Visit Frida Kahlo’s house, the colonial-era neighborhood of Coyoacan, and Xochimilco’s floating gardens on a small-group tour in Mexico City that explores art, architecture, and history. You’ll get a fascinating glimpse into Kahlo’s life and work in “Casa Azul,” then take in the main sites in Coyoacan. Next, head to Xochimilco for an hour-long boat ride in a trajinera, following a series of flower-lined canals. The tour concludes with a trip through the UNAM campus, including a series of beloved murals by Diego Rivera, O’Gorman, and Siqueiros.

Full-day tour of Coyoacan, Xochimilco, and UNAM
See Frida Kahlo’s “Casa Azul”
Optional stop at Leon Trotsky’s house (own expense)
Boat ride through Xochimilco’s floating gardens
Tour of the UNAM campus, stadium, and murals
Includes pickup and drop-off at selected hotels
Entrance fees included
Tour is wheelchair accessible

What's Included

Professional guide
Hotel pickup (selected hotels only)
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Frida Kahlo entrance fee is included if tour option "Frida Kahlo Include" Is selected

Food and drinks
Gratuities
Frida Kahlo entrance fee is excluded if tour option "Frida Kahlo not included" Is selected

Meeting And Pickup

Pickup points

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Start time

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Opening hours

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Pickup details

Your Hotel information is very important, without it we can not provide pickup time. We can pick up/drop off in any hotel or Airbnb located in Zona Rosa, Zocalo, Reforma, Roma, Condesa and Polanco área in Mexico City.

What To Expect

University City

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Coyoacan

35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Museo Frida Kahlo

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Estadio Azteca (Pass By)

Floating Gardens of Xochimilco

1 hour 20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
The Frida Kahlo Museum is closed on the following dates: 01 January, 21 March, 01 May, 15 and 16 of September, 21 November and 25 December.
Your Hotel information is very important, without it we can not provide pickup time.
The ticket to Frida Kahlo may be subject to availability due to limited capacity. In case this happens only the entrance fee ticket will be reimbursed.
Frida Kahlo Museum is closed on Monday´s

Please be aware this tour has several options, with and without Frida Kahlo Museum, select the more convenient for you
For Frida Kahlo not included option - cancellation policies are 24 hours before with 100% refund
For Frida Kahlo Included option - cancellation policies are 24 hours before except Museum ticket which are not refundable
Usually Frida Kahlo tickets are bought 15:30 hrs so please be aware the return to hotel will be past 17:00 hrs
Be aware if you are visiting Frida Kahlo museum, there is no time to do the Coyoacan visit
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Traveler Tips

You could do this on your own, but believe me, between the metro, waiting on line, the light rail, and walking, it's worth it to go with Viator for something like this.

Excellent excursion but a guide with more fluency in the English language would have even made the tour better.

Reviews

4.0

38 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travelers.

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Frida Kahlo house

Nina_S, May 2023

Seeing the home movies of Frida y Diego. Seeing the art Frida created and collected. Learning that she could speak and read many languages. Also thinking about her ability to make art during her lifetime of extreme physical pain.

Response from Host, May 2023

Hello Nina_S Thank you so much for sharing your experience! We are very happy you had a great time with us and enjoyed the museum! Hope to see you back soon! Muchas gracias!

Loved Frida Kahlo Museum

MariaDelCarmen_G, Feb 2023

We had a wonderful guide Daniel very helpful and pointed out interesting facts about the city as we were driving to our various destinations.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Hello Maria Thank you for taking the time to share your comments with us! We are happy you had a great time with us! I will make sure to share your comments with Daniel Hope to see you soon All best

We had a great day with...

Don_G, Feb 2023

We had a great day with our guides. Not only did we see many interesting sites, we learned history about them. And we had a blast with our guide Daniel.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Hello Don_G Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us and all your comments to Daniel! We are very pleased you had a great time with us! I´m really happy you enjoyed your tour! Hope to see you back soon! Muchas gracias!

