Places to Visit in Mexico City

Maria & Jennifer
Maria & Jennifer
Places to Visit in Mexico City

Neighborhoods

Cuauhtemoc Area (our neighborhood) • Cafes (walking distance): • Chiquito: Our favorite café in the neighborhood, great pastries and sandwiches. Address: Río Lerma 179 • Praga 29: Great coffee and food with a gorgeous Art Nouveau architecture. Address: Praga 29 (Colonia Juarez) • Tierra Garat: Delicious coffee and pastries, cool minimalist décor. Address: Paseo de la Reforma 231 • Local Restaurants: (there are too many to list, these are just a few of ourfavorites) • Las Polas: Great food from Yucatan, outdoor terrace. Address: Rio Lerma 170 • Attenti: Tasty Italian food, good pizzas and pastas.Address: Río Lerma 175, • Rokai and Rokai Ramen: Almost in front of the apartment, the BEST and most authentic sushi and ramen in Mexico. Address: Río Ebro 87 • El Califa: Great place for tacos.Address: Paseo de la Reforma 382 • Superama: Local supermarket, you can walk there and then take a t taxi orUber back. It ́s a nice way to get to know the neighborhood. There ́s also a great Mercado on the way to Superama. Address: Río Sena
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Cuauhtémoc
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Cuauhtemoc Area (our neighborhood) • Cafes (walking distance): • Chiquito: Our favorite café in the neighborhood, great pastries and sandwiches. Address: Río Lerma 179 • Praga 29: Great coffee and food with a gorgeous Art Nouveau architecture. Address: Praga 29 (Colonia Juarez) • Tierra Garat: Delicious coffee and pastries, cool minimalist décor. Address: Paseo de la Reforma 231 • Local Restaurants: (there are too many to list, these are just a few of ourfavorites) • Las Polas: Great food from Yucatan, outdoor terrace. Address: Rio Lerma 170 • Attenti: Tasty Italian food, good pizzas and pastas.Address: Río Lerma 175, • Rokai and Rokai Ramen: Almost in front of the apartment, the BEST and most authentic sushi and ramen in Mexico. Address: Río Ebro 87 • El Califa: Great place for tacos.Address: Paseo de la Reforma 382 • Superama: Local supermarket, you can walk there and then take a t taxi orUber back. It ́s a nice way to get to know the neighborhood. There ́s also a great Mercado on the way to Superama. Address: Río Sena
Chapultepec Area: • Angel de Independencia: On your way to Chapultepec Park notice the“Angel of Independence” most commonly known by the shortened name ElÁngel is a victory column. El Ángel was built to commemorate thecentennial of the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence, celebrated in1910. Address: located on a roundabout over Paseo de la Reforma, theChamps-Élysées of Mexico. • Museo Rufino Tamayo: Best Museum to see contemporary artist ofMexico and the world. Beautiful building and wonderful museum café.Check for live jazz and music concerts.Address: Inside Chapultepec Park • Museo de Arte Moderno: The Museum of Modern Art is known for havingthe best permanent exhibition of painters and sculptors from the modernMexican art movement. It also features some of the most importanttemporary exhibitions of national and international modern art in the world. Representing the Mexican muralist movement are significant works by thethree greats: Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David AlfaroSiqueiros. The main building is a round, two-story structure with a centralstaircase. Two of the museum's four spaces showcase the permanentcollection, which also contains works by Mexico's other modern masters –Tamayo. You MUST see the the museum's surrounding gardens exhibitlarge-scale sculptures. • Barragan house/studio tour: Get to see the house and studio of Mexico ́s most iconic architect, tour given in English (first make an online reservation). Address: General Francisco Ramírez 12-14,
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Avenida Paseo de la Reforma
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma
