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Children's Activities
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The Papalote Children's Museum, described by The New York Times as one of the largest and most technologically sophisticated touch and do museums
in the world, contains 250 interactive exhibits related to art, science and technology. Next door, the Feria de Chapultepec is a popular amusement park with more than 50 different heart-thumping rides,
including Mexico's only roller coaster. The boat trip down a winding river is especially fun. Mexico City's popular south side amusement park "Six flags" has more than 45 rides, games and attractions,
including a Jurassic World exhibit of mechanised dinosaurs.
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Markets
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A favorite pastime for many visitors is wandering through the city's markets. Here you can find a great range of Mexican arts and crafts, silver,
rustic furniture, and antiques at negotiable prices. One of the most colorful spots for Mexican handicrafts and some Guatemalan textiles is La Ciudadela, an attractive open-air market located on
Balderas. In the heart of Zona Rosa is Mercado Insurgentes, which is crammed to the rafters with goods, especially a wide variety of sterling silver jewellery and tableware. You won't find any
handicrafts at Mercado de Sonora, about three blocks from the Merced Metro station, but it is famed for its medicinal herbs and magic potions.
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Arts and Crafts
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A visit to a number of places in San Ãngel and in the southern valley of México, includes the Bazar Sábado, the art fair in the Plaza San
Jacinto, the Diego Rivera Home, the Frida Kahlo Museum and the colorful plaza at Coyoacan.
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Art in the Park
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On Saturdays, artists display their work at Plaza San Jacinto in San Angel. And on Sundays, many of these same artists display their work in
Sullivan Park, two blocks from the Reforma-Insurgentes intersection. These delightful open-air art shows exhibit a variety of contemporary Mexican art -- from oil paintings to sculptures, some reasonably
priced, some quite expensive -- and are great for picking up scenes of Mexico.
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Walking Tour
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Colonia Condesa, often referred to as Mexico's own SoHo, is a fast-changing neighborhood admired for its beautiful art deco buildings and
European-style townhouses dating from the Porfirian era (1876-1910). As interest has grown in the area, so has the number of sidewalk cafes and bistros, and offbeat boutiques lining its major avenues.
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Trolley Tour
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Old-fashioned trolley cars offer half-hour mini-tours of the Centro Historico, highlighting well-known and a few obscure but interesting historic
landmarks. Passengers board at the plaza facing the Museo de la Ciudad, at Pino Suarez 30.
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Swan Lake
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Mexico's National Dance Company is famed for its interpretation of Tchaikovsky's classical ballet SwanLake -- performed out of doors, with little
islands on a lake serving as the stage. These unique performances, complete with a fleet of boats, are usually held from the end of February to the end of March.
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Folkloric Ballet
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No visitor to Mexico should miss the spectacular presentation of the Folkloric Ballet of Mexico at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. It is a tour de
force of traditional music and dance from the days of the Aztecs to the fiestas that are still celebrated throughout Mexico today.
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Bullfights
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Winter is the big season for bullfights in Mexico, when the full-fledged matadors perform. Bullfights are staged most Sundays of the year at 4 pm.
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