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Day of the Dead Event in Mixquic
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Ciudad de México
Experience Mixquic’s Day of the Dead: vibrant altars, marigold-adorned graves, and the mesmerizing Lighting ceremony on November 1.
Experience Mixquic’s Day of the Dead: vibrant altars, marigold-adorned graves, and the mesmerizing Lighting ceremony on November 1.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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San Andrés Mixquic - Each year, the town of San Andrés Mixquic comes alive with lights, laughter, vibrant colors, and delightful flavors to honor the spirits of the departed on their special day. Renowned for its dazzling offerings, Mixquic stands as one of the most iconic locations in central Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities.
To…
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San Andrés Mixquic - Each year, the town of San Andrés Mixquic comes alive with lights, laughter, vibrant colors, and delightful flavors to honor the spirits of the departed on their special day. Renowned for its dazzling offerings, Mixquic stands as one of the most iconic locations in central Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities.
To start, visitors will explore a traditional Mexican home where they will enjoy a light snack featuring atole, pan de muerto, and seasonal tamales.
Leisure
- Fiesta Americana Reforma - Round trip tour from Mexico City starting at the designated meeting point
- Parroquia de San Andrés Apóstol Míxquic - Tour the religious temple and proceed to the cemetery, where the traditional decoration of the graves with marigold flowers can be admired. This bright orange flower, symbolic of Mexico, is believed to guide the spirits back home with its fragrance during this time.
What's Included
- Certified guide
- Snacks of the season
- All taxes and fees
- Access to all the sites described
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Day of the Dead gift
- Certified guide
- Snacks of the season
- All taxes and fees
- Access to all the sites described
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Day of the Dead gift
What's Not Included
- Dinner
- Dinner
Additional Information
This cherished tradition involves visiting an actual cemetery in Mixquic, where graves are beautifully adorned with flowers, candles, and altars dedicated to the departed. Each year, the tour begins by departing from the meeting point to San Andrés, a town that bursts with vibrant colors and flavors to honor the spirits of the deceased on their special…
This cherished tradition involves visiting an actual cemetery in Mixquic, where graves are beautifully adorned with flowers, candles, and altars dedicated to the departed. Each year, the tour begins by departing from the meeting point to San Andrés, a town that bursts with vibrant colors and flavors to honor the spirits of the deceased on their special day. Renowned for its dazzling offerings, it stands as one of the most iconic locations in central Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities. The journey starts with a visit to a traditional Mexican home, where guests are treated to a snack before proceeding to the religious temple, eventually reaching the cemetery. Here, visitors can marvel at the tombs decorated with cempasúchil flowers and candles, creating a breathtaking scene. The experience continues with the famous lighting ceremony, a moment when families embellish the graves with various elements to guide their loved ones’ spirits home. It’s important to note that the Lighting can only be witnessed on the night of November 2.
Location
Plaza Morelia
Circular de Morelia
This meeting point is exclusively for the 1st and 2nd of November
We will meet you at the meeting point at a time of 16:30 pm there you will find staff of Fly Traveler who will help you register for your activity
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
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Marielos
Nov 4, 2025
A sublime experience - Our guide Howard was very nice but most of all, honest. He managed our expectations about how crowded Mixquic would be. The experience was sublime. Seeing all tbe locals’ devotion really touched my heart. Don’t miss it.
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Raymond_n
Nov 4, 2025
Great experience ! I... - Great experience ! I would highly recommend anyone to go on any one of their tours. Was exactly what I expected!
