Ticket to Frida Kahlo Museum
Additional Information
Explore some of Frida Kahlo’s cherished locations on this tour through southern Mexico City.
The journey begins at Xochimilco, known as the “place of flowers,” where a certified guide will provide historical insights during a delightful hour-long trajinera ride. Enjoy Mexican snacks, listen to mariachi music, and soak in the vibrant atmosphere.
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Explore some of Frida Kahlo’s cherished locations on this tour through southern Mexico City.
The journey begins at Xochimilco, known as the “place of flowers,” where a certified guide will provide historical insights during a delightful hour-long trajinera ride. Enjoy Mexican snacks, listen to mariachi music, and soak in the vibrant atmosphere.
Next, visit San Angel, a picturesque colonial village. Uncover the art of the Carmelites, explore Plaza San Jacinto, and admire the renowned Casa del Risco.
The tour concludes in the famous Coyoacán, featuring 16th-century mansions, the Church of San Juan Bautista, and the iconic Frida Kahlo House-Museum.
Important: Museum tickets are not included. They are available exclusively online and must be purchased in advance. It is recommended to buy tickets for 1:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. at: www.museofridakahlo.org.mx. Same-day box office purchases are not available.
Location
Floating Gardens of Xochimilco
Southern neighborhood of Xochimilco
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(11 Ratings)
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Rawibashir
Jun 7, 2025
Our Driver Mr. Hermes who... - Our Driver Mr. Hermes who was our tour guide also was excellent, after the beautiful boat ride he took us to other several places, he not only was a good and friendly person but he was very knowledgeable too and was telling the history of anywhere he was taking us, he went out of his way to do the best he could do for us, his English also was very good and we will recommend him to anyone who could get him as a tour guide .
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Smornar
Apr 5, 2025
Frida day with daughter - Howard was a good guide, very knowledgeable. Ricardo our driver was super thoughtful and considerate. He came over with an umbrella when it was sunny and surprised us with our favorite soda! Definitely request Ricardo as your driver!
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Tiffany_w
Feb 14, 2025
Amazing! - Howard was an incredible tour guide! He was patient, kind, and so informative. He loves history and culture! We highly recommend a tour with Howard!
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S8304ecnicolev
Nov 3, 2024
Tourist guard and body guard Octavio! - Thank you very much Octavio for taking us to the most beautiful places and being our guide. We had a great time! Also for being our security guard to all the places we pass! We feel very safe. 100% recommended this tour!
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S8304ecnicolev
Nov 3, 2024
Nice city tour and boats - How beautiful Mexico City is! Especially with Mariana and Octavio. Mariana took us to the best food places! How rich everything! Not only did they take us to the boats , also to a tour in the city and to know the typical and traditional of the place! Coyoacan and Xochimilco are beautiful places to visit and eat! Thank you very much for the experience!!!!
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Betsy_h
Oct 19, 2024
Great guide, special day of magical Frida and colorful boats - We loved the boat tour, it was morning so very mellow which was great for my family w kids ages 9,11,14.. The other highlights were tostadas in the coyocan market and Frida's house. Sergio was accommodating, kind, professional . And patient while we walked the 2 markets and chose nice handicraft souvenirs.
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Emmakirsten_h
Feb 22, 2024
Best value to see each area properly and save time! - After much research, so glad we booked this trip. As others have noted, although it is a group tour, we were the only ones and had our own driver and guide. Ricardo our driver was excellent and Sergio our guide was super informative and helpful, buying us snacks and giving us tips. This trip is the best value in terms of saving time and getting to see each area properly. Yes, it is more expensive than other tours but you get to spend proper time in each area and it is essentially a private tour; we got the same boat ride for 1 hour as bigger groups and as we arrived early, we got to go further and see more of the canal even if it wasn't as lively, we walked around San Angel for about 45minutes with the guide, stopping on the way to take pictures of the University Library and Stadium, in Cocoyan, we went to Frida Kahlo and then went to the market for a delicious tostados lunch and stopped for coffee and churros as we walked round the town. The day was around 9am to 4.30pm. Other tours we looked at for the same trip (without San Angel which was gorgeous) were 7.50am to 6pm and, as the traffic is really bad, I imagine they would have been later as we saw such tours arriving about 45minutes after us at Xochimilco and having read reviews, it seems that those larger tours have to choose between Frida Kahlo or a tour of Cocoyan whereas we got both and Cocoyan is so lovely and the market and food fabulous, you would not want to miss it! My only suggestion would have been that we joined other small groups on the canal as it wasn't as fun just having a boat for us 2 and would have been fine given that we expected a group tour!
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Juliaaf4891pw
Jan 13, 2024
An Unforgettable Day - My friends and I went on a tour with Sergio to Xochimilco, Diego Rivera’s collection and a wonderfully charming neighborhood with a food market and art market. The entire experience was magical! Sergio is such an expert and wonderful teacher in a wide range of subjects. From Aztec art to the geographical history of Mexico City, his stories and anecdotes were luminescent. I would absolutely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Mexico City and cannot thank Sergio enough!
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Kari_e
Apr 30, 2023
We had a wonderful time.... - We had a wonderful time. Ginny was so nice and had so much knowledge, she took us to find some amazing food. Our driver Ricardo was also very helpful and kind he even helped us find a place to change our money even though it was out of the way. Definitely a great experience
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E6957cwmaxineb
Dec 20, 2024
Great experience with kind people - but look elsewhere if you want history or cultural info - The tour got off to a lightly rocky start when the driver went to the wrong pickup location. However, we rebounded and were picked up 10 minutes later. Xochilmilco was wonderful - it is nice that this tour makes it your first stop, so you can really see the canals without being in gridlock with the rest of the boats. From there, we went straight to coyocan, skipping San Angel because of traffic. While we agreed with Monica (our guides) recommendation, we did specifically book this tour because it included San Angel. Casa Azul was marvelous. Overall, both Monica and our driver (did not catch his name) were kind, friendly and helpful, but we would have preferred more information or guidance about what we were seeing, the history, and why it was important. We just kind of went along with only friendly conversation - not any of the info you would expect a tour guide to provide.
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