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The Day of the Dead, 7 days/ 6 nights

The Day of the Dead, 7 days/ 6 nights
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Parameters

  • Duration: 7 days/ 6 nights
  • Price in DBL p/ person: 1765 USD


Description

The date of arrival − Oct, 31.

Day 1.

Arriving in Mexico City. Meeting at the airport.

Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.

Day 2. Mexico City

Breakfast.

A brief tour of the city: you’ll go down the main street of the city − Paseo de la Reforma, visit the central square − the Zocalo, the second largest square in the world, where these days the city hall holds exhibition of altars, tzompantli, giant alebrijes − brightly colored figures of fantastic animals made of papier mache.

Next you will visit the ancient religious center of Mesoamerica − Teotihuacan. It was founded over 1,400 years before the Aztec empire ascended. So far, a thorough archaeological survey did not answer when, why and by whom it was built. Even the death of the city is shrouded in mystery.

Here you’ll climb up the pyramid of the Sun, 65 m height, and the pyramid of the Moon, take a walk along the Road of the Dead.

Return to the hotel.

Day 3. Mexico City

Breakfast.

A visit to the Museum of Dolores Olmedo Patino. It's a great place for those who wish to stay critics of painting and of art in general. You’ll not only familiarize with 137 most famous works of Diego Rivera, 25 works of Frida Kahlo and 43 works of Angelina Beloff, but also see the traditional altar dedicated to the memory of Doña Dolores Olmedo and her mother, Maestra Maria Patino, decorated with candles, flowers, marigolds, carved colored napkins, sugar skulls.

The Museum of Dolores Olmedo Patino on this day holds an annual carnival of Catherines – the women dressed in costumes of the "skeleton". The holiday is accompanied by folk music, colorful parades and spectacles.

Then you will walk on gondolas − trajineros on Lake Xochimilco. You will learn how the Aztecs built chinampas − floating gardens on which the locals continue to grow crops to this day.

On the gondola-trajinero you’ll taste the typical for this holiday dishes of Mexican cuisine.

Return to the hotel.

Day 4. Mexico City − San Miguel de Allende (400 km)

Breakfast and check out of the hotel.

Arrive in San Miguel de Allende. A walking tour of the city of great beauty − the pride of the Mexican people. Its stone-paved streets, magnificent facades of houses, churches and monasteries, the mix of styles from Gothic to Mudejar and luxurious facades of magnificent mansions make a lasting impression.

Accommodation in a 4* hotel.

Day 5. San Miguel de Allende − Guanajuato − Morelia (200 km)

Breakfast and check out of the hotel.

The journey will continue in the colorful town of Guanajuato known for its mines, transformed now to underground streets with their car parks, roads, traffic lights. The town is declared a World Heritage by UNESCO. It attracts with its unique beauty. Guanajuato is of great cultural, historical and socio-political significance. It is famous by the Museum of Mummies and narrow Kisses Side Street...

Transfer to the city of Morelia. Accommodation in a 4* hotel.

Day 6. Morelia − Patzcuaro − the island Hanitsio − Mexico City (320 km)

Breakfast and check out of the hotel.

A brief tour of the city of Morelia, its historic center is listed by UNESCO.

Next, the path will be run by the state of Michoacan. You’ll boat on the Patzcuaro Lake. On the island Hanitsio you will taste the white fish (additional charge) that has a mild, delicate flavor, you’ll see the picturesque villages and visit the town of Patzcuaro. This town is considered to be one of the most beautiful colonial cities of Mexico.

Moving to Mexico City. Accommodation in a 4* hotel.

Day 7. Mexico City

Breakfast. Check out from the hotel.

Transfer to the airport. Departure.

The price includes:

• accommodation in 4 * hotels;
• breakfasts;
• vehicles with air conditioning;
• tours of the program, accompanied by a professional Russian-speaking guide;
• entrance fees to museums and archaeological sites of the program;
• transfers airport − hotel − airport in Mexico City;
• rent of a boat in Xochimilco and Patzcuaro;
• lunch in Xochimilco;
• taxes.

The price does not include:

• the cost of visas;
• the cost of health insurance;
• the cost of lunches and dinners off the program;
• the cost of flights;
• tips to the guide and driver.

Attention!

Having health insurance is obligatory!

Hotels can be changed for the hotels of the same category and diet.

In case of reservation DBL +EXB or TRPL many hotels in Mexico provide only two beds queen size!
In the excursion program we recommend you to reserve DBL + SNGL!

It is possible to extend the tour for the rest on the coast – on your request.
Please contact our managers for information of hotels reserving.

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