Paseo de la Reforma Self-Guided Audio Walk: The Ángel, the Diana Cazadora and the Monumento a la Revolución
1 hour and 50 minutes
About this experience
Paseo de la Reforma began as a carriage road laid out for Emperor Maximilian. Ever since, Mexico has used it to decide who deserves a statue, and lately people have changed it from below. Start at Chapultepec's lion gate and the Estela de Luz, pass a 1929 house moved for a skyscraper, and hear the story of the Diana Cazadora. Walk among the heroines added since 2020, on to the Ángel de la Independencia, whose base has gained fourteen steps as the city sank. Follow the statue row to Cuauhtémoc's 1887 monument, the Senate and the roundabout where Columbus once stood, then end at the Monumento a la Revolución and the Frontón México. Twelve stops, about 3.1 km and 110 minutes, at your own pace in English or Spanish. Everything is seen from public sidewalks; the Monumento's lookout is ticketed and not included.
- Experience type
- Day tour or activity
- Duration
- 1 hour and 50 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: 12 stops, 3.1 km, 110 minutes Stops at Ángel de la Independencia, Diana Cazadora, Cuauhtémoc's monument 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 ticket code 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: A weekday morning, or a Sunday morning, when on most Sundays the avenue's central lanes close to cars for cyclists (reported 8:00 to 14:00, checked 15 October 2026 with press reports, not with the city's transport office). Avoid march and celebration days, when the Ángel, the roundabouts and the Plaza de la República may be fenced. Walk in daylight: the last three stops are quieter after dark. Start at Metro Chapultepec (Line 1); Metrobús Line 7 runs along Reforma, with stations named La Diana, El Ángel, La Palma and Glorieta de Colón; the last two still carry the names of the palm and the Columbus statue that have gone. Checked 15 October 2026. End near Metro Revolución (Line 2), a few blocks north of the Plaza de la República. Metro hours were reported as weekdays 5:00 to 24:00, Saturday 6:00 to 24:00 and Sunday 7:00 to 24:00 (2025 Metro page, checked 15 October 2026). Chapultepec Park's First Section is free and closed on Mondays (city visitor page, checked 15 October 2026). The Puerta de los Leones was closed for restoration from September 2023; if it is shut, use another entrance. The mirador of the Monumento a la Revolución is ticketed and opens from midday (third-party listing, checked 15 October 2026); the monument has no official website, so check its Instagram before going. The top of the Ángel is only occasionally opened, by appointment through the Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc (last detail found from 2023); do not plan on climbing it. Bring water and sun protection: the promenade is shaded, but the roundabouts are open. Paseo de la Reforma is the city's main protest and celebration route. On march days, football celebrations and big events, the Ángel, the Senate, the roundabouts and the Plaza de la República can be fenced or crowded; follow the open sidewalks and skip a stop if you need to. Where fences stand around the ahuehuete and the Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan, they are memorials of families of the disappeared and of murdered women. Please do not lean on them or take things from them. Cross only at signals or marked crossings; at Avenida Insurgentes, Río Tíber and Río Rhin the crosswalks are mapped without their own signal, so wait for a clear gap. The roundabouts carry fast traffic in several lanes, and the islands of the Diana and the Ángel are not reached on this walk. Keep phones and bags secure in crowds around the Ángel and the Plaza de la República. The Colonia Tabacalera around the last three stops is quiet after dark: walk in daylight. Mexico City is more than 2,200 m above sea level: on your first day, walk slowly and drink water. Public transportation nearby
Itinerary
- 1Day 0
Puerta de los Leones: Lions Made for a Parliament
Mexico City, Mexico City
Chapultepec's gate is guarded by bronze lions made for another building. Across the plaza rises the quartz-clad Estela de Luz, the bicentennial's late and costly tower.
- 2Day 0
Casa O'Hea and the Towers: The House That Moved
483 Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
A small neo-Gothic house was moved and brought back for a tower. Beside it rise glass towers, one fitted with ninety-eight earthquake dampers.
- 3Day 0
Diana Cazadora: Dressed, Undressed and Brought Back
423 Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
A bronze archer was covered up, uncovered, recast and sent away. In 1992 she came back to Reforma, and her model told her secret.
- 4Day 0
The Heroines: Women Join the Avenue's Bronze
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
Fourteen bronze women joined the avenue between 2020 and 2023. They stand on carved stone bases like the men's.
- 5Day 0
Ángel de la Independencia: Fourteen Extra Steps
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
The 1910 centenary column has gained fourteen steps at its base. The ground sank around it, and the Victory on top fell in the 1957 earthquake.
- 6Day 0
Glorieta del Ahuehuete: A Palm, Two Trees and a Fence of Faces
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
A young ahuehuete replaced a dying palm in the roundabout, where families of the disappeared have kept a memorial. Beside it stand the Pasta de Conchos marker and the stock exchange.
- 7Day 0
The Paseo of Heroes: Two Statues from Every State
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
A writer's 1887 idea filled the avenue with life-size statues. Each state was asked to send two of its heroes.
- 8Day 0
Monumento a Cuauhtémoc: The Last Aztec Ruler in Bronze
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
The last ruler of Tenochtitlan stands on a base borrowed from Mitla, Tula and Uxmal. It opened in 1887 with a speech in Nahuatl.
- 9Day 0
Senado de la República: A Parliament That Opened
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
The Senate has met in this building on Reforma since 2011. It ended up costing more than double its contract.
- 10Day 0
Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan: The Empty Plinth
Calle Ignacio Ramírez, Mexico City
Columbus stood here from 1877 until the city removed him in 2020. Mothers of disappeared and murdered women then took the plinth.
- 11Day 0
Monumento a la Revolución: A Dome for a Parliament That Never Sat
7 Calle Ignacio Ramírez, Mexico City
Porfirio Díaz began a parliament here in 1910. The Revolution stopped it, and its steel dome became the Revolution's own monument and tomb.
- 12Day 0
Frontón México: The Same Pair, the Same Year
Plaza de la República, Mexico City
This 1929 hall was built for jai alai, the Basque ball game. Its designers also built Casa O'Hea, back at the start of the walk.
Meeting point
Puerta de los Leones, Mexico City Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, MX
Pick up
Pickup is not provided.
Cancellation policy · Paseo de la Reforma Self-Guided Audio Walk: The Ángel, the Diana Cazadora and the Monumento a la Revolución
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.