Guidebook for Mexico City

Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos
Guidebook for Mexico City

Food Scene

Classy classic cantina, good food. Have a look at the bullet in the ceiling by Pancho Villa and the imported Bar from New Orleans.
68 locals recommend
The Opera
#10 Av. 5 de Mayo
68 locals recommend
Classy classic cantina, good food. Have a look at the bullet in the ceiling by Pancho Villa and the imported Bar from New Orleans.
Considered the best mexican contemporary restaurant in Mexico. By chef Ricardo Muñoz Zurita. Great to celebrate, 5 stars decently priced.
237 locals recommend
Azul Historico
30 Isabel La Católica
237 locals recommend
Considered the best mexican contemporary restaurant in Mexico. By chef Ricardo Muñoz Zurita. Great to celebrate, 5 stars decently priced.
Great place to find out what is happening in the neighborhood and city. Get your local copy of the KM.0 and Time Out news paper and magazine.
Café Centro
26 B Simón Bolívar
Great place to find out what is happening in the neighborhood and city. Get your local copy of the KM.0 and Time Out news paper and magazine.
Cool pedestrian street, nice restaurants with terraces.
Gante
Fray Pedro de Gante
Cool pedestrian street, nice restaurants with terraces.
Mexican/Colombian restaurant. Great food and service, good deco and smart prices. A local favorite among neighbors. Open during the day.
Cafetería TINTICO
Mexican/Colombian restaurant. Great food and service, good deco and smart prices. A local favorite among neighbors. Open during the day.

Arts & Culture

National museum of art. Also cool itinerant exhibits. Top museum in an amazing building and plaza.
300 locals recommend
Museo Nacional de Artes
8 Calle de Tacuba
300 locals recommend
National museum of art. Also cool itinerant exhibits. Top museum in an amazing building and plaza.
Check out some of the most influent murals by Diego Rivera
Secretary of Public Education
Check out some of the most influent murals by Diego Rivera
What used to be a public school now hosts one of Mexico's city s best contemporary museums. Amazing building with lots of murals of Orozco
11 locals recommend
San Ildefonso
San Ildefonso
11 locals recommend
What used to be a public school now hosts one of Mexico's city s best contemporary museums. Amazing building with lots of murals of Orozco
Mecca of the Porfirian era, this palace is strongly influenced by eurpoean architecture. It hosts theater, ballet and temporary exhibits in the museum. Great site seeing.
680 locals recommend
Palace of Fine Arts
S/N Av. Juárez
680 locals recommend
Mecca of the Porfirian era, this palace is strongly influenced by eurpoean architecture. It hosts theater, ballet and temporary exhibits in the museum. Great site seeing.

Drinks & Nightlife

Considered one of the best Jazz Clubs in the world. In the vaults of what used to be the headquarters of the Mexican Bank. Travel back in time and feel like New York for a couple hours. Great food.
100 locals recommend
Zinco Jazz Club
20 Calle de Motolinia
100 locals recommend
Considered one of the best Jazz Clubs in the world. In the vaults of what used to be the headquarters of the Mexican Bank. Travel back in time and feel like New York for a couple hours. Great food.

Sightseeing

The heart of the country, main Plaza of Mexico. Spectacular, live and always surprising. Around it, Cathedral, Federal Government building, Local Government buildings and big hotels.
795 locals recommend
Zócalo
S/N P.za de la Constitución
795 locals recommend
The heart of the country, main Plaza of Mexico. Spectacular, live and always surprising. Around it, Cathedral, Federal Government building, Local Government buildings and big hotels.
The oldest park in Latin America recently refurbished and equipped with the most modern fountains available. Clean and safe to walk or run at any time.
338 locals recommend
Alameda Central
s/n Avenida Hidalgo
338 locals recommend
The oldest park in Latin America recently refurbished and equipped with the most modern fountains available. Clean and safe to walk or run at any time.
Aztec Pyramids in the middle of the city. Not as impressive as Teotihuacan but still interesting and great museum.
418 locals recommend
Templo Mayor Museum
8 Seminario
418 locals recommend
Aztec Pyramids in the middle of the city. Not as impressive as Teotihuacan but still interesting and great museum.
Cool pedestrian street, nice street restaurants.
17 locals recommend
Calle Regina
Regina
17 locals recommend
Cool pedestrian street, nice street restaurants.
second most important plaza in the city. Beautiful architecture and traditional feeling.
45 locals recommend
Plaza de Santo Domingo
República de Brasil
45 locals recommend
second most important plaza in the city. Beautiful architecture and traditional feeling.

Essentials

Fresh food Market. Select from the freshest food in the city next to celebrity chefs.
Gastronomica San Juan
77 2ᵃ Calle de Ernesto Pugibet
Fresh food Market. Select from the freshest food in the city next to celebrity chefs.

Shopping

English text books
American Bookstore
33 Simón Bolívar
English text books
Traditional sweets. Great to bring back gifts
16 locals recommend
Dulcería de Celaya S.A. de C.V.
39 Av. 5 de Mayo
16 locals recommend
Traditional sweets. Great to bring back gifts
Flea market. Open on sunday morning.
24 locals recommend
Lagunilla
24 locals recommend
Flea market. Open on sunday morning.
Drugstore kingdom. other smaller simpler pharmacies are across the street.
8 locals recommend
Farmacia París
95-97 República de El Salvador
8 locals recommend
Drugstore kingdom. other smaller simpler pharmacies are across the street.