Where a car takes you from Mexico City
These are the day trips from Mexico City on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Puebla Puebla is the colonial capital 2 hours east of Mexico City, the birthplace of mole poblano and chiles en nogada, with the 1531 city centre and the cem
- Teotihuacan (Sunday barbacoa) Teotihuacan is the pre-Hispanic pyramids site 1 hour north of Mexico City, with Sunday morning barbacoa pits scattered along the highway and the villa
- Xochimilco trajineras Xochimilco is the city's southern lake-and-canal district with floating trajineras since the Aztec era, where mariachi boats serve tamales, esquites
Booking a car in Mexico City
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 10.57 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Europcar, Green Motion, Hertz, National
- Pick up at
- Mexico City International Airport · Mexico City Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.