Waste of time and money

muthoandfour, Feb 2023

Hotel pick up 815AM. Drove around picking up people until 1030AM at a tourist shop. It would be better to take an uber and meet then at 10am at the tourist shop and sleep more. Or better yet skip entire tour and take the cheap ubur or hop on hop off bus and spend more time touring then in a van picking up other tourists!! Waste of time. No time was given to us see coyoacan town because while half group was seeing this cute town, we booked the frida kahlo museum and so both were at same time, had to pick one or other Unam murals were a 20 minute stop on way to the one hour boat ride. You can buy food for 250 pesos optional. We did not take their van back at 430pm because we wanted to see coyoacan and took a cheap ubur directly back to or hotel 30 mins instead of wasting 2+ hours like we did in the morning. This tour is waste of $$ and of time.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Hello We are sorry that you had a bad experience, unfortunately, as shared tours, there can be a lot of pick-ups :( we are sorry about what happened We will verify this situation so it won't happen again. Thank you for your comments. All best

Not as advertised, Avoid this tour.

Peter_Y, Aug 2022

The tour was advertised as Xochimilco, Frida Kahlo Museum, and UNAM murals from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. As soon as we got going, the guide said the tour would end at 5 or 6 p.m. The first stop was an unannounced, but obviously planned, visit to a silver store with other tour groups. After the UNAM stop, we made another unannounced stop, this time at the Azteca Stadium. We abandoned the tour soon after that because it was not what was promised.

Response from Host, Nov 2022

Hello Peter, We are very sorry you had a bad experience, unfortunately as a shared service the logistics may vary, as for the Museum we are constantly subjected to availability due to high season demand. Due to this issues a partial reimbursement was made to you. We really appreciate your comments and we will update the tour description to avoid this in the future. Kind Regards

Pretty good tour lasts half the day

renapatel86, Jun 2022

Xochilmilco was a lot of fun though the cost of food is not included in the cost of the tour you can purchase a meal on the boat for $12 includes tons of food. Beers and sodas are available on the boat for 30/40 pesos and you can purchase drinks on passing boats. Mariachis are also available 150 pesos per song. You can pay with US dollars as well. Frida Kahlos house was very nice there are clean bathrooms and coffee shop there. I would have liked the tour guide to go through with us but it's fine.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Hello Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us and all your recommendations for future clients! Im sorry, the guide couldn't join you in the museum but unfortunately, Frida Kahlo museum does not allow guides inside. Hope to see you back soon! Muchas gracias!

No thanks

Varina_R, Jun 2022

The tour says 6 hrs but it was 9 hrs because of traffic. Traffic is an issue everyday so they should let tourist know that most of the time will be spent in the car : we spent 4 hrs touring the places and 5 hrs in the shuttle. Our tour guide was unpleasant in nature. . She was grumpy, on her phone most of the time, and was not engaging. We could of done without the “guide” and had a better experience. I would not recommend.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Dear Vania_R We are sorry that you had a bad experience! We will verify this situation so it won't happen again unfortunately sometimes the traffic is madness in the city :( I will speak with the guide on your tour to verify this situation, this is unacceptable, thank you for your comments, and sorry again for what happened. All best

Unprofessional Travel Agency

Rodo, May 2022

The tour guide NEVER showed up at the hotel on Sunday morning ( May 29th.) I had paid to go to the Frida Khalo Casa Azul, Coyoacán, and Xochimilco. After paying in advance, the agency sent me an email on Saturday at 1:30 AM saying that there were not available tickets to see Casa Azul. On Saturday morning, I sent three messages stating that I would take the tour without going to the Frida Khalo museum. When I called the tour agency on Sunday at 9:15 a.m, I was told that they didn’t check emails or messages on the weekends. Basically, they ignored my payment and reservation. It is unprofessional group of people running a “tour agency” without having communicating skills. If the “agency” is going to cancel the tour, they should let the tourists know in advance, so other plans can be made. I could have booked a more reliable tour and avoided a headache.

Response from Host, May 2022

Dear Rodo, We are sorry that you had a bad experience, in the "Information travelers need from you" section we inform you that tickets to the Frida museum are subject to availability, we apologize for the misunderstanding and lack of communication on our part, the 100% refund on our side has been made. We will verify this situation so it won't happen again. Thank you for your comments, and sorry again for what happened.

A great way to start you Mexico City visit with history and some fun included!

Kendall_J, Apr 2022

The tour was a small group with a very good driver and Ursula our guide was excellent. She handled the tour well with both Spanish and English. Although a shorter 6 hour tour it was in rushed with time for lunch on our own. We highly recommend this tour!

Response from Host, Apr 2022

Hello Kendall_J, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us! I'm very happy you had a great time with us, for sure I will share your comments with Ursula!! Thank you so much and hope to see you back soon!

A good day but rushed experience.

