Roma and Condesa Self-Guided Audio Walk: Witches' House, Avenida Amsterdam's Racetrack Oval and Art Deco Parque México
1 hour and 40 minutes
About this experience
Roma and Condesa were built to look like Europe. A British circus impresario founded Roma in 1902; in the 1920s Condesa's Hipódromo was laid out on a failed racetrack, in an oval that still shapes its streets. Then Spanish Republican exiles arrived, and twice, on 19 September, the ground shook. Start at a Romanesque church cast in concrete and the brick Casa de las Brujas, then walk the Álvaro Obregón promenade past bronze copies of classical statues and Casa Lamm. Pause at the lot where 49 people died in 2017. In Condesa, see the open-hand monument the exiles gave in Parque España, follow the Avenida Amsterdam oval to the Art Deco Foro Lindbergh in Parque México, and end at the cross-shaped Edificio Basurto and the Plaza Popocatépetl fountain. Ten stops, about 3.1 km and 100 minutes, at your own pace in English or Spanish. Outdoor and public throughout; no entry tickets needed.
- Experience type
- Day tour or activity
- Duration
- 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Audio guide
- Spanish, English
- Guide
- Spanish, English
- Categories
- Walking tour · Cultural and theme tours · City tours
What's included
Self-guided audio tour in English and Spanish: 10 stops, 3 km, 100 minutes Stops at Casa de las Brujas, a Romanesque church cast in concrete, Foro Lindbergh and the cross-shaped Basurto tower GPS map and walking directions in your phone browser, no app needed Lifetime access: start any day, at any hour, and replay it
What's not included
A live guide: you set the pace and the pauses A fixed start time: begin whenever you arrive Museum and monument tickets, all optional extras Tip or gratuity Food and drinks Entry or admission fee
Please note
To start the tour, enter the booking number from your confirmation on the Roamer redemption page linked there. Do this before you set off, while you still have signal. The tour then opens in your phone browser, with no app to download. Bring a charged phone and earphones. Mobile data helps; if you have none, open the tour on wifi before you set off. Best time: Any day in daylight, starting mid-morning; all ten stops are outdoors and public. Weekday mornings are calmer; on weekends Parque México, the Foro Lindbergh and Plaza Río de Janeiro fill with dog walkers, classes and markets, and Álvaro Obregón's terraces get busy from lunch on. Allow about an hour and forty minutes, more with a café stop. To reach stop 1, take Metro Line 1 to Insurgentes, at the Glorieta de Insurgentes, and walk about 400 m to Orizaba and Puebla. Metrobús Line 1 along Insurgentes also stops nearby. The walk ends at Plaza Popocatépetl, about 300 m from the Metrobús Line 1 stop Sonora on Insurgentes. Metro Chilpancingo (Line 9) is about 1 km away. Casa Lamm is now a private school of arts and humanities (LAMM educación); its office hours are Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:00. Checked 15 October 2026. Gallery hours are not published, so treat it as a stop to see from outside. The route uses a few steps down into the Foro Lindbergh and a few steps up out of it; a level path runs around them for wheelchairs and strollers. The Álvaro Obregón promenade between stops 3 and 5 is the walk's longest stretch: walk it slowly and look for the bronze copies in the fountains. Cross Insurgentes (between stops 4 and 5) only at the lights: there are three lanes each way with the Metrobús lanes in the middle. After stop 5, the five-way junction of Álvaro Obregón, Oaxaca and Sonora has heavy traffic and bus lanes: wait for the walk signal. After stop 6, Avenida Nuevo León (four fast one-way lanes) is crossed at a zebra with no traffic lights. Wait for a clear gap. After stop 8, Avenida Sonora is crossed at Avenida México with no traffic lights. Cross with care. Álvaro Obregón 286 is a site of mourning. Every 19 September, rescuers and families gather outside the lot; please give them space. The Casa de las Brujas and the Edificio Basurto are private homes: view them from the street and do not photograph residents. The Sagrada Familia is a working parish church: do not visit during mass. Keep phones and wallets secure in weekend crowds in Parque México and on the Álvaro Obregón terraces. Pavements can be uneven and tree roots lift the paving. Mexico City is about 2,240 m above sea level. On your first day, walk slowly and drink water. Public transportation nearby
Itinerary
- 1Day 0
Sagrada Familia: A Romanesque Church Cast in Concrete
139 Calle Puebla, Mexico City
A medieval-looking parish church poured in concrete, not carved in stone. It was begun in 1910 on land given by Roma's developers.
- 2Day 0
Plaza Río de Janeiro: The David and the Witches' House
Calle Plaza Río de Janeiro, Mexico City
A plaza with a bronze David faces the brick Casa de las Brujas. In the 1940s that building filled with Spanish Republican exiles.
- 3Day 0
Casa Lamm: The Developer's House Nobody Moved Into
Calle Orizaba, Mexico City
A 1911 mansion built for a developer who never lived there. It became a school, a family home and a center for art.
- 4Day 0
Álvaro Obregón Promenade: Copies of Europe in Bronze
Avenida Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City
A promenade of bronze copies of classical statues, added in 1976. They arrived more than seventy years after Roma was founded.
- 5Day 0
Álvaro Obregón 286: 19 September, Twice
284 Avenida Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City
The lot where an office building fell on 19 September 2017. Forty-nine people died; every year rescuers and families gather outside.
- 6Day 0
Parque España: An Open Hand for Cárdenas
Calle Parque España, Mexico City
An open-hand monument given by Spanish Republican exiles in 1974. It thanks the president who took them in.
- 7Day 0
Avenida Amsterdam: The Oval Left by a Racetrack
91 Avenida Amsterdam, Mexico City
A tree-lined avenue that curves into an oval. It was laid out in the 1920s on the grounds of a failed racetrack.
- 8Day 0
Parque México: The Foro Lindbergh
Foro Lindbergh, Mexico City
An Art Deco open-air stage from 1927, in the park at the heart of the oval. It is named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh.
- 9Day 0
Edificio Basurto: The Tower Its Residents Saved
188 Avenida México, Mexico City
A fourteen-story 1940s tower on a cross-shaped plan. After 2017 its own residents paid to repair it.
- 10Day 0
Plaza Popocatépetl: The Fountain on the Oval
36 Plaza Popocatépetl, Mexico City
A round plaza with an Art Deco fountain from the 1920s. It sits on the edge of the old racetrack grounds.
Meeting point
Sagrada Familia, Mexico City 139 Calle Puebla, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, MX
Pick up
Pickup is not provided.
Cancellation policy · Roma and Condesa Self-Guided Audio Walk: the Witches' House, Avenida Amsterdam's Racetrack Oval and Art Deco Parque México
Standard Viator policy
- Cancellation 0–24 hours before departure: 100% cancellation fee.
- Cancellation 24–24000 hours before departure: 0% cancellation fee.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.