A guide to Mexico City neighborhoods
An updated guide to Mexico City’s neighborhoods in 2025 — Roma Norte, Condesa, the transformed Colonia Juárez, Polanco, Narvarte, Coyoacán, the Centro Histórico, and more.
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Pre-Columbian Mexico in and Around Mexico City
An updated guide to the three essential pre-Columbian sites in and near Mexico City — the Anthropology Museum, Templo Mayor with its recent extraordinary excavations, and the pyramids at Teotihuacán.
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Modern Art + Cacti: An Afternoon in Chapultepec Park
Chapultepec is Mexico City’s answer to New York’s Central Park and Madrid’s El Retiro. It’s an oasis of green in the center of a bustling metropolis where you’ll find museums, monuments, running trails and paddle boats. It’s biggest attraction is the Castillo de Chapultepec, but the park has a lot more to offer. If you’re…
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Franz Mayer Museum
This afternoon I found myself with free time near the Alameda – a big park in the center of Mexico City – and I decided to visit the Franz Mayer Museum. I’ve always remembered it as one of my favorites from the summer I spent as an intern here, but it had been years since I…
