An Epic Street Art and Graffiti Tour in Mexico City - Intellitravel
Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

An Epic Street Art and Graffiti Tour in Mexico City

Street art and graffiti tour in Mexico City
The child to the right is an example of hyperrealism and was painted by a different artist than the other figures

Wandering the streets of Buenos Aires’ trendy Palermo Soho district on a graffiti and street art tour was one of the highlights of my six-week stay.

I also grew to appreciate graffiti and street art during my three years in Medellin, Colombia.

So, it was a pleasant surprise to meet Laura Ainscough, Director of Stylewalk MX at an entrepreneur conference I attended in Mexico City last month.

Laura founded Stylewalk MX, the first company to offer a guided street art and graffiti tour in Mexico City.

As I was staying the week beyond the conference, I took her up on an offer to experience her most popular tour first hand.

Rhino mural - Mexico City
This rhino mural was one of my favorites of the day

Joining me was a friend from the conference who had grown up painting graffiti in the city where it was born, New York City.

We met our local guide, Jokan Deka, on a weekday afternoon for the 2.5-hour…

Categories:   Uncategorized

Tags:  , ,

Comments