Aqueduct Arcos De Xochimilco — Attraction in Oaxaca

Worth a look. An impressive structure for what appears to be a small and long-disused elevated channel. Presumably it fed or was intended to feed a fountain of some sort downhill, but the end is now just abutted with concrete. There are remnants of it continuing across the road, what now looks like an elevated footpath, but I didn't folloele it. Cool neighborhood, but tourism value marred by gated communities on both sides of the "river" (stream) limiting access. I am guessing the river was once much larger, but water is being diverted upstream for other uses. Probably still impressive in a good thunderstorm, but even then it appears the river doesn't fill the channel constructed for it. Also repeated graffiti vandalism marring pretty much everything, which is periodically removed, but has left some permanent scars. Hey jerks! News flash: You are not Banksy. Graffiti isn't art. It's vandalism. Get a life and stop destroying our public...

Barrio de Xochimilco, the city's oldest neighborhood has ceramic shops, traditional textile shops, coffee, juice bars, mezcal tasting shop and street art. Aqueduct Arcos de Xochimilco was built between 1727 and 1751, designed to bring fresh drinking water from the hillsides of Cerro de San Felipe into...

En términos generales está bien,un poquito de limpieza estaría mejor. Pero bueno para tomarse la foto. Tiempo aproximado de estar...10 min. Por otro lado queda cerca de ahí el acueducto tan hermoso que está en muy buen estado de conservación (camino al Santo Domingo de Guzmán, pero ojo!. En el barrio de Xochimilco la gente toma muy enserio su privacidad y la de sus callejuelas y la Plaza de la Cruz de Piedra, así que por todos lados verás letreros que dicen:"No hacer sesiones fotográficas o filmaciones". Sobre los arcos no hay mucho problema pero en el lugar mencionado se breve o los vecinos te pueden decir algo!. Incómodo e injusto pero son...