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Show The Salt Lake Tribune H4 TRAVEL Mexico City: Sunday, April 7, 2002 correspondingly cheaper. The main canal embarcad eros (wharves) are Nativitas and Belem. The Nativitas site is also home to a bustling History, Bazar Sabado:If you are in Mexico City on a Saturday, don't miss the Saturday bazaar at San Angel. Artists and artisans set up their wares on the Plaza San Jacinto andin porta: ble booths nearby. Artisans be- Culture, Fun weekend market. Whenyou are done on the water, walk three blocks to the gin shutting down around 4 @ Continued from H-1 Madre Selva (Mother Jungle) flower market, a teeming col. lection of every conceivable typeof flower and plant found in central Mexico. The huge p.m. market, open daily from 8 a.m. he'll get you there. If you don't plan to linger, paya little extra Zocalo Square The hesst of MexicoCity: Comir to 6:30 p.m., has the best selec- tion of greenery and flowers that grow year-round in Mex- ico City. The Xochimilco canals are open daily from 9 a.m. to5p.m., but nighttime rides are available at prices negotiated with the navigators. The contact telephones are, dialing locally, 's of both remain. y every parade, t. celebration or S or ends y involve Mexicans ide the capital, since 5676-8879 or 5676-0810. Othersites that you should put on your Mexico Citylist: Chapultepec Castle: Located in Chapultepec Park, the castle was completed in 1785 like no other place. tire nation tern side of the square lies the b nal Pa the seat of federal powe and was the home of Spanish viceroys, French emperor e. though Mexican presid generally work at the offi resides Pinos, Chapulte: Inside palact ning D Rivera murals, including complex, layered visual history of the Mexican people. Throughout the entire building mous works of art Onthe north side ofthe pl is the Metropolitan Cath which was begun in the 1570s but not finisheduntil nearly 300 years later. The church has many chapels, and guides usu: illy are available to give you a detailed history in English for about a upfront Between the National Palace and the cathedral is the Templo Mayor. It had been buried beneath the Zocalo until 1978 when construction workers discoveredit. This was the polit the ss and spiritual center of Aztec empire ThomasR. McDonough Knigt Sea serpents line the stairway to the Temple of Quetzalooat at the site of pyramids of Teotihuacan. Located north of Mexico City, this temple predates the Aztecs. archaeological site? At the apex Weddings of their civilization, the Aztecs rved an intricate network of als that connected various varts of their city then panies have stage mas: known as Tenochtitlan and its seven majorlakes. Today all of that is filled in and covered with Mexico City's seemingly endless sprawl. but a few ca nals remain, and Xochimilco ‘City of Flowers” in the an cient Nahuatl language of the Aztecs What to See: How is this for fun time? Perch atop arickety wooden boat with teen-ager asaste! ing on centuries: place on the picturesque anals, and com: been known to floating picnics for their employees. It's also a cheapride, about $14 an hour for a boat that can sily seat you and a dozen of your closest friends around a longtable and still leave room for dancing and stacking ice chests. Smaller boats are Museum of Anthropology: Oneofthebestofits kind in the world, this museum chronicles the lives of indigenous people from before the Spanish con- quest through modern times. Great exhibits focus on several Indian srways considered a living regions. day. Admission is $4. Contact: Maximilian and his + sarlota, and various Me ican 5553-6332 (dialed locally). presidents. Populist president Mexico’s Lazaro Cardenas converted the castle into the National Mu- 1600 and was used by many of 11 NT Alaska Cruisetour...-7 Casa de la Boia: See how aristocracy This structure dates back to several other § See next page — NAUVOO TEMPLE OPEN HOUSE3 days to 10 daysin length. May thihra June LDS CHURCH HISTORY Expert Church Historian Hill Cumorah Pageant 8, 11, 13 or 17 days late June thru July Fall Foliage Sept 30-Oct 11 TEMPLE TOURS WEST:Jul 22-31 Boise, Colaba River, Porn, Reno a Oakland. Plus Oregan Coast Oakland Pageant & Rogue River NORTH: Ant 15-25 Logan, Idaho Falls, S; , Edmonton, Cardston, Billings. "Plus Banff, Lake Louise, ae Litile Big Hom, Martin Cove and Willey Rescue sites on retsis Trail REGIONA' eS) UTAH’s Hwy 89 & Boulder Loup, 3history packed days, Mexico's wealthiest and most This museum offers thehistory of Mexico in a setting with great architecture and murals Becauseit’s on a hili, there are spectacular views ofthe city from the terrace. 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