Coyoacan. A charming residential area where Hernan Cortes and several of his captains built their homes at the time of the conquest. The plaza is especially lively and colorful on Sunday.

DoloresOlmedoMuseum. Av. Mexico 5843 in Coyoacan; take the Metro to Tasqueña and from there the Tren Ligero to La Noria station. The most representative collection of works by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo displayed in a beautiful, rambling estate-turned-museum.

FridaKahloMuseum. Londres 247 in Coyoacan. The charming home shared by the artist and her husband, Diego Rivera, with works by them and others.

Poliforum Cultural Siqueiros. Adjacent to Mexico's WorldTradeCenter, this stunning tribute to Mexico's famed muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros houses art galleries, a theater and Siqueiros' largest mural.

San Angel. A picturesque residential zone containing many beautiful colonial-style homes. Site of the Diego Rivera Studio/Museum, Ex-Convento del Carmen, the famous Bazaar Sabado market and Saturday art fair.

University City. The 800-acre national university boasts outstanding murals and mosaics by some of Mexico's greatest artists, ultra-modern buildings, an Olympic stadium, cultural center, impressive science museum called Universum, and Nezahualcoyotl Hall, North America's first wrap-around concert venue, ranked as one of the world's finest. Some 300,000 students are registered here.

Xochimilco. At the famed "floating gardens," dating from Aztec times, colorful gondolas alternately carrying visitors, mariachi musicians or marimba bands, as well as purveyors of tacos and beer, pass each other as they are propelled along the canals. Crowded on Sunday.