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Leo301
Nov 4, 2025
Fantastic. - Very well organized tour
Miguel the best guide we could have
Fun and very informative
During the trip he told us some really interesting stories
The cemetery really touching
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Robert
Nov 10, 2025
Worth the chaos - Our tour guide Miguel was truly amazing,knowledgeable,stories and very funny,keeping an entire bus fully entertained,the town quite charming but very chaotic at this time and did not get to experience it the way projected ,but getting to see the families at the graveyard was deeplymoving and worth going to experience
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Hannah_b
Nov 4, 2025
Overall cool to see, company very organized - To start we each received a cute Chocolate sugar skull gift and free face painting (although they did not have time for everyone, I would recommend they only offer 1-2 quick options in the future because they were getting really detailed with it). Our guide was very knowledgeable during the bus ride and organized at making sure we all made it back on the bus at the end, otherwise we only saw him for about 10 minutes. This place was packed to the brim and our guide made it very clear where to meet up if you lost him. To be completely honest there was no way not to lose him with a group size of 50+ in a crowd of 150,000+ people. The cemetery and main street are so full of people they will push on you and it's almost impossible to stop to see the graves or ask about the ofrendas. My main frustration is that we do not speak Spanish and were hoping to go into local homes and learn about real ofrendas with the guide's translation but totally lost him after just a few minutes. We did go into 1 home by ourselves and immediately got pick-pocketed.
Overall, it was a once in a lifetime experience but in the future, we will look for a less "instagramy" location and try to find another "lighting of the cemetery" more off the beaten path or participate in less claustrophobic Day of the Dead experiences. This tour was great as a taxi service, but a small group tour is absolutely necessary to enjoy this experience.
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Dawn
Nov 3, 2025
Fascinating experience but very over crowded & lacking detailed explanation - A super interesting experience. Mixquic fascinating but extremely over crowded - to the point of feeling like a crowd crush may happen - it did not feel very safe. And I expected a little more explanation - but rather, we were given some background and then taken to the graveyard and told we had 3 hours to get back to meeting point. Rather than a tour, this feels more like a shuttle bus to / from the Misquic graveyard. The site is amazing but they really need to limit the numbers somehow, for safety and for respect to the families with loved ones buried there. About the tour itself - I was booked on an English speaking tour and I ended up on the “bilingual” tour - I was the only non-Spanish speaker and so I feel that I missed out on some of the explanations.. I found this quite frustrating….
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Allan_v
Nov 3, 2025
Very long for what you enjoy - Too many people .. walk too much from the bus to the church and center of the activity and everything happens very quickly by the number of people there are .. the staff very pleasant. All I was waiting for was to go to the house with the altar that is advertised when booking
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Wanderer19765216059
Nov 4, 2025
Lousy agency. - The experience of meeting mixquic on the day of the dead was very nice, as we did not let the poor attention of the tour was marred. The pantheon, the joy of its people, the decoration and the meaning leaves you great learning.
Now speaking of the agency, I must say pesima, starting with the first person who attends to you by organizing passengers in the buses 'Sara' daring, altered, very bad treatment with people, treats you like cattle. Then the transport, without air conditioning, you roasted inside the bus, kept the bathroom closed back and forth, the driver did not want to open the bathroom. The ruriatic guide Samanta, does not do the tour hired, never took us to see a house and an offering as it says what you hire, leaves you in a corner and then manage for yourself and comes back in 3 hours
Everything wrong with the agency, the guide all wanted to solve it xon a shot of tequila that offered you every time you asked to open the bathroom or that you asked for some Service included contracted and that they were not delivering it. Bad agency.
Luckily my husband and I didn't let anything tarnish what we wanted to experience.
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Happiness94510
Nov 3, 2025
The Guide is full of talk and information but with no help and empathy. - The actual experience at the cemetery was amazingly wonderful.
The guide/tour guide from the travel agency was full of information but least with EMPATHY. NO RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THE VISITOR/GUIST WHO HAS FLOWN THOUSANDS OF MILES TO EXPERIENCE DAY OF THE DEAD. HE LEFT ME TO EXPLORE MYSELF 3 HOURS. WE PAY FOR GUIDANCE AND HELP. This is not done. YOU MUST TAKE THE GUIDE INTO TASK. VsKumar.
I am qualified to say this because I have traveled to more than 120 countries and I am 65 year old senior and highly placed officer.
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Yeekhaan_t
Nov 3, 2025
Short Notice Cancellation - 3 hours before the tour, the operator called and informed that there was no seat available for us. We did not have time to rebook or find alternative.
That completely ruined our vacation.
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