In pictures: Travelling to Mexico City from UAE, must-see tourist destinations

The National Palace, commonly called the Palacio Nacional, is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico and is located on Mexico City’s main square.

The National Palace features beautiful murals by famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Palacio Nacional has been a palace for the ruling class of Mexico since the Aztec Empire.

The Zócalo or Plaza del Zócalo is the main square in central Mexico City. The plaza used to be known as the ‘Main Square’ or ‘Arms Square’ and its official name now is Plaza de la Constitución.

The plaza has been a gathering place for Mexicans since Aztec times, having been the site of Mexica ceremonies, military parades, royal proclamations and modern religious events such as the festival of Holy Week and Corpus Christi.

Chapultepec Castle or Castillo de Chapultepec is situated on top of Chapultepec Hill in the Chapultepec park. It is located in the middle of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City at a height of 2,325 meters above sea level.

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Chapultepec or much commonly known as Bosque de Chapultepec is one of the largest city parks in the Western Hemisphere. It is much bigger than the Central Park in New York. It is over 686 hectares.

One of the park's main functions is an ecological space in Mexico City. It is considered the first and most important of Mexico City's ‘lungs’, with trees that replenish oxygen to the Valley of Mexico.

The Frida Kahlo Museum, more popularly known as the Blue House, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The museum also houses a collection of artwork by Diego Rivera and other artists.

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The building, a 16th century colonial hacienda, is surrounded by beautiful gardens, where a great variety of native flora, and animals such as peacocks and xoloitzcuintle (Mexican hairless) dogs, can thrive.

Located in Xochimilco, in the south of Mexico City, the Dolores Olmedo Museum is a window to the art and culture of Mexico, featuring an unparalleled artistic and architectonic ensemble. El Olmedo’s artistic heritage includes the largest collections of works produced by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, as well as outstanding engravings by the artists Angelina Beloff and Pablo O’Higgins.

Xochimilco is one of the 16 mayoralities or boroughs within Mexico City. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the pre-Hispanic period.

Xochimilco is best known for its canals, which are left from what was an extensive lake and canal system that connected most of the settlements of the Valley of Mexico. These canals, along with artificial islands called chinampas, attract tourists and other local residents to ride on colourful gondola-like boats called ‘trajineras’ around the 170 km of canals.

Teotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, 40 kilometres northeast of modern-day Mexico City. It is known as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas.

Apart from the pyramids, Teotihuacan is also anthropologically significant for its complex, multi-family residential compounds, the Avenue of the Dead, and its vibrant murals that have been well-preserved.

The Palacio de Bellas Artes or The Palace of Fine Arts is a prominent cultural centre in the city. The palace has hosted notable events in theatre, opera, dance, literature and music.

The Palace of Fine Arts has been called the ‘Cathedral of Art in Mexico’. The building is located on the western side of the historic centre of Mexico City.