Coyoacán and the Casa Azul
The colonial quarter where Frida Kahlo was born, lived and died, in a blue house.
Duration
3 hrs – 5 hrs
Best time
Weekday mornings
Open
Casa Azul closed Monday
Entry price
320 MXN
Coyoacán was an independent village, absorbed by the city in the twentieth century, and it has kept its cobbled streets, its fountain squares and its low courtyard houses. Cortés settled here after the fall of Tenochtitlán, while the capital was rebuilt.
The Casa Azul, at 247 Londres street, is the house where Frida Kahlo was born, lived with Diego Rivera and died. It stayed shut for fifteen years after her death before opening as a museum, with her clothes, her corsets and her studio as they were. Trotsky lived four streets away, and was murdered there.
Getting there
Metro line 3, Coyoacán or Viveros station, then fifteen to twenty minutes on foot. The heart of the district is entirely walkable.
Hours
Tuesday 10am – 6pm, Wednesday 11am – 6pm, Thursday to Sunday 10am – 6pm. Closed Monday.
What the price covers
entry to the Casa Azul, the Frida Kahlo museum. Online ticket only, there is no box office. The Coyoacán district itself is walked freely.
Rules on site
Casa Azul tickets are timed, bought online and go days in advance: without a booking you do not get in. At weekends the district's squares are packed.
Checked on 30 August 2026 at Museo Frida Kahlo — visiting
Other places in Mexico City
- Zócalo and cathedralThe largest square in Latin America, built on the Aztec ceremonial centre.
- Templo MayorThe great temple of Tenochtitlán, found under the colonial city while digging for electricity.
- TeotihuacánThe Pyramid of the Sun and the Avenue of the Dead, a city abandoned a thousand years before the Aztecs.
- Chapultepec ParkThe largest urban park in Latin America, with the anthropology museum inside it.