Art Nouveau and Baroque palaces, experimental art, and high-design hotels—and, of course, mouthwatering cuisine. This is our definitive guide to Mexico City. http://tandl.me/14Vb85h
Isabel la Católica 30, Cuauhtemoc, Distrito Federal
Hotel · 353 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: Grupo Habita's converted 17th-century palace is an island of chic in workaday Centro Histórico, seamlessly mixing the old (stone walls; high ceilings) with the new (a sexy rooftop bar and pool).
Orizaba 95 (esq. Tabasco), Cuauhtemoc, Distrito Federal
Hotel · Roma Norte · 107 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: The creative energy of Roma seems to swirl around this warren of restaurants, bars, and 17 wood-paneled rooms. At night, head to the terrace café to watch the comings and goings on Calle Orizaba.
Presidente Masaryk 390, Cidade do México, Distrito Federal
Hotel · Polanco · 22 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: This 35-room sanctuary is marked by rich Yabu Pushelberg–designed interiors and thoughtful touches—a full-length three-way mirror; coffee that arrives minutes after your wake-up call.
Travel + Leisure: Inside this 17-room B&B are walls painted in bright jewel tones and Mexican art; rooms range in size from the tiny Treehouse to a two-bedroom suite with a private terrace.
Paseo de la Reforma 500, Cidade do México, Distrito Federal
Hotel · Juárez · 198 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: It's all about gracefulness here, from the polished staff to the courtyard parterres. Tip: follow staffers to the street-food stands on Calle Burdeos for some of the area’s tastiest tacos.
Av. Paseo de los Tamarindos no. 98, Col. Bosques de las Lomas, Cuajimalpa de Morelos, Cidade do México, Distrito Federal
Hotel · 66 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: Rooms at this stylish hotel, near the Santa Fe neighborhood, include 420-thread-count sheets and motorized drapes—and dedicated floor concierges secure everything from meal reservations to shoeshines.
Paseo de la Reforma 439, Colonia Cuauhtemoc (Rio Missisipi), Cidade do México, Distrito Federal
Hotel · Cuauhtémoc · 183 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: Yabu Pushelberg-designed rooms are large and plush at this elegantly modern hotel on Paseo de la Reforma, but the real showstopper is the panoramic view from the spa and fitness center.
Francisco Petrarca 254, Miguel Hidalgo, Distrito Federal
Gastronomia Molecular · 323 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: Chef Enrique Olvera heads the city's most innovative Mexican restaurant, using market ingredients and newfangled techniques. Try the tacos filled with baby lamb, avocado-pea purée, and hoja santa.
Travel + Leisure: At this Polanco hotspot, chef Jorge Vallejo’s delicate dishes look like floral arrangements. Fried huauzontle is served with cheese from Chiapas; chilacayote squash is drizzled with mole.
Durango 200 (Entre Durango y Av. Oaxaca), Cuauhtemoc, Distrito Federal
Frutos do Mar · Roma Norte · 616 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: Fashionable locals crowd the high-ceilinged dining room for long, loud, convivial lunches, especially on weekends. The ideal meal: oysters and grilled porgy painted with green and red sauces.
Álvaro Obregón 49, Cidade do México, Distrito Federal
Pub Gastronômico · Roma Norte · 519 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: A theatrical greenhouse-like space with checkerboard floors and a retractable glass roof sits atop an early-20th-century mansion. You can’t go wrong with the taco del río, made with langoustines.
Sanduicheria · Roma Norte · 772 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: With Midcentury chairs and industrial light fixtures, this unpretentious café is a favorite of Roma’s creative class. The menu is simple: salads, pitch-perfect sandwiches, and wines by the glass.
Emilio Castelar 149 (La Fontaine), Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Distrito Federal
Butique · Polanco · 51 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: At the city’s most exhilarating concept store, a circular staircase connects three floors packed with cutting-edge merchandise from both near (bikes from Rock&Ruedas) and far (THVM jeans from L.A.).
Justo Sierra 16 (República de Argentina y Carmen), Cuauhtemoc, Distrito Federal
Museu de Arte · 280 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: At this 18th-century former Jesuit school, placid porticoes are lined with bitingly satirical murals by José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera’s contemporary.
General Francisco Ramirez 12, Daniel Garza, Miguel Hidalgo, Cidade do México, Distrito Federal
Museu · Miguel Hidalgo · 52 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: A must for architecture fans. Barragán created intensity by distilling color and structure, like the intensely pink wall or the window whose shadow aligns with the wall opposite.
Dr. Olvera #15 Col. Doctores (entre Dr. Barragán y Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas), Del Cuahutémoc, Distrito Federal
Museu · Doctores · 175 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: Roberto Shimizu began collecting Mexican-made toys in 1955; now his son oversees the 45,000-piece exhibition. The displays of soldiers, Barbie dolls, and more induce joyful nostalgia.
Av. Paseo de la Reforma s/n (Esq. con Clzd. Mahatma Gandhi), Cidade do México, Distrito Federal
Museu · 730 dicas e avaliações
Travel + Leisure: A trove of pre-Columbian treasures, among them the Piedra del Sol, whose carvings reveal the cosmological complexity of Aztec beliefs, and a Toltec armored vest made from seashells.
Travel + Leisure: Fernandez’s clothes marry traditional patterns and textiles to a modern silhouette: bias-cut ponchos and minidresses may include a print of a Mayan warrior or an armadillo embroidered in silk.