MEXICO CITY FROM THE OX

The Hidalgo Metro station at Paseo de la Reforma, Reforma itself (both to the east), Avenida Insurgentes to the west, and the Revolucin Metro station on Puente de Alvarado (just north, station to west) are your reference points from the Oxford. Revolucin is on Line 2 (blue), which intersects with north/south Line 3 (green) at Hidalgo. When you get to your Metro destination, ask a street vendor for specific directions, even if you don't speak Spanish.

PLAZA SOLIDARIDAD, ALAMEDA, BELLAS ARTES, LATIN AMERICAN TOWER, ZCALO, NATIONAL PALACE, METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL, TEMPLO MAYOR
Foot: east toward Latin American Tower, keep walking. Metro: Revolucin, direction Tasquea ... Bellas Artes, Zcalo stations.

CHAPULTAPEC PARK, ZONA ROSA, INDEPENDENCE MONUMENT
Foot: southwest on Reforma. Pesero: same direction (easiest method). Metro: green line, Hidalgo station, direction Universidad. At Balderas station, change to Line 1 (pink), direction Observatorio. For Zona Rosa, monument, exit Insurgentes. Walk north. Chapultepec Park, Chapultepec stop. Walk northwest to Reforma.

ROMA/CONDESA
Foot/pesero: Walk Puente de Alvarado west to Insurgentes. Catch pesero south. Condesa on west side, Roma on east.

PLAZA GARIBALDI
Foot: Puente de Alvarado east to Reforma. Northeast on east side of Reforma. Wind around circle, east on Obispo to plaza.

COYOACN, SAN ANGEL
Metro: Hidalgo, green, direction Universidad. Exit Coyoacn (Leon Trotsky, Frida Kahlo museums) or Miguel Angel de Quevedo (Diego Rivera/Kahlo Casa Azul, more).

PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL, AUTO RACES, MAJOR CONCERTS
Concerts. Diablos Rojos baseball in Parque Foro Sol (April-Sept.). Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack. Metro: Revolucin, direction, Tasquea. Change to Line 9 (brown) at Chabacano, direction La Paz. Exit Cd. Deportiva.

SOCCER, XOCHIMILCO BOTANICAL GARDENS
Metro: Revolucin to Tasquea. Change to light rail line (separate toll) to Estadio Azteca or Xochimilco.

HORSE RACES
Metro: Hidalgo, direction Universidad, to Balderas. Change to Line 1, pink, direction Observatorio. Exit Chapultepec. Catch pesero marked Hipodromo running along Reforma.

LUCHA LIBRE (PRO WRESTLING)
Metro: (Friday nights, Arena Mxico) Hidalgo, direction Universidad. Exit Balderas. Walk southwest on Chapultepec. South on first street, Dr. Lavista, to Arena Mxico. (Tuesday nights, Arena Coliseo) Revolucion, direction Tasquena. Exit Allende. Walk north on Republica de Chile to Republica de Peru.

PLAZA MEXICO BULLFIGHTS
Metro: Hidalgo, direction Universidad to Balderas. Change to Line 1, pink, direction Observatorio to Tacubaya. Change to Line 7, orange, direction Barranca del Muerto. Exit San Antonio. Fights start at 4 p.m. Must buy tickets on weekends.

LA MERCED
Metro: Revolucin, direction Tasquea, to Pino Suarez. Change to Line 1, pink, direction Pantitln, to Merced.

PYRAMIDS
Metro: Hidalgo, direction Indios Verdes to La Raza. Change to Line 5, yellow, direction Politecnico. Exit Autobuses del Norte. Bus to Teotihuacn (specify ruinas). Go early. Buses every half-hour.

BUS STATIONS
Metro: (North station) Hidalgo, direction Indios Verdes to La Raza. Change to Line 5, yellow, direction Politecnico. Exit Autobuses del Norte. (South station) Revolucin to Tasquea. (East station) Revolucin, direction Tasquea to Pino Suarez. Change to Line 1, pink, direction Pantitln to San Lazaro. Exit. (West station) Hidalgo, direction Universidad to Balderas. Change to Line 1, pink, to Observatorio.

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