Ciudad de Mexico
Things To Do
CDMX rewards slow mornings, long lunches, and getting happily lost. The places we love most.
Bosque de Chapultepec
Castillo de Chapultepec
Built 1785. The only castle in the Americas used as an official royal residence.
Perched on a hill sacred to the Aztec empire, it served as home to Emperor Maximilian I before becoming a national history museum in 1944. The views over the city are extraordinary.
@museodehistoria
Polanco
Museo Soumaya
Designed by Fernando Romero. Free entry always.
Five centuries of art inside one of the most recognisable buildings in Mexico, from the largest Rodin collection outside France to pre-Columbian artefacts.
@elmuseosoumaya
Centro Historico
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Opened 1934. Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Italian Carrara marble exterior, a Tiffany glass curtain inside, and murals by Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros. One of the most beautiful buildings in Latin America.
@mbellasartes
Coyoacan
Museo Frida Kahlo
La Casa Azul. Book tickets well in advance.
Where Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 and died in 1954. Her studio, clothing, and collections are preserved as she left them. One of the most intimate museums in the world.
@museofridakahlo
Chapultepec Park
Museo Tamayo
Opened 1981. Inside Chapultepec Park.
Rufino Tamayo's personal collection of international contemporary art, including works by Picasso, Miro, and Warhol, in a striking brutalist building inside the forest.
@eneltamayo
Polanco
Museo Jumex
David Chipperfield building. Opened 2013.
Mexico's most important contemporary art collection, next door to the Soumaya. Ambitious permanent and temporary exhibitions in a beautifully considered building.
@museojumex
Miguel Hidalgo
Bosque de Chapultepec
686 hectares. A place of refuge for over 700 years.
Four world-class museums, a zoo, lakes, and on weekends thousands of families simply breathing. A morning walk through the forest before the crowds is one of the city's quiet pleasures.
@chapultepeccdmx
Roma Norte
Pasaje Parian
Covered arcade. Best on weekend mornings.
Independent vendors selling handmade ceramics, textiles, plants, vintage objects, and very good coffee. Unhurried and beautiful.
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Roma Norte and Condesa
Walk between them.
Roma was built by families fleeing the Revolution; Condesa grew around a horse racing track, which is why its streets curve so elegantly. Dense with cafes, restaurants, bookshops, and the pleasure of wandering without a plan.
#romacondesa