Mexico City Layover Package
Mexico City to Playa Viva
When planning your stay at Playa Viva, you may find that flight times are not optimal and you have a long layover in Mexico City before or after your stay with us. Rather than hang out in the airport for hours, stay in Mexico City (CDMX) and explore Mexico’s cultural capital in style. Playa Viva has teamed up with luxury Hotel Las Alcobas to create a wonderful Mexico City experience for you. So stay a night or two, and enjoy both Playa Viva and Mexico City on your trip. It may be easier to book two round trip tickets, one from your point of origin to MEX (Mexico City Airport) and back and a second from MEX to ZIH (Zihuatanejo Ixtapa International Airport) for Playa Viva.
Working with our partners at Las Alcobas hotel and their owner, general manager, and concierge, we have come up with five excellent, specialty crafted experiences for you to enjoy Mexico City. These include room upgrades, breakfast, wonderful meal recommendations, and other special experiences, so that you are treated like a VIP from the moment you land at the airport and are picked up by the hotel’s black car service, until the moment you are back at the airport on your way to enjoy Playa Viva.
CDMX Package Inclusions
- Guaranteed upgrade to a Grand Deluxe room with a king bed
- Round trip transfer from the airport to the hotel and back to the airport with a bilingual driver in a sedan deluxe car
- Daily Las Alcobas Mexican breakfast experience for two (continental + one main dish from the Anatol restaurant breakfast menu)
- Internet Wi-Fi connection at Las Alcobas
- Soft drinks and candies from the mini-bar refilled daily at Las Alcobas
- Anfitrion service 24/7 (Anfitrion = concierge + butler)
- All packages include touring the city on foot, so please bring comfortable shoes to wear
Total package price for the two nights: $820 USD plus 19% taxes (double occupancy)
Additional night in hotel: $350 USD + 19% taxes
Notes: Suite prices available upon request. Some blackout periods apply.
Historical Center Experience
Suggested starting time: 10:00 am
Duration: 5 hours
Cost: $160 USD + VAT (entrance tickets are not included)
Additional hourly cost: $35 USD + VAT
We will focus on the beautiful palaces of the historical center and take you to exquisite murals painted by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo. Most of these murals are located in breathtaking buildings from the colonial époque and the beginning of the 20th century.
We will also visit the National Cathedral and Templo Mayor (Aztec ruins located at the heart of the city). Be ready to be amazed by Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Opera house and fine arts mecca of Mexico City.
For lunch, we will make a stop at a famous taco stand to enjoy the real taco experience!
Authentic Market Experience
Suggested starting time: 9:00 am
Duration: 4 hours
Cost: $160 USD + VAT (street food included)
Additional hourly cost: $35 USD + VAT
One of the greatest inheritances of the pre-Hispanic cultures in Mexico is the way commerce is handled. The markets in Mexico still preserve this magic of selling vegetables, meat, poultry, and everyday goods.
We have arranged a market experience so that you may discover these amazing local sites. We start at the Merced where most of Mexico City’s inhabitants come for fresh ingredients for their day’s meal at the cheapest price available. If you are a food adventurer, there are many unique flavors for you to try here. The next market on the list is Sonora. This is perhaps the most interesting of them all. Sonora’s halls are filled with Piñatas, stuffed teddy bears, food, animals, saints, and witchcraft artifacts.
Museum Experience
Suggested starting time:
10:00 am
Duration: 5 hours
Cost: $160 USD + VAT (entrance tickets are not included)
Additional hourly cost: $35 USD + VAT
We will start the day at the Chapultepec Castle, which is also the National Museum of History. We will then walk to the Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art. Finally, we will head to the Anthropology Museum. We suggest that the visit lasts 2-3 hours. You will be amazed by the pre-Hispanic heritage Mexico has to offer.
Coyoacán, Frida & Markets Experience
Suggested starting time: 9:00 am
Duration: 5 hours
Cost: $160 USD + VAT (entrance tickets are not included)
Additional hourly cost: $35 USD + VAT
Coyoacán was at first a small colonial town. Due to the growth of Mexico City, it is now considered a neighborhood.
The area has a rich history. Hernán Cortes’ wedding to his first indigenous wife was hosted in Coyoacán. Many convents and forts have been built here over the years. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived and loved in this neighborhood, and Leon Trotsky lived and died here as well. Now it is a beautiful residential area. The “historic center” is where locals go for a fun weekend night out. During the day, the historic center is a venue for walking around, tasting coffee, eating, and having lunch with the family.
You will visit Frida’s home, the central plaza of Coyoacán and a beautiful traditional market. If you are hungry, you can try a traditional quesadilla and other Mexican antojitos!
We know you love coffee, so our guide will take you to El Jarocho coffee shop, where they sell coffee from Veracruz. There will be also a stop at a famous “nevería” (ice cream shop) that is a must-visit staple in Coyoacan!
Teotihuacan Hot Air Balloon Experience
Suggested starting time: 5:00 am (one hour prior to sunrise)
Duration: 5 – 9 hours
Cost of car and driver: $135 USD + VAT
Cost of hot air balloon: $400 USD + VAT
Cost of tour after the flight: $200 USD + VAT
Additional hourly cost: $35 USD + VAT
You will fly in a hot air balloon over the ruins of a great Mesoamerican city.
We will begin by driving to the balloon takeoff location near the Teotihuacan site. We will admire the sunrise while flying over one of the most important Mesoamerican archeological sites. If you decide to tour the site after the flight, you will experience the most important city of pre-Hispanic times. Teotihuacan is believed to be the first city to build mass pyramids. Its architectonic splendor influenced the future cultures of the Mayans, Mexicas, and the cultures of the Gulf of Mexico.
Be sure to save some energy to visit the breathtaking pyramid of Quetzalcoatl on the opposite end of the site. The detail on the pyramid is absolutely amazing!
For lunch, we will stop at a great restaurant for antojitos and traditional Mexican food. At the end of the experience, we can make a final stop at the Shrine of Guadalupe.
