Coyoacán is one of the oldest quarters of Mexico City. Constructed during the colonial period the area is filed with small plazas and narrrow, pictoresque streets.
Two main plazas; Jardin del Centenario and Plaza Hidalgo fill themselves with vendors each weekend who sell precious Mexican craft.
In Coyoacán you can find the museum of Leon Trotsky, on Río Churubusco 410, and the Frida Kahlo museum (known as the Blue House), at Londres 247.
Opening hours:
Museum of Leon Trotsky:
Monday: closed
Tuesday – Sunday: 10:00 – 17:00
Museum of Frida Kahlo:
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 10:00 – 17:45
Wednesday: 11:00 – 17:45
Thursday- Sunday: 10:00 – 17:45
How to get there from Casa de Chiles?
Take the metro from Chapultepec direction Pantilán and change at Balderas for the line no 3 direction Universidad. Get out at the Coyoacán station.