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The paseo de la Reforma and the Zona Rosa |
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| The tour described here refers to the original path of the Paseo de la Reforma, a 12 km avenue that connects Chapultepec Castle with the Historic City Center. Today the avenue is at least twice as long, connecting at its western extreme to the Mexico City-Toluca highway, at to the north with the avenue that leads to the Basilica of Guadalupe. During more than 130 years, the original Reforma district has been transformed into the city’s most important thoroughfare, in part because of its status as a tourism and business corridor, and more importantly in that the view afforded by this broad cityscape represents much of what Mexico City and the nation has aspired to be in modern times, as it moved forward from its treasured past. On Reforma you’ll find traffic circles, the monumental column commemorating Mexico’s independence from Spain, monuments honoring the last Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc and Christopher Columbus, as well as the fountain celebrating Diana, the mythological huntress, and ultimately, the main entrance to Chapultepec Park. The Zona Rosa lies halfway between the Alameda and Chapultepec Park. It’s an interesting area that offers numerous family tourism and business options by day, and that becomes the place for every kind of grown-up entertainment by night. |
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