Book Cheap Flights to Mexico City, Mexico
With its mild climate Mexico City is a year round destination, but the best time to book Mexico City flights is during spring season, between the months of March and May, when the tourist influx has not yet begun, hotel rates are reasonable and you get cheap flights to Mexico City. The peak tourist months are July and August because of the holiday season in the USA. December and January are other peak months when hotel rates shoot up and flights get real expensive.
Mexico City International Airport, officially called Aeropuerto International Benito Juarez serves Greater Mexico City. Owned by Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de Mexico, and operated by Aeropuertos Y Servicios Auxiliares, the airport is a hub for Aeromar, Aeromexico, Aeromexico Connect, Interjet, Magnicharters and Volaris. Mexico City International Airport is served by several prominent airlines like Air France, British Airways, and United Airlines and operates flights to Mexico City from destinations including Los Angeles, Lima, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and more.
Places of Interest in Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico, and the largest city in North America by population. The city is inundated with so many fascinating attractions that even the most ambitious travelers find it difficult to explore all its sites. Mexico preserves countless reminders of its past. You will find pre-Columbian art and architecture in museum reproductions, Baroque style architecture in churches and palaces of the colonial period, and contemporary Mexican architecture in the buildings of 1950’s and 1960’s.
Square of the Three Cultures
Do visit Square of the Three Cultures, which was completed in 1966. The name "Three Cultures" is in recognition of the three periods of Mexican history reflected by the buildings of pre-Columbian, Spanish colonial, and the independent Mestizo nation.
Templo Mayor
Those who wish to dig into pre-Columbian Mayan history or the history of Mexico City, Museo Templo Mayor, and Templo Mayor is a place to visit. The site showcases the popular Pyramid of Huitzilopochtli, unearthed in 1976 and since restored. The museum also displays chronology and architects of the site and the Aztec Empire.
Teotihuacan
For the largest pre-Columbian pyramids in all of Mexico, you got to visit Teotihuacan. At this UNESCO World Heritage site, do check out Palace of the Plumed Butterfly, and beautiful Pyramid of the Sun.
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