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Mexico City

Distrito Federal, the thriving capital, couldn’t be more different from the Mexico regularly appearing on the evening news abroad. The city of 20 million or so (it depends on who’s counting) remains largely free of the violence that has engulfed too many other towns and cities. And with public transportation expanding, air pollution decreasing, the police force modernising and a parade of new restaurants, shops, galleries and even a museum, it’s only getting more fun for visitors.
 

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Essentials

01

Ask around for the best nearby open-air markets and taco stands. Street food is the way of life in el DF.

02 Keep small bills handy. Shopkeepers don’t like giving change for more than a 50- or 100-peso note.
03 Lunch, beginning at 14.00 or 15.00 and often lasting hours, is the main meal of the day, and many restaurants are closed for dinner.
04 Expect quiet on Sunday, which is family day.
05 Express kidnappings (secuestros expres), in which your taxi driver robs you, do happen, so don’t hail a cab on the street; call a service or find a stand (un sitio).

Hotels

Premium
The Four Seasons
500 Paseo de la Reforma, Col. Juárez
+ 52 55 5230 1818
fourseasons.com

Dependable chain
Hotel Presidente Intercontinental
218 Campos Eliseos, Col. Chapultepec Polanco
+ 52 55 5327 7700
intercontinental.com/mexicocity

Independent and easy
Hotel Brick
Orizaba 95, Col. Roma Norte
+ 52 55 5525 1100
hoteldistritocapital.com


Dining

On the tiles
M.N. Roy
Mérida 186 Col. Roma Norte

Drink after dinner
Félix
Alvaro Obregon 64 Col. Roma Norte
+ 52 55 5264 0318

Private dinner
Rosetta
Colima 166, Col. Roma
+ 52 55 5533 7804

El Casino Español
Isabel La Católica 31, Col. Centro
+ 52 55 5521 8894

Mid-morning coffee
Café Toscano
Orizaba 42, Col. Roma
+ 52 55 5533 5444

On the tiles
VIP room at Pasaje America
7 Cinco de Mayo, Col. Centro
+ 52 55 5521 4375

Drink after dinner
La Terraza at Hotel
Condesa DF 102 Avenida Veracruz, Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5241 2600
condesadf.com

Big dinner with partner/clients
Biko
Av. Presidente Masaryk 407, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5282 2064
biko.com.mx

Private dinner
Lampuga
Ometusco 1 (corner of Nuevo Leon), Col. Hipódromo Condesa
+ 52 55 5286 6942

Dinner with colleagues
Los Danzantes
Plaza Jardín Centenario 12, Col. Coyoacán
+ 52 55 5554 1213
losdanzantes.com

Dinner on your own
Bros
226 Lope de Vega, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5250 1325

Afternoon tea/drink
Senses
189 Campos Eliseos, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5980 1578
senses.com.mx

Lunch on your own
Primos
168 Michoacán, Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5256 0950

Need-to-impress clients lunch
El Cardenal
215 Avenida de las Palmas, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec
+ 52 55 2623 0401

Working lunch with colleagues
Contramar
200 Durango (just off Fuente de Cibeles) Col. Roma
+ 52 55 5514 9217
contramar.com/mx

Mid-morning coffee
Café Punta del Cielo
Mulitple locations
puntadelcielo.com.mx

Business breakfast
Lobby Restaurant at Hotel Habita
201 Presidente Masaryk, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5282 3100
hotelhabita.com

Fast breakfast
Frutos Prohibidos y Otros Placeres
244-B Amsterdam, Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5264 5808
frutosprohibidos.com

Reading

Bookshop
Librería Rosario Castellanos
202 Tamaulipas, Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5276 7110


Shopping

Something for someone you love
Sexe by Accident
49 Alvaro Obregon, Col. Roma
+ 52 55 5511 1312
chicbyaccident.com

Something for the kids
Jugaré
84 Alfonso Reyes, Col. Hipodromo Condesa
+ 52 55 5211 7280
jugare.com.mx

Something you can't get anywhere else
Galería Mexicana de Diseño
13 Anatole France, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5280 3709
galeriamexicana.com.mx


Thank yous

Museo de Arte Popular
11 Revillagigedo, Col. Centro
+ 52 55 5510 2201
map.df.gob.mx

Two hour tour

01
Museo Soumaya
Plaza Loreto Av Revolucion y Rio Magdalena Col. Tizapán
+52 55 5616 3761

02
Zocalo and cathedral
Col. Centro

03
Check out the Soumaya, Carlos Slim’s new museum
Plaza Carso, Boulevard Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303 Col. Ampliacion Granada
+52 55 5616 3731
soumaya.com.mx


Transport

Taxi
Plentiful and cheap. Don’t hail them from the street as secuestro express (express kidnappings) do take place.

Servitaxi
+ 52 55 3626 9800
servitaxis.com/mx

Metrobus
A bus rapid transit system that runs along Avenida de Los Insurgentes. Access is with a pre-paid smart card.

Metro
Cheap and efficient. A one-way trip costs 3 pesos ($0.24/€0.18)


Limousine/car

Omega
+ 52 55 5714 1919


Fitness

Good gym
Pilates Condesa
Amsterdam 282 esq. Sonora
+ 52 5564 3344
pilatescondesa.com

Running route
Viveros de Coyoacán

Good gym
Qi
317 Amsterdam, Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5574 5095
www.centro-qi.com/