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Chapultepec Area: • Angel de Independencia: On your way to Chapultepec Park notice the“Angel of Independence” most commonly known by the shortened name ElÁngel is a victory column. El Ángel was built to commemorate thecentennial of the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence, celebrated in1910. Address: located on a roundabout over Paseo de la Reforma, theChamps-Élysées of Mexico. • Museo Rufino Tamayo: Best Museum to see contemporary artist ofMexico and the world. Beautiful building and wonderful museum café.Check for live jazz and music concerts.Address: Inside Chapultepec Park • Museo de Arte Moderno: The Museum of Modern Art is known for havingthe best permanent exhibition of painters and sculptors from the modernMexican art movement. It also features some of the most importanttemporary exhibitions of national and international modern art in the world. Representing the Mexican muralist movement are significant works by thethree greats: Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David AlfaroSiqueiros. The main building is a round, two-story structure with a centralstaircase. Two of the museum's four spaces showcase the permanentcollection, which also contains works by Mexico's other modern masters –Tamayo. You MUST see the the museum's surrounding gardens exhibitlarge-scale sculptures. • Barragan house/studio tour: Get to see the house and studio of Mexico ́s most iconic architect, tour given in English (first make an online reservation). Address: General Francisco Ramírez 12-14,
Colonia Roma: Now the hippest hood in D.F. with countless restaurants, cafes and shops. •Aurora Patio: Charming outdoor café with the most amazing pizzas, drinks & desserts on Alvaro Obregon Blvd. which is a street filled with great restaurants. • Alekzander Restaurant: A beautifully old mansion withcontemporary décor offering food from around the world. Almost next door to Aurora Patio on Alvaro Obregon. • Toscano Cafes:, two of them, one in Orizaba 42 and the other in Orizaba 145 (our fav is the one off Plaza Rio De Janeiro, great for coffee, pizza or anything) • Blanco Colima: Gorgeous old mansion refurbished into variousrestaurants, and a very stylish lounge. Located in the corner ofColima & Orizaba.
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Roma
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Colonia Roma: Now the hippest hood in D.F. with countless restaurants, cafes and shops. •Aurora Patio: Charming outdoor café with the most amazing pizzas, drinks & desserts on Alvaro Obregon Blvd. which is a street filled with great restaurants. • Alekzander Restaurant: A beautifully old mansion withcontemporary décor offering food from around the world. Almost next door to Aurora Patio on Alvaro Obregon. • Toscano Cafes:, two of them, one in Orizaba 42 and the other in Orizaba 145 (our fav is the one off Plaza Rio De Janeiro, great for coffee, pizza or anything) • Blanco Colima: Gorgeous old mansion refurbished into variousrestaurants, and a very stylish lounge. Located in the corner ofColima & Orizaba.
Colonia Condesa: Once the hippest and most artsy “colonia.” Filled with restaurants, coffee shops, bars, parks and beautiful architecture. • Condesa DF: The coolest hotel/restaurant/bar and the best place to have a drink and meet the locals, also has a gorgeous rooftop bar. • Ojo de Agua: A great place for breakfast with Condesa locals. Address: Calle Citlaltépetl 23C • The Green Corner in Condesa :The healthiest, most delicious and mostaffordable lunch in CDMX. It ́s one of the first to sell wellness and organicproducts and food. The Menu del Dia includes a drink, soup, entree anddessert for only $120 pesos. It ́s well worth the walk to Condesa and you can shop for great food before you have lunch. Address: Mazatlan 81 • Café Pendulo: Best bookstore/café/restaurant in Mexico. A taste of intellectual bohemian culture (several around the city).
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La Condesa
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Colonia Condesa: Once the hippest and most artsy “colonia.” Filled with restaurants, coffee shops, bars, parks and beautiful architecture. • Condesa DF: The coolest hotel/restaurant/bar and the best place to have a drink and meet the locals, also has a gorgeous rooftop bar. • Ojo de Agua: A great place for breakfast with Condesa locals. Address: Calle Citlaltépetl 23C • The Green Corner in Condesa :The healthiest, most delicious and mostaffordable lunch in CDMX. It ́s one of the first to sell wellness and organicproducts and food. The Menu del Dia includes a drink, soup, entree anddessert for only $120 pesos. It ́s well worth the walk to Condesa and you can shop for great food before you have lunch. Address: Mazatlan 81 • Café Pendulo: Best bookstore/café/restaurant in Mexico. A taste of intellectual bohemian culture (several around the city).
