Mexico City: Day of the Dead Experience in San Angel Day of the Dead experience in San Angel - Morning Schedule
ID: GYG521205-909502
Category:
Country: Mexico
Duration:
04:00 hours
Description
Begin with hot chocolate and an introduction to the Day of the Dead. Visit a market & several displays of altars in museums and shops. Finish creating an altar & enjoying a cocktail on a terrace.
About this walking tour
In this experience, you will begin with some delicious hot chocolate while listening to an introduction about the origins of the Day of the Dead celebration.
Later, enjoy the Day of the Dead celebration, visiting a colorful market and purchasing supplies you will need later to place an altar.
Also, you will visit several displays of altars in museums and shops.
Afterward, you will enjoy a tasty cocktail on a lovely terrace before you continue walking.
Finish this walking tour by creating an altar.
*If you want, you can bring a copy of the photo of a loved one who is no longer with us so you can place it on the altar to honor him/her/them.
What will be visited
Hot chocolate & Day of the Dead explanation
Under the guidance of an experienced guide, begin this experience at a restaurant while drinking a delicious hot chocolate and learning about the symbolism and meanings of the Day of the Dead tradition and what elements compose the "altars” (shrines). Also, about the origins and meaning of The Catrina.
Visit different altars
Walk through the lovely and colonial San Angel neighborhood to appreciate examples of different "Altares de Muertos" while visiting several museums and shops that display new altars for this memorable holiday every year.
Have a pause between activities with a cocktail
Enjoy a tasty cocktail on a lovely terrace included in the tour.
Enjoy a colorful market during the Day of the Dead celebrations
Explore the vibrant Mercado del Carmen to learn about the main elements of the altars and the typical ingredients of Day of the Dead food. Then, purchase some supplies for your Day of the Dead altar setting.
Create your altar
You will finish this experience by placing a Day of the Dead altar in a restaurant nearby. You will know by then the importance of this day in the Mexican culture and the meaning and symbolism of the elements that an altar needs.
*If you want, you can bring a copy of the photo of a loved one who is no longer with us so you can place it on the altar to honor him/her/them.
Highlights
- Have some hot chocolate & listen to explanations about this celebration.
- Enjoy the Day of the Dead celebration visiting different altar displays.
- Visit a colorful market and purchase supplies to place a real altar.
- Finish by creating an altar and savoring a cocktail on a terrace.
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
You will begin with a coffee or hot chocolate.
You will be walking for approximately 2 hours.
*If you want, you can bring a copy of the photo of a loved one who is no longer with us so you can place it on the altar to honor him/her/them.
Meeting point: El Cardenal San Angel
Address: Av. de la Paz 32, San Ángel, Álvaro Obregón, 01000 Ciudad de México.
Your guide will wear a tote bag or pashmina with our project logo: "Walk Mexico."
INCLUDED
- A walking tour with an expert guide with a graduate academic degree (Art Historian, Historian, or Archeologist).
- In large groups, headsets will be provided to hear the tour guide.
- Supplies at the market to create the altar.
- Museum ticket entrances.
- Coffee or hot chocolate at the beginning.
- Cocktail at the end of the experience.
NOT INCLUDED
- Transportation.
- Breakfast or lunch.
- Extra hours.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.