By Catherine Bremer

MEXICO CITY (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Mexico City? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most from a short visit in the Mexican capital:

FRIDAY

4 p.m.

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By Catherine Bremer

MEXICO CITY (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Mexico City? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most from a short visit in the Mexican capital:

FRIDAY

4 p.m.

Head straight for the huge Zocalo square in the Centro Historico, Mexico City's spiritual and historic heart. It's dominated by a giant Mexican flag and the Metropolitan Cathedral, which is slowly sinking into the ground through subsidence. You'll see dancers in feathered headdresses stamping their shell-adorned feet to Aztec drum rhythms.

Pop into the Palacio Nacional and be wowed by dramatic larger-than-life murals by Diego Rivera depicting scenes from Mexico's history. If you're feeling brave, get lost in the labyrinth of streets behind the Cathedral.

6 p.m.

Feeling thirsty? Stop for tequila and guacamole in La Opera Bar (Ave Cinco de Mayo 10), an ornate early 20th century watering hole with velvet-cushioned wooden booths and a bullet hole in the ceiling left by revolutionary Pancho Villa.  Continued...

 

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