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Xochimilco´s Floating Gardens

Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico

Featured Review : The name is misleading but it has stuck in everybody´s mind, the gardens are not floating at all.Chinampas. This is the proper name of the parcels where people grow from vegetables to flowers all year round (the area is ...See Full Review

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Xochimilco´s Floating Gardens Reviews

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Floating Gardens of Xochimilco

Quote: We took advantage of renting a boat and punted through the canals. I remembered footage that I possess of my great grandfather who did the exactly same thing eighty yars ago, in the 1930s! The irony was that I used some of my... Read the full Xochimilco´s Floating Gardens review

From journal La Familia Hayburg in D.F.

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Xochimilco´s Floating Gardens.

  • 4 out of 5 stars by JesusW from Mexico city, Mexico
  • May 17, 2006
Xochimilco´s Floating Gardens.
Quote: The name is misleading but it has stuck in everybody´s mind, the gardens are not floating at all.Chinampas. This is the proper name of the parcels where people grow from vegetables to flowers all year round (the area is extremely productive, with as... Read the full Xochimilco´s Floating Gardens review

From journal Mexico City, This Small Little Town

Night at the Floating gardens of Xochilmilco

  • 4 out of 5 stars by estel from cork, Arkansas, Ireland
  • August 16, 2004
Quote: On Friday evening, we headed to Xochimilco, a small town (pop. still about 300.000 though) about an hour from Mexico. Xochimilco, especially its floating gardens are known by people from the city as a lovely place for an escapade. It means “ the... Read the full Xochimilco´s Floating Gardens review

From journal Xochimilco

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Floating gardens of Xochimilco

  • 2 out of 5 stars by Phil from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • October 31, 2000
Floating gardens of Xochimilco
Quote: The 'Floating Gardens' have long been one of Mexico City's most noted attractions. The gardens have fallen in and out of favor over the years, with the canals suffering from a lack of attention during the out-of-favor periods. The gardens, at one... Read the full Xochimilco´s Floating Gardens review

From journal Mexico City, capital of Mexico in so many ways