Coyoacán is probably next to Roma and Condesa, the best-known neighborhood in Mexico City. Located in the southern part of CDMX, the Barrio Mágico de Coyoacán is an essential place for our visit to the Mexican capital. Artists, graffiti artists, tarot artists, organ grinders, mimes, or schitesm sellers mix to form a vital ecosystem that the Spanish director Luis Buñuel showed in a scene from his film ‘La Ilusión Viaja en Tranvía’. If to that we add some of the best colonial-style buildings, cobbled streets, museums and lively squares, we whet the appetite to get to know Coyoacán.

The famous Xochimilco canals, the last remnants of the extensive transportation system created by the Aztecs, are located in southern Mexico City, alongside a struggling working-class neighborhood. Colorful gondolas take visitors on rides alongside the boats of food vendors, artisans, and mariachis. The atmosphere is festive, especially on the weekends.