Top Attractions — 40 Local-Curated Must-Sees

Not a TripAdvisor ranking. 40 places chilangos actually recommend because they keep curation, maintenance and sense of place — from the Sun Stone to the Floating Causeway.

How to use this map (40 points): Filter by area (Chapultepec / Centro / Coyoacan / South / Xochimilco-Teotihuacan) and by time: 2 days = Chapultepec + Centro; 4 days add Coyoacan-San Angel; full week close with Xochimilco and Teotihuacan at opening (8:00 to beat buses).

First 5 — real CSV extract (40 total):

1. Museo Nacional de Antropologia — Av. Paseo de la Reforma S/N, Chapultepec — 19.4260, -99.1863 — Tue-Sun 9am-6pm — $$ 95 MXN (Sundays free for nationals) — Mexico's crowning museum by Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, housing the Aztec Sun Stone, colossal Olmec heads and Pakal's tomb.
2. Chapultepec Castle & National History Museum — Chapultepec — 19.4204, -99.1819 — Tue-Sun 9am-5pm — $$ 95 MXN — The only royal castle in the Americas atop the hill; panoramic terraces to Reforma and Maximilian & Carlota salons. Go at golden hour.
3. Chapultepec Forest (Mayor Lake & Floating Causeway) — Sect I & II — 19.4177, -99.1822 — Free — One of the largest urban parks in the Americas; boating lakes, trails and the award-winning Floating Causeway through the canopy.
4. Soumaya Museum (Plaza Carso) — Blvd. Cervantes Saavedra 303, Polanco — 19.4406, -99.2047 — Daily 10:30am-6:30pm — Free — Fernando Romero's silver hourglass with the largest private Rodin collection outside France.
5. Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum — Reforma 51, Chapultepec — 19.4261, -99.1819 — Tue-Sun 10am-6pm — $$ 85 MXN — Brutalist museum integrated into the forest + brunch terrace among trees.

Local tip: Book Anthropology and Blue House online (sell out), arrive 15 min early, avoid Sundays if you dislike crowds. For Teotihuacan (point 39) arrive at 8:00.

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