Hot Air Balloon Ride Over Teotihuacan from Mexico City

This is the Teotihuacan flight built around Mexico City. You are collected from a location of your choosing in the capital and driven out by minibus, which takes care of the genuinely awkward part of ballooning here: reaching a launch field 50 km away before sunrise. There is coffee at the field while the envelope fills. Then you climb into the basket. The flight runs 30 to 60 minutes depending on the weather, over the Teotihuacan Valley. The Avenue of the Dead is the line everything else hangs off, and the Pyramid of the Moon, the Pyramid of the Sun and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl all pass underneath. At 4.6 from 1,237 reviews this is by far the more reviewed of the two Teotihuacan balloon rides listed here, which is a measure of how many people it puts through the sky rather than an argument for booking it. On landing there is a sparkling wine toast and a buffet breakfast at La Higuera, and a certificate if it was your first flight. The day then keeps going. Two hours on foot in the ruins, with an expert in Mexica culture along if you take the guided version. Then a craft workshop on obsidian and agave that covers the fermentation of aguamiel and the working of silver, and a tasting of pulque, tequila, nopal liqueur and mezcal. The minibus runs back to Mexico City. Budget 8 hours from pickup to drop-off. The price is 122.55 EUR.