Colonia Polanco: One of the most affluent neighborhoods in Mexico City. Filledwith high-rises, boutiques and great restaurants. • Jumex Museum: Newest Museum in Mexico by English architectChipperfield. Mexico City finally welcomes star-architects. A beautifulminimalist structure. • Museo Soumaya: Carlos Slims museum for his art collection • Habitat: Like Condesa DF, this is the hippest hotel/bar in the colonia. Agreat place for a drink in their roof-top bar and appreciate a beautifulsunset. • Camino Real Hotel: A must for drinks, famous Legorreta architecture, pupil of Barragan, with Tamayo murals, enjoy the tamarindo margarita. Address: Calz. Gral. Mariano Escobedo 700 • Museo de Antropologia: This fantastic museum holds the largest collection of Pre-Hispanic artifacts in the world. You can spends days here. The historic and artistic displays are unmatched in the world. Located off Reforma Ave. walking distance from El Angel.
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Polanco
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Colonia Polanco: One of the most affluent neighborhoods in Mexico City. Filledwith high-rises, boutiques and great restaurants. • Jumex Museum: Newest Museum in Mexico by English architectChipperfield. Mexico City finally welcomes star-architects. A beautifulminimalist structure. • Museo Soumaya: Carlos Slims museum for his art collection • Habitat: Like Condesa DF, this is the hippest hotel/bar in the colonia. Agreat place for a drink in their roof-top bar and appreciate a beautifulsunset. • Camino Real Hotel: A must for drinks, famous Legorreta architecture, pupil of Barragan, with Tamayo murals, enjoy the tamarindo margarita. Address: Calz. Gral. Mariano Escobedo 700 • Museo de Antropologia: This fantastic museum holds the largest collection of Pre-Hispanic artifacts in the world. You can spends days here. The historic and artistic displays are unmatched in the world. Located off Reforma Ave. walking distance from El Angel.

Sightseeing

Historic Downtown “El Centro Historico” • Angel de Independencia: On your way to el Centro Historico notice the“Angel of Independence” most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel is a victory column. El Ángel was built to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence, celebrated in1910. Address: located on a roundabout over Paseo de la Reforma, theChamps-Élysées of Mexico. • Palacio Bellas Artes: Opulent and dramatic masterpiece. The exterior isearly-20th-century Art Nouveau, built during the Porfiriato and covered inItalian Carrara marble. Inside, it's completely 1930s Art Deco. The Palaciois the work of several masters: Italian architect Adamo Boari, who madethe original plans; Antonio Muñoz and Federico Mariscal, who modified hisplans considerably; and Mexican painter Gerardo Murillo ("Doctor Atl"), whodesigned the fabulous Art Nouveau glass curtain that was constructed byLouis Comfort Tiffany in the Tiffany Studios of New York. Made from nearly a million iridescent pieces of colored glass, the curtain portrays the Valley of Mexico with its two great volcanoes.Address: Calle López Peralta, east end of La Alameda, Centro Historico • Sanbornes Casa de Azulejos: This "House of Tiles" is one of MexicoCity's most precious colonial gems. Covered in gorgeous blue-and-whitetiles, it dates from the end of the 1500s, when it was built for the count ofthe Valley of Orizaba. Tile craftsmen from Saudi Arabia were brought in to ensure that the technique was true to the original 16th-century work. You can stroll through to admire the interior. Pause to see the Orozco mural, Omniscience, on the landing leading to the second floor.Address: Madero 4 • Zocalo: Because Mexico City was the capital of New Spain, its zócalo is oneof the grandest, graced on all sides by stately 17th-century buildings and itis also one of the three biggest public squares in the world.Address: Btw. Juárez and 20 de Noviembre• Catedral: The impressive Cathedral begun in 1567 and finished in 1788, blends baroque, neoclassical, and Mexican churrigueresque architecture. As you look around the cathedral and the Sagrario (chapel) next to it, note how the building has sunk into the soft lake bottom beneath. The base of the facade is far from level and straight, and when one considers the weight of the immense towers,127,000 tons, it's no surprise.Address: The zócalo, on Cinco de Mayo, Centro Histórico Restaurants Centro Historico: • Azul at Downtown: An amazing restaurant and part of a former haciendanow a conglomerate of great restaurants, shops and beautiful