Palacio Postal

The Palacio Postal is one of the most stunning spots in Mexico City — full of golden details, marble stairs, and old-world charm. You can buy tickets on site and even send postcards directly from inside the building. There’s also a small museum area with vintage mailboxes and typewriters. Definitely worth a visit, especially if you like postcards and stamps.

It's a beautiful place. It makes you feel good about the beauty of the stairs as soon as you enter. I can't read the letters because I can’t read Spanish, so I can look around in an hour.

## Review of the Postal Museum in CDMX I visited the **Postal Museum** in mid-January and was quite disappointed for several reasons. Firstly, I must emphasize that the building itself is beautiful, showcasing the significance of the postal service in Mexico's history. However, the contrast with today’s offerings is extremely disheartening. Despite its size, there is very little to see inside the museum. The exhibits appear as a mishmash of items with a significant amount of wasted space. During my visit, a market was taking place, featuring vendors selling honey and cocoa. This seemed unrelated to the mission of the postal system and added to the confusion. The bustling crowd made it challenging to appreciate the exhibits, as the noise level prevented a clear understanding of what was meant to be conveyed. I had come specifically to mail postcards, after hearing this was a great place to do so. I purchased four lovely postcards earlier in my trip and planned to send them from the museum. In the gift shop, I asked for four international stamps, filled out the cards, and posted them in the box right there. Despite the presence of staff supposedly assisting visitors, there seemed to be significant difficulty in processing non-Mexican addresses. As of **February 19**, I must stress that **none** of the postcards have arrived. This has left me extremely disappointed. I would recommend that visitors avoid this museum if they expect their postcards to reach their destinations. Moreover, I suggest skipping the area entirely, including the National Art Museum across the street. The traffic is overwhelming, crossing the road is very difficult, and the sheer number of people makes it an exhausting experience with little to see. In comparison to other parts of **Mexico City**, such as **Zócalo**, your time would be much better spent elsewhere.

Absolutely stunning building! Make it a must visit while in Mexico City, there is so much history from the beginning of the postal services in Mexico but the architectural design is beyond gorgeous. They charge $100 pesos the entry, for national citizens is free if showing a Mexican ID. No liquids will be allowed into the building.

Loved the post office museum. The building is absolutely stunning and the exhibits were very interesting. Admission was quite cheap and they offered free backpack storage. They even provided souvenir post cards and stamps. Well worth the visit and the time!

One of the world’s most ornate and unusual post offices—more like an opera house than a civic building. A must-see in Mexico City.

We wanted to purchase postcard stamps. The museum directed us to the postoffice, so we waited in line over 20 minutes only to discover that they would not sell us postcard stamps. Maybe the line was only for packages. Then we went back to the museum staff line to determine how to purchase international postcard stamps. The staff were not helpful and stated if we purchased an expensive ticket for the museum then at the end we could purchase postcard stamps at the store! Don’t they want visitors to write friends/family back home and tell the US how wonderful CDMX is? Guess not. We were unable to get assistance or able to purchase postcard stamps.

A must n México city gorgeous gothic reminded me of Venice Italy . Don’t forget to mail a few postcards . Stunning

Not a lot of people talk about the post office "museum" as a place to visit when in CDMX but let me put it on your itinerary because this place is great! The entrance is 50 pesos a person which includes an envelope and a stamp to send it to wherever you want, including the United States. Mind you the stamp was already 30 pesos so I think it's quite great. Here are my favorite parts of the museum: - It's air conditioned so it helps you beat the heat in the outside. - The place is absolutely stunning with the gold painted staircase and the beautiful windows overhead. - The bathrooms are actually fantastic and are worth the 50 pesos alone as there's lots of privacy and it beats every other public bathroom that you would have to use. - It's nice that you can write a letter there and mail it to someone right there. The paper to write the letter on is 2 pesos and you have to go into the office to ask someone for it. Definitely would visit when in Centro as it takes really only 30 minutes to an hour. It's a nice break from the environments.

A working post office that is also stunningly beautiful! Our 6-year-old liked sending a postcard that she bought right outside and then heading back in to purchase a stamp. Definitely worth a peek inside if you're traveling with kids.

While exploring the area for a day, we had to stop in at the Palacio de Correos de Mexico, which has remained in continuous operation as a post office since 1907. It was badly damaged in the 1985 earthquake but has been restored and is absolutely stunning. As it's still a post office, it's open to the public. But most people inside were visitors like us who were taking in the architecture and and taking photographs! It's definitely worth a visit if you're in the area!

By far one of the most spectacular post offices I've seen. It certainly does feel like you are in a palace. There are also some cool historical artifacts from old mail boxes to methods of transportation.

