Audio tour · Mexico
Mexico City
A self guided audio tour of Mexico City.
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A self guided audio tour of Mexico City.
Mexico City is built in layers, Aztec foundations beneath colonial stone beneath a sprawling modern metropolis, and walking through the historic centre you feel all of that weight in a good way. The streets around the Zocalo shift from grand civic plazas to crowded markets to quiet chapels within a few blocks, and the city gives more the longer you stay and wander without a fixed plan.
In the app, 100 stops in Mexico City are narrated aloud, about 2h 50m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 100 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"If you look around, you might not realize how much this venue has changed over its life."
"When you look up at this structure, you're seeing a monument that tells a story of immense importance."
"You are standing before the ruins of a massive structure that was the spiritual center of an ancient civilization."
"Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe."
"The site was a sacred place for the Aztecs, and over the centuries the building has served many different purposes."
"You are standing in a space that has been the center of power and ceremony for nearly 700 years."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
From the grand stadium grounds of Magdalena Mixhuca through the sprawling stalls of La Merced and Sonora markets to the baroque splendour of La Santísima and the archive halls of Lecumberri.
A compact stroll along Mexico City's grand boulevard from the gilded Angel of Independence past glittering skyscrapers to the luminous Estela de Luz.
Step from the ruins of the Templo Mayor across the vast Zócalo plaza and into the convents, museums, and churches that rose on top of the ancient Aztec capital.
A sweeping arc from the pilgrimage site of Our Lady of Guadalupe through the layered ruins of Tlatelolco to the mariachi-filled square of Garibaldi.
Climb to the hilltop castle overlooking the forest, pay respects at the Niños Héroes monument, and end at one of the world's great collections of pre-Columbian civilisation.
A leafy loop through the western half of the Bosque de Chapultepec taking in the zoo, the presidential residence of Los Pinos, a celebrated modernist studio, and the children's science museum.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.
Every place on TourTour has its own routes and its own stories.