Darren_W, Feb 2022

It is a good opportunity to see parts of Mexico City. The boat ride is a fun experience and the Frida Khalo Museum inspiring. If you do visit the museum you miss out on seeing Coyoacan. However, the day is rushed following a whole morning of being take to craft markets and souvenir places. These are good places to pick up some gifts. The guide was knowledgeable and narrated the trip well.

Response from Host, Feb 2022

Hi Darren_W, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your comments, I'm so happy you enjoyed this day with us! Thank you for sharing your experience with us! Hope to see you soon All best We hope to see you back soon All best

Very disappointing. We saw half of the things mentioned in the tour description. Spent almost all day in a car

Luca_S, Feb 2022

This tour was very disappointing. The guide picked us up at 8:30 and until 12:30 we have been in the van. We have only stopped at a tacky souvenir shop and in front of the 2 stadiums for 5 minutes to take a photo of them from outside. We didn't see the university nor the murals. The boat trip was nice, but the guide made us feel guilty at the end saying that the guy driving the boat doesn't get paid and pushed us for leaving him a tip. We barely saw coyacan and got immediately dragged to a churro place. When we finally got to Frida's house, we were expecting the guide to come with us to explain us about Frida's life and so on, but he waited in the van instead. The tour description was also saying that we were able to visit Trotski house if we wanted to (at our own expenses). I asked the tour guide about 3 times and they said it wasn't possible and he didn't know why it was mentioned in the tour description. I chose this tour appositely because of it. I wanted to see both Frida and Trotski houses and ended up spending a whole day in a van. I will have to go back tomorrow even if we had other plans for our last day in CDMX. We would like to get a refund as we saw half of the things mentioned in the tour description and basically spent all day in the van. Also, we chose this tour appositely because of the possibility to see Trotski house and the guide denied us the possibility to go saying they didn't know why it was mentioned in the description.

Response from Host, Feb 2022

Hello Luca, thank you for your comments, verifying what happened, I want you to know the day of your tour there was a vaccination meeting point on the way to Xochimilco, due to this there was a lot of traffic (something that is out of our control), referring to the times in each place you can find them on our itinerary: University City 20 min panoramic view, Coyoacán 35 min, Azteca stadium panoramic view. Unfortunately, the Frida Kahlo museum does not allow our guides to give the visit. In the description, it is mentioned that if you wish on your own you can visit the Anahuacalli Museum (not Trotsky) unfortunately due to the logistics of that day there was not enough time for you to arrive on time to the other museum before it closes, since it is almost 1 hour away on foot, and the transfer was not included. We are sorry for the inconvenience and we appreciate your comments as they help us to improve and be better.

A great day tour in Mexico City

Phil_W, Feb 2022

Loved the boat ride on the Xochimilco and home of Frida Khalo. Our guide, Enrique, was knowledgeable and our driver, very patient considering the traffic.

Response from Host, Feb 2022

Hello Phil Thank you for taking the time to leave your comments, I'm really happy you had a great experience with us! For sure I will send your comments to Enrique! Hope to see you soon!

A fun day in Mexico City

linda_k, Jan 2022

Loved the small group and our guide was excellent! We had a bilingual group and our guide Ursula was able to bring everyone in. A very fun and informative day ! Would highly recommend !

Response from Host, Feb 2022

Hi Linda, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us, I'm really happy you had a great day on this tour! For sure I will send your comments to Ursula! Hope to see you soon!

Good tour but...

tracy_d, Nov 2021

Interesting sites, however, the driver was texting while driving and the guide smelled of alcohol at 8:30 in the morning. He was not a great guide to say the least.

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Hello Tracy:_D, thank you for leaving us your comments if you can remember the name of the driver it will very helpful so we can take action, I know it has been a while but I really appreciate it, However, I will inform the manager about this, because this kind of behavior is unacceptable, and your safety is very important to us! Thank you and I'm really sorry

Great!

Alvaro_G, Nov 2021

Our tour guide, Carlos, was amazing. The driver was great. His knowledge and overall attitude. Great

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Hello Alvaro_G, I really appreciate your comments, its good to know you had a great experience Hope to see you soon All best!

Tour advertised incorrectly

Aya_O, Oct 2021

Guide & driver were kind, but tour is not advertised correctly and there was very little information or history shared. Also need more time spent outside van - morning felt wasted going to a souvenir market for almost an hour which was not advertised, and the little information about stops given to us was told to us from front of van when we could’ve just stepped outside and walked around. The morning time could’ve been spent more in coyoacan. The hour+ drive to the floating gardens was in complete silence, the guide had no history to share, points of interest, etc. Almost missed our stop at casa azul (self-guided) because tour guide had misinformation from company. Floating gardens was the highlight of this day trip but this part also didn’t feel like a tour - no history or background info was given to us. The driver did their best but this tour itinerary should be restructured and talking point materials should be supplied to guide in both English and Spanish. Lastly, the tour guide rarely had his face mask on inside the bus which is a real risk.