architecture.Address: Isabel la Catolica #30, Centro Historico • Café Opera Restaurant: La Opera Bar is the most opulent of the city'scantinas/restaurants. Slide into a dark wood booth below gilded baroqueceilings, patches of beveled mirror, and exquisite small oil paintings. Or optfor a linen-covered table with a basket of fresh bread. La Opera is theMexican equivalent of a London gentlemen's club.Address: Cinco de Mayo 10 (3 blocks east of La Alameda Park) • Café Tacuba Restaurant: One of the city's most famous restaurants, CaféTacuba dates from 1912 and boasts a handsome colonial-era atmosphere. Guests are welcomed into one of two long dining rooms, with brass lamps, dark oil paintings, and a large mural of nuns working in a kitchen. The menu is authentic Mexican with traditional dishes, including tamales, enchiladas, chiles rellenos, mole, and pozole. Address: Tacuba 28 (btw. República de Chile and Bolívar)Chapultepec Area:
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Historic center of Mexico City
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Historic Downtown “El Centro Historico” • Angel de Independencia: On your way to el Centro Historico notice the“Angel of Independence” most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel is a victory column. El Ángel was built to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence, celebrated in1910. Address: located on a roundabout over Paseo de la Reforma, theChamps-Élysées of Mexico. • Palacio Bellas Artes: Opulent and dramatic masterpiece. The exterior isearly-20th-century Art Nouveau, built during the Porfiriato and covered inItalian Carrara marble. Inside, it's completely 1930s Art Deco. The Palaciois the work of several masters: Italian architect Adamo Boari, who madethe original plans; Antonio Muñoz and Federico Mariscal, who modified hisplans considerably; and Mexican painter Gerardo Murillo ("Doctor Atl"), whodesigned the fabulous Art Nouveau glass curtain that was constructed byLouis Comfort Tiffany in the Tiffany Studios of New York. Made from nearly a million iridescent pieces of colored glass, the curtain portrays the Valley of Mexico with its two great volcanoes.Address: Calle López Peralta, east end of La Alameda, Centro Historico • Sanbornes Casa de Azulejos: This "House of Tiles" is one of MexicoCity's most precious colonial gems. Covered in gorgeous blue-and-whitetiles, it dates from the end of the 1500s, when it was built for the count ofthe Valley of Orizaba. Tile craftsmen from Saudi Arabia were brought in to ensure that the technique was true to the original 16th-century work. You can stroll through to admire the interior. Pause to see the Orozco mural, Omniscience, on the landing leading to the second floor.Address: Madero 4 • Zocalo: Because Mexico City was the capital of New Spain, its zócalo is oneof the grandest, graced on all sides by stately 17th-century buildings and itis also one of the three biggest public squares in the world.Address: Btw. Juárez and 20 de Noviembre• Catedral: The impressive Cathedral begun in 1567 and finished in 1788, blends baroque, neoclassical, and Mexican churrigueresque architecture. As you look around the cathedral and the Sagrario (chapel) next to it, note how the building has sunk into the soft lake bottom beneath. The base of the facade is far from level and straight, and when one considers the weight of the immense towers,127,000 tons, it's no surprise.Address: The zócalo, on Cinco de Mayo, Centro Histórico Restaurants Centro Historico: • Azul at Downtown: An amazing restaurant and part of a former haciendanow a conglomerate of great restaurants, shops and beautiful architecture.Address: Isabel la Catolica #30, Centro Historico • Café Opera Restaurant: La Opera Bar is the most opulent of the city'scantinas/restaurants. Slide into a dark wood booth below gilded baroqueceilings, patches of beveled mirror, and exquisite small oil paintings. Or optfor a linen-covered table with a basket of fresh bread. La Opera is theMexican equivalent of a London gentlemen's club.Address: Cinco de Mayo 10 (3 blocks east of La Alameda Park) • Café Tacuba Restaurant: One of the city's most famous restaurants, CaféTacuba dates from 1912 and boasts a handsome colonial-era atmosphere. Guests are welcomed into one of two long dining rooms, with brass lamps, dark oil paintings, and a large mural of nuns working in a kitchen. The menu is authentic Mexican with traditional dishes, including tamales, enchiladas, chiles rellenos, mole, and pozole. Address: Tacuba 28 (btw. República de Chile and Bolívar)Chapultepec Area: