Did you know that one day a week you can take a special tour at the Palacio Bellas Artes? This guided tour takes you to know all the secrets of this mythical and historic place.
In case you didn’t know, there are free guided tours that invite you to get to know Bellas Artes. These guided tours can be taken from Tuesday to Thursday at 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm and you only have to register 15 minutes before!
These tours take you to the Main Hall and here they tell you all the historical details that revolve around the Palace of Fine Arts.
However, very few know that there is a special tour at the Palace of Fine Arts. This can only be taken one day a week and takes you to secret places such as the dressing rooms of the Main Hall.
How to take the special tour of the Palace of Fine Arts?
It is important to know that the special tour at the Palace of Fine Arts is also 100% free and you will only have to arrive a little earlier and register at 12:00 noon, as these special tours have limited space.
Here you will learn the incredible story of the great crystal curtain that decorates the stage of the Main Hall, which contains about one million pieces of opalescent glass of 2 cm each.
The Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl are framed here and it was commissioned by the Louis C. Tiffany House in New York, where it was made. Tiffany House in New York, where it was exhibited before being shipped by boat to Mexico City.
If you look up, you can also admire the majestic stained glass window created by Géza Maróti, where you can see Apollo surrounded by the nine muses on Olympus.
In addition to all these details, you will visit the dressing rooms, the make-up and wardrobe area, as well as the official boxes and terraces. You will learn all the secrets that the corridors of Mexico’s most important artistic and cultural precinct hold.