I could have done without...

Samantha_M, Oct 2021

I could have done without the murals and gone straight to Xochilmo and then Casa Azul. There was a little confusion about entrance tickets to Casa Azul. Other than that, we had a great time.

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Hello Samantha, thank you for your comments and sorry for the confusion in Frida Museum. I will ask the guide to explain the process on this part. Thank you! All best

Do not recommend using

Neema_T, Sep 2021

They kept taking us to all these places that were not listed as part of the tour and "what to expect." For example, we stopped at a couple stadiums for some reason. Most of our time was spent on the tour van which just made the day more tiring. The best parts of the trip were the random street food (found at the silver shop at yet another unnecessary stop) and xochimilco which felt way too quick. When we got to coyacan, the guide wouldn't let us stop where we wanted to and made us go to a churro place. We finally got annoyed and told him that we're going to a coffee shop with or without him. We opted out of the Frida Kahlo Museum.

Response from Host, Oct 2021

Dear Neema Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, your comments make us improve our service, I'm really sorry you didn´t enjoy your tour at the maximum. I will keep extra attention on your comments to verify with our operator it won´t happen again, unfortunately, due to pandemic our tour had to change due to some places are closed and we try to fill them with other stops. Besides this, I hope you enjoyed some parts of your tour! We hope to see you soon!

Great experience, private tour.

FernandoH, Sep 2021

We booked a private tour and it was the best we could have done. Our guide was don Rafa, she was amazing, trying not only to take us to the places included as part of the booked tour but as many others he could. He is ver kind and knowledgeable. Coordination was very good, he picked us up at the hotel but given that the street was closed due to some events, we managed to communicate with us and align on the best place. He gives you tips on what to do or not to do when you are on certain places like in Las Trajineras in Xochimilco. I will keep using this site to book my tour. Don Rafa, fully recommended.

Response from Host, Sep 2021

Hi Fernando, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us your experience, we are very happy you had a great day with us! And for sure I will send your comments to Rafa. We hope to see you soon! Best!

Mexico City Highlights

marvin_P, Mar 2020

Excellent excursion but a guide with more fluency in the English language would have even made the tour better.

Poor tour.

Unhappy, Feb 2020

This tour sounds great but it is not what it seems. You only see the outside of the stadium at UNAM and in the distance you glimpse the library. You are taken to a tacky souvenir shop for 45 minutes! The food served on the boat at Xochimilco is way overpriced and poor quality. The back seat of the van has no suspension and the seat slides sideways when you turn corners. The on route information is minimal. I would not recommend this tour.

Great overview of two top sights in CDMX

Jon_L, Jan 2020

The two top tourist attractions outside of the area from the historic district out to Chapultepec Park are Coyoacán and Xochimilco; this tour combines both areas - the historic parts of Coyoacán, the Museo Frida Kahlo (avoiding the long lines to get in), and Xochimilco. You could do this on your own, but believe me, between the metro, waiting on line, the light rail, and walking, it's worth it to go with Viator for something like this. In addition, you get to meet interesting people - and riding on a trajinera with a group of people is a lot more fun than just with your traveling companion. On a side note, I've done this tour before, but this time brought someone else who had never been. After a confusing incident at the pickup location (we were told to get on a bus after showing the Viator confirmation) but unfortunately it was for another tour company - there were others on this bus going to numerous places and it left us all on the street near Bellas Artes but off the beaten path waiting for this other tour company to group people going to wherever they were supposed to go. Our Viator pickup arrived and, although we were 15 minutes early, we were not there; they waited; they contacted us, and picked us up at our unplanned location - which wasn't easy knowing CDMX morning traffic. We didn't miss a thing, and the rest of the people on the van didn't hate us for being the last, late ones. Thank you to the Viator/Encounter team, our guide Melissa (who is excellent) and our driver for making what could have been a let down into a wonderful day.

Response from Host, Jan 2020

Dear jglsongs, Your comments and experiences are very important to us. As you say, the tour is better when you share it with a group of people. We are very happy to choose us for your tour in Frida and Xochimilco. Mexico is your home! BR

Frida Kahlo and other adventures

Mary_A, Jan 2020

Mario was great. Very informative and kind man. The insight and history was great. Would do the tour again!!

Response from Host, Jan 2020

Dear Nmalanizjr, Thank you very much for your comments, we are happy you enjoyed your tour. We will be happy to see you on your next visit to Mexico! Have a great day!

Bad tour guide for an otherwise great tour

Denise_T, Dec 2019

It can't be denied that these sites are interesting and important unfortunately we got stuck with a terrible tour guide and it ruined half the experience. We were told to be at the hotel of our lobby at 8:30am but the guide didn't show up until 9am. At that point people were restless and had gone off to find coffee which made him have to wait 7 whole minutes for us to gather and he glared and scolded us that entire time. The unhappiness continued when he informed us that he had not secured the tickets to Frida Kahlo's house until 2 pm and because of that, in order to hit all the attractions we would need to SKIP LUNCH. This is a 7 hour tour for 14 people; you can't just ask that they don't eat (or they should have given us some warning to pack a lunch). The ridiculousness continue when he refused to help us find a bathroom two hours into the tour. He acted like this request was unreasonable and said we should have "planned" to not use the bathroom for longer! His explanations were cursory and in some cases inaccurate and when someone in the group would correct him he would get annoyed (he told us, for example, that Frida's father was Austrian - he was of German background). At the UNAM murals he only showed us two and then rushed us out (I think there are 8 total, including one that was *right across* from the large one in the library, and he didn't know about or care to explain). We had to wait another 35 minutes to get to Xochimilco to use the bathroom. Once we got to Coyoacan, we managed to convince him that we needed a snack (it was 1:10pm), he tried to convince us to go to the 7/11 and was VERY upset that we decided to go to a Taqueria instead (no one wanted stuff from 7/11). We bought him lunch thinking we could improve his mood but he acted annoyed again, that people needed to use the restroom (the nerve of humans who need to pee!) and rushed us to the Blue House. Thankfully he didn't enter the House with us so we had a reprieve but let us go with a warning to use the restroom before we left because he would not be stopping. On the way back we inquired whether he could make two stops so that some people could stay at the crafts market and the answer not surprisingly was "no" Our 7 hour tour ended 20 min early as our "very busy" tour guide rushed us through every site and we were dropped off at the hotel with the clear sense that we didn't get our money's worth. Mario's poor English we could have accepted but lack of knowledge = unacceptable

Response from Host, Dec 2019

Dear 49deniset, I really sorry because of your bad experience. We can´t allow situations like this. Please let me know your name or booking reference, I will contact the operator and try to give you a 50% refund of your trip. We will contact you within the following days. We kind regards

This was a perfect combo tour when...

Barbara_P, Feb 2018

This was a perfect combo tour when we didn't have the whole day for a longer tour of these places. Victor was an excellent, experienced tour guy who spoke fluent English, who knew tons about Mexican history and culture etc. Skipping the line at the Kahlo museum was important, even so it was very crowded on a Sunday afternoon. The floating gardens at Xochimilco are lovely and relaxing, not to be missed. Another time I would take more time on my own with Kahlo museum and walking around Coyoacan, which was brief because of our 1 pm museum tickets. Note this says full-day tour, but we were picked up at 9 and finished up by 2 pm would have been more like 3 but we skipped lunch after the museum.

A great day. Victor was a great guide...

Edward A, Jan 2018

A great day. Victor was a great guide. Highly recommended.

Too crowded, but crowds kept flowing...

AngelF_M, Jan 2017

Too crowded, but crowds kept flowing nicely. I wanted photos and they were not allowed, later found out that you could pay for a photo pass, information not given at the entrance. Knowing that before entering the museum would have been nice. University city your was short, may have beeen avoided all together. Xochimilco needs work to keep with the Unesco designation, not bad but will skip next time.

Exelente

Blanca_Z, Jun 2021

Tuvimos problemas para entrar a Frida y la guía de quedó con nosotros porque entramos tarde y nos mandó en Uber y todavía nos trajo la mochila que se nos quedo en la van. No recuerdo el nombre de la muchacha. Pero se porto muy bien con nosotros!!!😊

Response from Host, Jun 2021

Hola Blanca_Z Te agradecemos mucho tus comentarios y nos da gusto que a pesar de lo sucedido hayas disfrutado mucho del tour con nosotros! Con gusto le enviare tus comentarios a nuestra guía Esperamos verte pronto!