Xochimilco: Is it Worth It? (Mexico City Floating Gardens)
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Floating Gardens of Xochimilco in Mexico City
We spent some time riding one of the colorful and fun boats at the popular Floating Gardens of Xochimilco in Mexico City. They have been dubbed The Venice of Mexico (and known as chinampas,) - it is easy to see why. The boats are brightly colored with all sorts of imaginative folk-art design. Our boat person was friendly Guillermo.
There is a small down-side (if you want to cal it that, though it didn't bother us at all) - on weekends this venue is crowded and as a result, it is one boat after another on this average sized canal. Eventually, this creates a grid-lock of traffic and the result sometimes can be similar to the experience you get with carnival bumper-car rides, with some jolting and bumping. Boats sometimes inter-connect and as a result, each boat person has to help out to dis-engage someone else's boat off their own.
Also, as passengers, we had to be aware that some the bows of some boats could poke through the seating area of another boat. As long as you are aware of this, all is o.k. and it doesn't distract from the fun. I only mention this because on some travel boards, some people do leave major criticism about this.
Again, on the weekends it seems the most congested and the boats are full of party people, with mariachi bands also playing away on other boats. It all adds up to the fun and festive spirit of the boat ride and we thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. Not to be missed, but if you don't like crowds or congestion, then a week-day might be a better bet for you.
As is our custom, Ed did the camcorder filming and any narrations heard. I did all of the editing, along with captioned comments added, etc. and did the final upload to You Tube.
The Floating Gardens of Xochimilco
This system of canals and small islands in Xochimilco, Mexico City, was originally used by the Aztecs to grow and transport food. Locals rent these colorful boats for family picnics and parties, and tourists buy snacks made fresh from their built-in grills.
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Floating Gardens of Xochimilco Mexico
Long ago, when the Aztecs still ruled Mexico, the valley where Mexico City stands was filled with a large lake. The Aztecs used layers of aquatic weeds, muck and earth to create floating plots of land on which they could grow food. These man-made islands were called floating gardens. By the time the Spanish arrived in Mexico, these floating gardens were a rich agricultural district, yielding flowers, fruits and vegetables.
Over time, the growing cities have drained many of the lakes and today, the canals have shrunk. Still, there are many miles where flat boats can navigate, carrying tourists and local citizens who simply want to relax and enjoy the local culture.
Mexico City Venice-Xochimilco Floating Gardens
Mexico City Xochimilco Floating Gardens - Picture this: you're floating down a network of green canals in a colorful, open air trajinera (gondola) named Viva Lupita. Your silent boatman propels you through the waters using a long wooden pole. On the banks, barely visible through the bushes, orchards, trees and flowers, you spot small homes, children running, women hanging laundry. Musicians and refreshment vendors float alongside you in other boats, offering up food, drink and song. Trumpeting mariachis and a large family sing the traditional Mexican birthday serenade 'Las Mañanitas' to a little girl in two boats to your right; to your left, a passing group of young and boisterous revelers shout and laugh. You and your friends relax on the paper-flower adorned Viva Lupita's wooden benches, enjoying antojitos (snacks) and roast chicken, tortillas and beer in the warm late afternoon sun.
Bienvenidos (welcome to) Xochimilco! At the southern edge of Mexico City, only an hour by metro and light train from the Zócalo and the chaos of the city center, Xochimilco (Náhuatl for 'place where flowers grow') is a time-honored weekend destination for locals and visitors alike. You’ve made your lazy Sunday escape, and are now hosting a floating picnic party amidst the last vestiges of the canals and chinampas (floating gardens) of Tenochtitlán - the grand Aztec city on a lake that the Spanish conquistadors dubbed 'the Venice of the New World'.
Declared a Unesco World Heritage site in 1987, the chinampas are still used for cultivation to this day, mainly for garden plants and flowers. While they're quiet and peaceful during the week, a fiesta atmosphere takes over on weekends, with Sundays being especially lively. Hundreds of trajineras await passengers at the village's nine embarcaderos (boat landings). Nearest to the center are Salitre and San Cristóbal, both 400m east of the plaza; and Fernando Celada, 400m west on Guadalupe RamÃrez. Boats seat 14 to 20 people; official cruise prices (M$140 to M$160 per hour) are posted at the embarcaderos. On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 60-person lanchas colectivas (larger launches) run between the Salitre, Caltongo and Nativitas embarcaderos, charging M$20 per passenger per roundtrip. Fixed prices for food, drink and even music on the waterways are also posted at the embarcaderos - one tune costs M$25 on marimbas, M$50 when played norteño style, and M$70 if performed by mariachis. You can even arrange for your trajinera to stop at Nativitas embarcadero for a shopping detour at its large artesanÃas market.
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The floating gardens of Xochimilco are a must-see for tourists in Mexico
The floating gardens of Xochimilco are a hundred miles of ancient canals where beautifully decorated poled barges float for people to eat, drink, dance or relax on.
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Xochimilco - Fiesta Every Day on the Canals of Mexico City!
The town of Xochimilco, Mexico has been around for many centuries. Even before the Spanish arrived to Mexico. It is on a canal system with artificial islands that are navigated by gondola-like boats called trajineras. It is still much like it was hundreds of years ago with the canals and human-powered boats so it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and welcome for tourists. You will see mostly Mexicans enjoying their time here hanging out with friends but some foreigners as well. It's like having a party on a boat with lots of other boat parties going on around you. Only Mexico can do something like this.
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Mexico City Street Food in Xochimilco Floating Gardens
this place was a trap but fun anyway, just so not take the boats out in the canal they were the real trap. if you do, go during the week and take your own food !
Mexico City - Xochimilco Floating Gardens
We caught a boat with some italian tourists and floated down the canal for an hour. We ate roasted corn dipped in butter and mayonaisse. I think the song is Si Lito Lindo but I'm not sure.
The Aztec: The Floating Gardens of Xochimilco
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Floating gardens at Xochimilco, Mexico City
Quick view of the main canal at Xochimilco Park
Xochimilco Mexico: The VENICE of MEXICO
We arrive to Xochimilco, Mexico with high hopes and a small budget and we are not disappointed. We explored the canals on traditional wooden boats called 'trajineras' and really enjoyed the Mexican spirit on the river. Definitely one of our favourite things to do during our visit to Mexico City!
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Floating Gardens of Xochimilco
Mariachi band playing us a song as our trajinera floated down the canals of Xochimilco.
Xochimilco - Floating gardens
Mexico City, May 2019
Travel to Xochimilco for a Boat Ride on the Floating Gardens in Mexico City | A Humble Story Mexico
Travel to Xochimilco and enjoy an enchanting ride on the gondolas floating through the gardens.
There's delicious food cooked up fresh by vendors on boats. Enjoy a cold Mexican beer cocktail called a Michelada. We went on a peaceful and serene ride, but often it's a party scene at Xochimilco with great music, friends, and drinks.
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Mexico City - Xochimilco Floating Gardens