Art & Murals
Painted Walls of Roma & Juárez
A daylight walk following muralists from state commissions to the spray cans on Calle Colima.
- City
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Total time
- 3 hr
- Distance
- 4.1 km
- Stops
- 5
- 1
Museo Mural Diego Rivera
Centro · stay 35 min
One museum built around one painting: Rivera's Sunday afternoon dream of the Alameda. Everything after this is a reply to it.
- 2
8 min walk
Palacio de Bellas Artes murals
Centro · stay 40 min
Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros on the upper floors, arguing with each other across the same stairwell.
- 3
20 min walk
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma
Juárez · stay 15 min
A long, shaded, deliberately dull leg. Use it to reset your eyes before the colour starts again.
- 4
18 min walk
Calle Colima walls
Roma Norte · stay 30 min
Contemporary muralists working at building scale. The pieces rotate, so nobody sees the same street twice.
- 5
9 min walk
Plaza Río de Janeiro
Roma Norte · stay 20 min
Jacarandas, a bronze David, and an ice cream from the corner. Sit until the light goes gold.
- ✦
End of the walk — 3 hr, about 4.1 km on foot.