Monday, 23 May 2011

Xochimilco

Xochimilco is all that remains of the floating gardens and canals of ancient Lake Texcoco.  It's a fun day out with friends and family, floating along, but it's easy to get taken advantage of by the locals.

The tourist board has fixed all of the prices -- boats, mariachis, food -- everything but the plants.  The price list is here, and you should print it out and take it with you for when they try to charge you per person (it's per hour per boat).  If they try to give you a hard time, take out your phone and report them -- they will probably back down before you get finished dialing. The tourist board's phone numbers are: 5676-8879 and 5676-0810.


For the southern route:
Embarcadero Caltongo
Nuevo León s/n
Barrio San Cristobal
19.261429N, 99.09705W

Embarcadero Nuevo de Nativistas

San Jerónimo
Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, México
19.251472N, 99.094187W


For the northern route:

Embarcadero Fernando Celada
Cda. 3 Guadalupe I. Ramírez
San Juan, Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, México
19.264583N, 99.108157W


Embarcadero Cuemanco
Antiguo Canal Cuemanco
Pista Olimpica Virgilio Uribe (Canal De Cuemanco), Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, México
19.286893N, 99.102443W



For your reading pleasure: An article from the Toronto Star.

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