Floating Gardens of Xochimilco
Xochimilco became recognized as a tourist attraction in its own right in the 1920s. In the southern neighborhood of Xochimilco are more than 82km (51 miles) of canals known as the “Floating Gardens.” Often you would see friends with 2 or 3 boats joined side by side. They would be having a party, reunion or celebration complete with lots of food, wine, beer or tequila and naturally the happy sounds of the mariachis. What a fun way to spend a Saturday or Sunday. In the past this was the main market for growing flowers and vegetables. Now it is a net of channels with many “trajinera” escorted by the native people of the place while they sail by in boats offering flowers, handicrafts and typical dishes.
All the while listening to the “mariachis” who also sail by on board of other trajineras while playing and singing their classical songs. All of the larger boats were skillfully propelled by a strong man with a long pole. In pre-Hispanic Mexico, in the valley where Mexico City stands was a lake called Lago Texcoco, which now has long been drained. The Aztecs, on its edge, long before the Spanish came, dug a series of canals, whose mud they heaped on the earth around the canals or on anchored reeds atop the water. These plots of land, appeared like floating islands called chinampas - hence, their name ‘floating gardens’.
Xochimilco (Scenic/Leisure)
Temple of Santo Tomás Xochimilco : Oaxaca City
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Alameda Central [Historic District] : Mexico City
Alameda Central is a downtown oasis of greenery, fountains and statuary. The imposing Palacio de Bellas Artes, a performing arts venue and a must-see for its art-deco interior, is next to the park. In the part of the Centro Historico between Alameda Central and the Zocalo are several impressive buildings and museums, including the Palacio de Iturbide (an Italian baroque palace), Casa de Azulejos (the House of Tiles), the Correo Central (the lovely main post office), the Museo Nacional de Arte (a grand building with Mexican art exhibits) and Museo de Franz Mayer (religious
Archaeological Museum of Xochimilco
This museum has a wide range of exhibits from the region's past, including ancient bones and Indian artwork. These include the gigantic mammoth bones of 10,000 years; including representations of Tlaloc (God of the water and the life), of Ehecatl (God of the wind), of Xipe Totec (God of the renovation and plants), and of Huehueteotl (God of the fire); ceramics of polychrome; carved elm tree; and tombs that demonstrate funeral practices. A unique piece is a figure of the clay of a boy who maintains a branch of flowers.
Attraction type: Ancient ruins
Convent of San Bernardino de Siena
This sixteenth building of the century is observed for its petals of the flower cut out of stone -- a signature of the Indians who made most of work -- in the sixteenth retables of the century, including one from three of such altarpieces in the country which miraculeusement was miraculeusement preserved by more than 400 years. The Indian governor passed of Xochimilco, Apoxquiyohuatzin, is buried here. Inside and on the right, the cranium on the source is of a rack of cranium what is pre-Hispanico by meaning mixture of the Indian-Christian of the concept
Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño
The Museum Dolores Olmedo Patiño opened to its doors to the public the 17 of September of 1994. The colonial building, that dates from century XVI, lodged the Property of the Chain dump and at the present time it keeps the collections from art of Mrs. Dolores Olmedo Patiño. This museum is located in the Federal District (City of Mexico); in the Xochimilco delegation, name in Nahuatl, that means? The cultivated land of flowers? or? In the field of flowers. The more important economic activity of Xochimilco throughout its history was agriculture, by means of the construction
Chapultepec Park
The Chapultepec Forest is a park of Mexico City, whose name means in nahuatl ( the language of the aztecs) "locoust hill" and it is the main cultural and recreative center of the city and it´s one of the biggest, most beautiful and most visited parks of world. The Chapultepec Park that is know by the habitants of the city as Chapultepec Forest, takes its name from the hill were it's located, in whose top is the famous Chapultepec Castle, that has been been witness of the mexican history since pre-hispanic times and that is surrounded by beautiful gardens
Capilla de los Dulces Nombres: Monterrey
Situated in the Macroplaza are, the Capilla de los Dulces Nombres offers a beautiful garden and fountains for the visitors. Macroplaza is a hotel area, and many attractions in the city are located near it. Capilla de los Dulces Nombres plazas covers an area of 40 hectares of esplanades, fountains and gardens, around which the main public and historic buildings of the city are located. This plaza is one of the largest plazas in the world. Its second level underground has restaurants and brand name shops. Some of the buildings which surround this place are
Mexico rescues 18 Cubans adrift in flimsy boat
The Mexican Navy rescued 18 Cubans adrift in the Caribbean Sea on a flimsy vessel that was blown off course in a failed bid to reach Florida, the immigration department said on Monday.
A one-year-old baby was among the passengers in the boat, spotted floating off the Isla Mujeres island near the resort of Cancun on Friday.
“A boat spotted them and passed this information on to the Navy, which rescued them,†said a spokeswoman for Mexico’s immigration institute in Cancun.
The Cubans left their homeland on Dec. 27 in a bid to reach the
San Francisco of the Blunt one : Aguascalientes
It is located to 22 kilometers to the north of the city of Aguascalientes. The earth where the capital of the municipality is located at the moment, during 133 years were property of the Property of San Blas de Pabello'n. For the year of 1879 already it had the name of San Francisco of the Blunt one, in honor to one of the buyers of the land. Thanks to the tenacity, push and own characteristics of their people, were begun to give new alternatives from growth to the region, to such degree that
