Mexico City Guide

22 million people, 700 years of history, and more tacos than any one person could eat in a lifetime. The only guide to CDMX you need.

Neighborhoods

Mexico City is a city of colonias. These are the ones worth knowing.

Historic Center
Colonial palaces, Aztec ruins, and the 700-year-old heart of the city.

Roma Norte
The restaurant capital. Porfirian mansions and a naked David in the park.

Condesa
Art Deco on a former racetrack. Two parks and a thousand cafes.

Polanco
Luxury shopping, free museums, and the best Japanese food in Latin America.

Coyoacan
Frida’s blue house, colonial plazas, and the best tostadas in the city.

Colonia Juarez
French mansions, Korean BBQ, the gayborhood, and 440,000 daily visitors.

Anthropology Museum
The best museum in Mexico. Aztec Sun Stone, Maya jade masks, 23 halls.

Chapultepec Castle
The only royal castle in the Americas, on a hilltop in the city center.

Palace of Fine Arts
Two architects, thirty years apart, one Tiffany curtain, and Rivera’s banned mural.

Angel of Independence
The gilded column where Mexico City celebrates, protests, and gathers.

The Zocalo
One of the world’s largest plazas. 700 years of ceremonies and concerts.

Metropolitan Cathedral
250 years to build. Every era left its mark. Still sinking.

Some of Mexico’s most impressive sites are within a few hours of the capital.

One of the great food cities of the world.

Everything you need to plan your trip.