2024

• Altitude adjustment at 7000ft and pollution (winter is better) but plan to take it easy.
• Turisbus City Tour (great overview w/ three section)
• Lucha Libre Show So fun! Sit close! Tix in advance.
• A lot of restaurants require reservation
• Ubers really cheap
• Carry tissue paper because public toilets run out

NEIGHBORHOODS:

• Coyoacán:
  • Casa Azul: Frida Kahlo Museum/Home (book tix in advance!)
  • Fuente (fountain) de los Coyotes
  • Bazaar del Sábado (Saturday Market)
  • Bazar Artesanal Mexicano
  • Mercado de Coyoacan
  • Plaza de la Conchita
  • Leon Trotsky House
• Roma Norte: (nice area to stay!)
  • Vintage shops and cafes. Start at Av. Yucatan and C. Queretaro (stopping at the two lane Av. Cuauhtemoc) and weave through the streets upwards on the grid, ending at PLAZA RIO de JANEIRO (Statue of David) Park!
• Condesa: Parque México (look for canine zones), Parque España, walk the shaded Avenida Amsterdam Circle around the park, and Glorieta Cibeles
• Centro Histórico and Zocalo:
  • Alameda Central Park
  • The Palacio Postal + Palacio de Bellas Artes (murals by Diego Rivera)
  • Barrio Chino
  • National Palace Murals by Diego Rivera in Zócalo (go early to reserve tour)
  • Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México
  • Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico (beautiful lobby near Zocalo)
  • Casa de los Azulejos (beautiful blue tile exterior)
  • Plaza Garibaldi - Mariachi a few blocks north (plaza with lots of mariachi bands)
• Zona Rosa: Angel de la Independencia Monumento, and long tourist restaurant/shopping street just before it: Calle Génova, and long stretch on Reforma (vendors with knick knacks) that jut out from statue.
• Polanco: (beautiful neighborhood tree-lined shopping thoroughfare with cute restaurants, Presidente Masaryk Avenue for some shops, gorgeous Parque Lincoln!, Xinu Perfume Store/Tour
• Xochimilco (boats thru canals with boats passing by that make food and sell gifts, touristy) — regulated maximum rate set by the city is 500 pesos per hour, per boat (not per person). Go to Embarcadero Nuevo Nativitas area for entry.
• MUSEUMS & PARKS:
  • Chapultepec Park (huge): Anthropology Museum
  • Museo Murals Diego Rivera
  • Museo Nacional de Historia
  • Museo de Arte Popular
  • Luis Barragán Studio
  • Soumaya Museum (Polanco)
  • Museo Tamayo
  • Museo Dolores Olmedo (near Xochimilco)
  • Modern Art Museum
• New Years: Zocalo Square + Angel de la Independencia Monumento (like times square). Hard to find food on holidays w/o reservation.
• MISC: Teotihuacan Pyramids Hot Air Balloon Tour, Mercado de Jamaica (flowers market 15 mins by car from Roma)
• El Chopo Punk Flea (El Tianguis Cultural del Chopo) + visit Biblioteca Vasconcelos futuristic library

VINTAGE:

• Erre vintage (condesa and roma)
• Vintage Hoe (roma)
• Tus Besos Frios (roma)
• Cara Ananda (roma)
• The Vintage House (roma)
• Back to Life (roma)
• Revolver (roma)
• Lobo (roma)
• La Nacion De Todos (roma)
• Goodbye Folk (chain in roma and condesa)
• Xolo
• Void (condesa)
• FLEA MARKETS:
• El Bazaar Sábado (SATURDAYS: artisanal market)
• Centro Artesanal La Ciudadela (souvenir shopping)
• La Lagunilla (SUNDAYS)
• Adios Closet Bizarre monthly
• El Chopo Punk Flea Market (saturdays)

FOOD:

• El Moro Churros - Roma
• Panadería Rosetta: The most famous bakery in Mexico City in Roma
• Expendio de Maíz Sin Nombre
• Mercado Roma is hipster central; a covered market filled with little food counters from some of Mexico City’s most popular restaurants and cafes. The tamale de quest con rajas tacos from Azul Antojo are some of the best tacos
• Ciena (farm-to-table cuisine)
• Yamasan Ramen House (great veggie ramen)
• Milo’s (mediterranean food in a beautiful setting)
• Por Siempre (a vegan taqueria)

2008

• Seeing diego rivera's murals in person.
• John's mishaps at the hotel: sleeping with roosters, then next to a booming quinceanera, then his almost bar fight.
• Xochimilco, mexico city.
• All the cops on every street in centro historico and the zocalo district.
• Sitting in Plaza Conchita.
• Coyacan marketplace.
• Seeing all the mariachi bands at Plaza Garibaldi-Mariachi.
• Reading by the ocean in yelapa for hours and hours.
• Seeing whales on our way back from yelapa.
• DJing the dance party for matt and salma's wedding.
• Seeing Frida Kahlo's bed.
• Alameda park marketplace.
• The beauty of yelapa and not seeing a single car for a week!
• Strolling through the zona rosa shopping area.
• Claudia the massage therapist who made me feel amazing.
• Nancy and lucas at lagunitas hotel.
• Getting lost on the waterfall trail.
• The walk through the tree path neighborhood of condesa and our amazing salmon sandwiches at Ocho.

STAYS

• Hotel Lagunita, yelapa mexico.
• Hotel Catedral, mexico city.
• Red Tree House
• ULIV Cibeles, Roma Norte