I have never seen a post office like this before. Beautiful design with marble from Mexico and Iron works from Paris. That is why it has a French feel inside. because of the architecture. We walked around just admiring the design. On one side they have post office antiques. A bike and other things used to deliver the mail. One wall had a huge art piece made with stamps.

Make sure you step inside this impressive building when in the Centro Historico. The post office is still being used and the lobby is very ornate and worth a look!

An absolutely incredible looking place , absolutely beautiful, they don't make places like this anymore. The place is aesthetically stunning, lots to see, full of history and an absolute joy to take pictures in. This place has been here since 1907 when it was built in the era of Porfirio Díaz and one of the things I was pleasantly surprised to see that it's still a very active and working post office with lots of customers on the other side mailing packages and letters off . A place definitely worth visiting here in old historic Mexico City downtown center .

This spot is absolutely exquisite. Why can't my post offices in NYC look like this? They're all gray and gross and sad. This one is absolutely spectacular and ornate with gold everywhere. Not only that, but they're actually quite open to you taking photos there, unlike a lot of spots in CDMX that either say no photos at all, charge for photos, say no photos of you, or say iPhone only (and I'm a sony a7iii die hard who will not shoot on a phone). It's a must see in the Centro.

Amazingly beautiful post office that's still functioning! Impeccably maintained. Visit & spend a few minutes if you're near the Centro.

This is a very old still working post office with a lot of history. Beautiful inside and out, you can send mail/package/postcards and What have you. If you're out in the Palacio de Bella Artes /Park, take a few moments to go in and check it out. I wasn't able to go to the second floor during my visit. Did you know Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote a hundres years of solitude and mailed it to his publisher at this post office? He had loaned/pawned his entire belongings and when he weighed the manuscript he only had money to pay to ship the first half.

Designed by Adamo Boari, responsible for the over-the-top white marble confection that is the Palacio de Bellas Artes across the street, this post office is humble by comparison. Of course, that means little because Boari obviously didn't understand the concept of restraint. Stand inside the lobby then walk up the staircase to marvel at an interior that escapes description. Truly amazing.

The most beautiful post office I've ever been to! Even if you aren't going to mail anything, it's worth a stop! It reminded me of gringotts from Harry Potter LOL. They also had a kiosk where you could buy postcards & things to mail right then.

Truly amazing building in historical center of CDMX. Walk in the grand entrance, where you can buy postcards and stamps, then walk up the stair cases in the middle of the huge space where you can enjoy the best view of this marvelous space and luxurious interior. One of a kind. Truly spectacular.

What a beautiful building. You can walk right view the lobby. Easy walk from the Zócalo.

While it's a quick stop, the post office is a really great place worth checking out. It seems like it would be a regular post office but it looks like something from out of a movie since it's so extravagant. Go see all the intricate details and don't forget to go behind the counters to check out the stairwell as well. It's pretty impressive!

This place was a post office?! For who, the Tsar?! This oppulent structure has more in common with the grand palaces of Europe than with the crappy Post Offices of the new world. The architecture is absolutely stunning! Whoever designed this place was a real artist! The post office by my house is a crumbling dump, staffed by former "C" students who's crippling bitterness is painfully evident every time you attempt to buy a g**d**n stamp!

Really cool place to visit and take pictures. Also, to send some postcards back home. Not much else to do. But it's in between many places to visit.

17 August 2014. All these buildings are gorgeous. Glad my cousin brought us here. I didn't know about it before.

Easily the most beautiful post office I have been to. A palace that functions as a post office. You will see people preparing packages to send in the magnificent halls of the building. I visited on the World Postal Day (9th of October) and they had an exhibition on the history of the Postal system in Mexico.

This reminded me a lot of the Bradbury building in Los Angeles. Gorgeous architecture. Definitely worth a stop if you are in the area

Beautiful building inside! Not much to do besides appreciate the interior architecture and send out a postcard but definitely worth stopping in!

We were headed to the Secretariat Building to see the murals and stumbled in here as a shortcut to escape the heat. Glad we did. A functional post office but a beautiful building. The staircase was gorgeous. Quick visit but worth a stop on the way.

Gets my stamp of approval! This is the nicest post office I have ever been in- by far. Its design is beautiful beyond words- extravagance you've never seen lavished upon a place that sells stamps. The intricately decorated staircase goes beyond any expectation that I've ever had in a postal facility. This is the gold standard of post offices. Even the stamp adhesive tastes better at this place. Take a walk up the stairs, and take in the impressive grandeur of this place, it's worth the hike up the flight of stairs. I got stamps here to send postcards back to the USA- not bad to mail it across the border. The postal clerk didn't know any English, but was happy to comply with my request for weirdly denominated stamps for a variety of postage. It's also a photo gallery - they had a display of photographs of road projects in each of the Mexican states. Informative! While walking down Tacuba St, this is worth a stop in. It's free!