Xochimilco Tour From Mexico City With Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo
Nine hours out of a central meeting point: Coyoacan on foot, a Frida Kahlo museum option, an hour on a trajinera and the UNAM murals, from $40 and rated 4.6 ★ (8,447 reviews).
Updated 3 November 2026
In shortThis Xochimilco tour from Mexico City fills nine hours with Coyoacan on foot, a Frida Kahlo museum, an hour on a trajinera in the canals and a stop at UNAM's Central Campus, led by a professional certified guide in English or Spanish. Transport runs from central meeting points, with departures at 07:50 a.m. at Miga Cafe and 08:20 a.m. behind the Palace of Fine Arts. It suits a first visit that wants Coyoacan and the canals on the same day at the lowest entry price of the tours on this site, from $40.
9 htour length
from $40per adult
★ 4.68,447 reviews
What this Xochimilco tour from Mexico City covers
Nine hours, two UNESCO-listed places and one hour on the water. The day begins at a central meeting point, moves south to Coyoacan for a walk through its cobbled streets, continues to Xochimilco for a ride on a trajinera (a flat-bottomed, brightly painted boat poled along the canals), and finishes at the Ciudad Universitaria campus of UNAM. Prices start at $40 per adult and the rating stands at 4.6 ★ (8,447 reviews), the broadest social proof of any tour listed on this site.
Xochimilco lies about 28 km (17 miles) south of central Mexico City, and the canals run roughly 184 km of navigable waterways between the chinampas. The trip out of Roma Norte takes about 75 to 90 minutes by metro and light rail, or 45 to 70 minutes by car, and longer on Sunday afternoons. A single vehicle handling Coyoacan, the canals and the university campus is the reason this itinerary works as one day rather than three separate outings.
Three parts of the day are selectable options: tickets to the Frida Kahlo Museum, tickets to Casa Kahlo, and lunch at a local restaurant. The guide works in English or Spanish, and a digital Frida Kahlo guide in English and Spanish comes with the booking. Drinks and tips are not included, and food bought from the vendor boats on the canals is paid on the spot.
The museum entrance is worth selecting if Frida Kahlo is a reason for the trip. The Frida Kahlo Museum at Londres 247, Col. Del Carmen, Coyoacan, 04100, sells no tickets at the door: admission is bought in advance online for a calendar date and a 15-minute arrival slot, slots run 11:00 to 17:00, and busy dates are flagged as low availability. It is closed on Mondays and opens Tuesday 10:00-18:00, Wednesday 11:00-18:00, Thursday 10:00-21:00 and Friday to Sunday 10:00-18:00.
Xochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo with Optional Lunch
Nine hours with transport from a central meeting point: an hour walking Coyoacan, a Frida Kahlo museum option, an hour on a trajinera in the canals and the UNAM murals on the way back. Certified guide in English or Spanish, plus a digital Frida Kahlo guide in both languages.
Coyoacan60 min An hour on foot in Coyoacan, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Mexico City, with cobbled streets and 16th-century mansions. The guide covers the pre-Hispanic and colonial layers of the area and how it drew artists and intellectuals.
Museo Frida Kahlo60 min With that option selected, the Coyoacan stop ends at the Frida Kahlo Museum, the Casa Azul she shared with Diego Rivera. You get an hour inside at your own pace among her work and her personal rooms.
Museo Casa Kahlo60 min The alternative option is Casa Kahlo, a newer museum about her life and legacy. Interactive displays and themed rooms cover her art, her personal story and her place in Mexican culture.
Floating Gardens of Xochimilco60 min One hour aboard a trajinera on the chinampa canals, the boatman pushing the vessel along with a pole past flower plots and other painted boats. Vendor boats pull alongside with mole, mixiote, roasted corn, quesadillas, tacos, carnitas, pulque and micheladas, all at your own expense, and mariachi carries over from boats with birthday and wedding parties.
Ciudad Universitaria30 min Thirty minutes at UNAM's Central Campus for the Juan O'Gorman and Diego Rivera murals on the central library, themselves a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Estadio Olimpico Universitario The Olympic Stadium is seen from the outside as the group arrives at the university campus.
Xochimilco Xochimilco is farming country 28 km (17 miles) south of Mexico City, and much of the city's cut flowers are grown here. The valley was a lake in Aztec times, and the chinampas began as reed mats loaded with soil to create farmland; the area is now an ecological reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
Transport from central meeting points
Ride in a colourful trajinera
Ticket to Casa Kahlo (if option selected)
Professional certified guide (English or Spanish)
Ticket to the Frida Kahlo Museum (if option selected)
Lunch at a local restaurant (if option selected)
Digital Frida Kahlo guide in English and Spanish
Not included
Drinks
Tips
Meeting point, pickup and ages
Meeting point: Right behind the Palace of Fine Arts, 2 Avenue Hidalgo, at 08:20 a.m.; Miga Cafe, Liverpool 174, at 07:50 a.m.
Pickup: The private tour option includes hotel pick-up and drop-off from selected areas of Mexico City.
Ages: child 3-11, adult 12+
Language: professional certified guide in English or Spanish, plus a digital Frida Kahlo guide in English and Spanish
Other Xochimilco tours from Mexico City compared
The nine-hour itinerary on this page is the lowest to start, at $40, and by far the most reviewed of the group. The 10-hour version at $43 keeps Xochimilco, Coyoacan and UNAM over a longer day; the 2.5-hour boat tour from 1,160 pesos stays on the water with a live guide, food and drinks and leaves Coyoacan out; the 8-10 hour highlights tour at $84 pairs the canals with a wider city circuit; the 7-hour tour from 1,050 pesos covers Xochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo and is the shortest of the full days.
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