Chapultepec Castle Tour

 

Live the experience of visiting one of the few castles in a big city like the Mexico City. The castle of Chapultepec is the most representative historical collection of Mexico through times like the Conquest, the independence and Revolution Empire. You will know the life of the Emperor Maximilian of Hapsburg. Live the experience of visiting one of the few castles in a big city like the Mexico City. The castle of Chapultepec is the most representative historical collection of Mexico through times like the Conquest, the independence and Revolution Empire. You will know the life of the Emperor Maximilian of Hapsburg behind these rooms decorated with European classical ornamentation. Walk through the light-filled corridors, marble staircases, admire the sculptures and busts of historical figures, such as Emperor Cuauhtémoc or Hernán Cortés. During the vice royal period, Chapultepec was taken as a place of rest and leisure, for which it was built, at the base of the hill, on the foundations of what was the residence of Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin, a palace that gave shelter to numerous viceroys and distinguished visitors for more than two centuries. However, one explosion in the middle of the eighteenth century, caused serious damage to the building, led to the decision to build the new palace on the top of the hill, right on the site of an old chapel dedicated to the archangel San Miguel. Meeting/pick-up point: Monument to Niños Héroes,Av. Juventud Heroica, Bosque de Chapultepec, 1ra Sección, CP.11100, Ciudad de México. Duration: 5 hours. Start/opening time: At 8:50am. End/closing time: Approximately at 2pm. Languages: English and Spanish. Opening days/period: Tuesdays and fridays. Others: Please arrive at the meeting point 20 minutes before the start time. Included: transport from the meeting point, admissions.