Does anyone know if Mexico City is comfortable for walking?

Question

I would like to go to Mexico City and not deal with car rentals etc. Does anyone know if it is a city that is good for walking around in?
Also, does anyone know if cab fare is equally expensive, or maybe if it is cheaper if thats what it comes to?
Thanx!

Answer 1

i've been to mexico city 16 + times, and the walking there,i wouldn't say is "comfortable", but it's duable.
as long as you stay on the sidewalk, you'll be fine. although the sidewalks aren't at level, they're kinda bumpy with cracks and such, so, you gotta be in pretty good health to walk there.
you'll see tons of people walking in the streets as well. it's a normal thing.
if you must cross the street, use the cross walk and walk very quickly. the drivers have NO consideration what so ever for pedestrians. you always gotta keep your eyes peeled.
and don't even THINK about j-walking. you'll be more than likely to get hit by a car, trust me!
the cab fares are usually alright, they're not too bad, but if they know your a westerner, they'll try and get as much money out of you as they can. they did this to me and my family.
i'm straight up mexican american, but my parents are from Mexico.
so, i was with my mother and we took a taxi from the bus terminal to my grandmother's house. it cost about 7-8 USD. which is the correct price, since my mother grew up in mexico city and knows the normal prices and such for things.

but my father did the MOST idiotic thing ever. it was my father and me in a taxi my father was talking with the taxi driver and then my father tells the taxi driver that we're from the USA visting family here in mexico. and we were coming from the bus terminal to my grandmother's house. like i had done with my mother . but we ended up paying 19 USD for a taxi ride that should've been 7-8 USD and all becuz my father told the driver we were american. and the taxi driver had cleared the taxi-meter before we got to our destination. he cleared it so we wouldn't be able to see how much we REALLY owed him, which should've been 7-8 USD. but we didn't bother to argue with the driver because SOME taxi drivers carry guns, incase some customer don't want to pay the price that they owe them.
so actually, if they KNOW your a westerner by just looking at you, your better off NOT taking a taxi at all.
although we do take a taxi all the time while we're staying in mexico city, but we don't look western which is an advantage.
i hope it all works out for you. take care.

Answer 2

Nearly all the city is flat, walking is easy. Connect between locations with the extensive Metro system (subway), buses or taxis. It's hard to imagine taking so many taxi rides that it would be as expensive as renting a car. However, in Mexico City you need to take caution in taking a taxi, use only "sitio" taxis. BUT most importantly, renting a car to see the city is a HORRIBLE IDEA. Those who are traveling around Mexico by car do not use them to get around large cities, but find a safe place to park them. Parking and congestion are not the only problems in North America's most populous city. In an attempt to cut down on the city's terrible air pollution, car are only allowed to be driven within Mexico City, there is a system to ban cars on different days of the week acording to the last digit of the licnse plate.

Answer 3

the reliable means is whilst you land in Mexico town discover the situation wherein they promote bus tickets. It is en the top of the global meals court docket. The bus corporation is referred to as pullman they usually cross from mexico town airport to cuernavaca in that means you're going to certainly not go away the mexico town airpor and you're going to be reliable. Dont you cross to the ordinary bus stations out of the airport in the event you arrive to past due to mexico town I could suggest to attend at the airport.

Answer 4

the main blvd called the reforma is made for strolling the cabs are not expensive and if you got good legs you can walk