Discover the charm and hidden gems of La Merced Market with customized tours from mJm Travel. Whether it’s your first visit or a return trip, we craft unforgettable experiences with personalized itineraries. Book your Mexico City tours today for an insider’s view of the best sights and attractions!
Eat and Explore Local Markets in Mexico City
Do you know that there are 329 public markets in Mexico City? Walk, Explore & Eat in the 3 most exotic markets in the city.
We'll stop at more than 20 places to sample authentic Mexican food, native fruits and vegetables, as well as share information about Mexican traditions and history. Mezcal tasting included at the end 🙂
Want to discover the real Mexico? Book today!
Additionally to the tastings, you can buy fruits, vegetables, spices, Mexican toys and clothes, piñatas, moles, spells, amulets, candles, animals, exotic meats, insects, artisanal hot sauces and more.
Duration: 4 hours.
We'll stop at more than 20 places to sample authentic Mexican food, native fruits and vegetables, as well as share information about Mexican traditions and history. Mezcal tasting included at the end 🙂
Want to discover the real Mexico? Book today!
Additionally to the tastings, you can buy fruits, vegetables, spices, Mexican toys and clothes, piñatas, moles, spells, amulets, candles, animals, exotic meats, insects, artisanal hot sauces and more.
Duration: 4 hours.
Deep Mexico (La Merced)
Leave your comfort zone and experience a raw and authentic face of the city in the most historical side of town, La Merced. Together we will explore Mexico's oldest market (Mercado Merced) and get surprised by our exotic fruits, juices, moles, pre-hispanic snacks and more traditional wonders. You will dive through the mind-blowing sorcery and art market and discover architecture, street art, hidden monuments and more gems off the beaten path. We will have the chance to meet the most popular beliefs through Santa Muerte street altars and understand how locals practice their faith.
This will all include an opportunity to try some of the best street tacos in town, followed by one of the oldest cantinas and pulquerias and finish the journey in one of downtown nicest bars with a cocktail or coffee. This is the perfect experience for the curious minded travelers who want to cross the touristic borders and have a first hand immersive cultural encounter.
Duration: 4 hours.
This will all include an opportunity to try some of the best street tacos in town, followed by one of the oldest cantinas and pulquerias and finish the journey in one of downtown nicest bars with a cocktail or coffee. This is the perfect experience for the curious minded travelers who want to cross the touristic borders and have a first hand immersive cultural encounter.
Duration: 4 hours.
Journey Through La Merced
The colorful, chaotic Merced Market serves thousands of shoppers daily. On this tour, you’ll visit our favorite food stalls, meet some talented market vendors, and learn the market’s history. You’ll finish knowing why La Merced is unlike anywhere else in Mexico.
We’ll start this tour in the Downtown Historic Center, before jumping on the subway two stops to La Merced market. There, we’ll wind through the market’s lively banquetón, or prepared food area, tasting tacos, aguas frescas and tamales. After that, we’ll stroll through the gigantic fruits and vegetables building, and learn about—and taste!—prehispanic ingredients, such as grasshoppers and agave worms. After a quick stop to rest, we’ll leave the market to take the subway back to the Historic Center where we’ll finish up the tour with a refreshing drink and a snack in a newly revived part of the city that you won’t want to miss!
This tour is good for seasoned travelers.
Duration: 4 hours.
We’ll start this tour in the Downtown Historic Center, before jumping on the subway two stops to La Merced market. There, we’ll wind through the market’s lively banquetón, or prepared food area, tasting tacos, aguas frescas and tamales. After that, we’ll stroll through the gigantic fruits and vegetables building, and learn about—and taste!—prehispanic ingredients, such as grasshoppers and agave worms. After a quick stop to rest, we’ll leave the market to take the subway back to the Historic Center where we’ll finish up the tour with a refreshing drink and a snack in a newly revived part of the city that you won’t want to miss!
This tour is good for seasoned travelers.
Duration: 4 hours.
Hidden markets and delights in Mexico City
Take a walk through the real Centro Historico (downtown),
Step away from the tourist filled museums and restaurants and explore the secret treasures only known by the locals.
as seen in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C40AQRqWxI&t=445s
La merced has been an area focused on commerce since the Aztec times, and currently holds the second largest market in the city, over one square kilometer.
A place where you can find anything and everything.
We will explore the merced and sonora market (known for witchcraft and sorcery), try a michelada, enjoy the most delicious and authentic tacos you have ever tried, try some pre hispanic snacks, enjoy a drink at a classic cantina and explore all the surrounding historic gems tourists never get to meet.
Duration: 5 to 6 hours.
Step away from the tourist filled museums and restaurants and explore the secret treasures only known by the locals.
as seen in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C40AQRqWxI&t=445s
La merced has been an area focused on commerce since the Aztec times, and currently holds the second largest market in the city, over one square kilometer.
A place where you can find anything and everything.
We will explore the merced and sonora market (known for witchcraft and sorcery), try a michelada, enjoy the most delicious and authentic tacos you have ever tried, try some pre hispanic snacks, enjoy a drink at a classic cantina and explore all the surrounding historic gems tourists never get to meet.
Duration: 5 to 6 hours.
Private Tour of the Market Routes of Mexico City
The perfect mix between culture and fun, our guides are highly qualified and will make the tour a perfect experience, creating truly unforgettable moments.
Warmth, comfort and safety are fundamental characteristics of our service.
Duration: 5 hours.
Warmth, comfort and safety are fundamental characteristics of our service.
Duration: 5 hours.
