Duración:
6 and a half hours long
Ubicación:
Xochimilco
Hora de salida:
16:00 hrs
Bilingual Guide:
Yes
Salidas:
October/November
Almuerzo:
N/A
Meeting point:
Yes
Degustación de bebidas típicas:
Yes
Recogida en el lobby:
Yes
Precio:
Reserva ahora por:
90.95$
107.32$
Have you ever wondered why the Day of the Dead is celebrated?
This great Mexican celebration teaches us that death is part of life and we must celebrate it. For that reason we do it in a unique way celebrating the return of our loved ones who have left for Mictlán, the underworld. (THE
DEAD'S WORLD).
Come and enjoy a unique season in the city, letting yourself go to get to know the history of this wonderful tradition, we will tell you stories from mysticism pre-Hispanic passing through a colonial Mexico full of customs that unite us as a great nation, you will know the origin of the Calaveras and the famous Catrina painted by José Guadalupe Posada and promoted by the famous Muralist Diego Rivera you can also
delight yourself with the gastronomy and drinks that surround this wonderful custom
You will learn the important meaning of their altars and offerings while enjoying neighborhoods
colonial as well as a night ride aboard a trajinera through the canals of
Xochimilco, enjoying a bread of the dead, the sugar and amaranth skulls as well as
of a traditional Mexican dinner based on tamale and atole
We will walk through the alleys of a typical town of the place, we will visit a cemetery
filled with candles, we will walk among tombs and altars dressed in bouquets of marigolds.