Avenida Francisco Sosa and Jardin Centenario

Avenida Francisco Sosa is a lovely street to walk along. It is one of the oldest colonial streets in Latin America. It runs under a mile between Avenida Universidad and leads up to the Jardin Centenario in Coyoacan. It is lined with some beautiful houses and quaint shops and cafes.

At the beginning of it stands the 17th century Capilla de San Antonio Panzacola. It has a nice pinkish red facade. There is a stream that runs by it but it is very dirty and stinky. Not very pleasant in any manner.

Close up

I thought this looked nice.

There was a small part of the street where there were dilapidated houses. They may be tearing them down and building other things or just leaving them, who knows? I thought it looked cool though.

This is Casa Alvarado where Nobel prize winner for literature Octavio Paz once resided.

Justin and Olivia

Street sign

Street view

Halfway along the street is the Plaza Santa Catarina. The main building is this church, Iglesia de Santa Catarina, with a nice yellow facade.

Some flowers on the side of the church.

An altar on the side of a house.



Here's the entrance to the Jardin Centenario.

A fountain with two coyotes in the middle of the square. Coyoacan means "Place of the Coyotes"

A woman selling bookmarks. Justin's new obsession.

A girl offered to paint something cool on Olivia for a few pesos. She got to pick out the design herself.

Final result

Next to the garden is the Iglesia de San Juan Bautista.

Balloon seller

Right next door is the Plaza Hidalgo. There is a cool tree sculpture in it.

Most of the tourist spots have these guys called Organilleros playing these big organ boxes. There is usually another man holding a hat out for tips. I took a Polaroid of the organillo and then walked around to a spot to photograph it. I ended up getting a shot with the Iglesia de San Juan Bautista in the background, as well as, balloon vendors.

 The Polaroid ended up getting a bit blown out on top but it is what it is. I may be able to edit it some when I get back home. Overall, this was a nice day trip and very inexpensive. It was close enough to our apartment where we could walk there and back. We had to carry Olivia every once in a while but she was pretty good about walking most of the way.


On the way home, there is a book store and Justin wanted his photo taken by this painting outside of it.

The painting is of Salvador Novo, a famous mexican literary figure in the 20th century.

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