Where Natalia grew up. Walk around the quiet streets of San Angel. Have a margarita or stay for lunch at the San Angel Inn restaurant across from Diego Rivera's house and studio. Walk through San Jacinto and up to the Plaza de los Arcángeles.
Home to a very cool food market designed by architect Felix Candela, Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul, and a beautiful central plaza with good Oaxacan restaurants (Corazon de Maguey/Los Danzantes) offering great mezcal.
Walk around Roma to see the beautiful old "casonas", find great coffee shops, restaurants, bars, art galleries. Make sure to walk through Calle Orizaba, Fuente de la Cibeles, Pasaje El Parian, Calle Córdoba, Plaza Río de Janeiro, La Casa de las Brujas.
Walk around Condesa and enjoy the best art-deco residential architecture, art galleries, coffee shops, and parks. Make sure to walk through Calle Mazatlán, Amsterdam, Parque México, and Parque España.
Our favorite restaurant, run by our friends Mer and Rodney. Make sure you book a table!
Neighborhood spot. Small plates. Great wine list.
The staple by chef Gabriela Cámara. Make a reservation.
Great tacos and drinks. Reservation recommended.
Cocktails and small plates with a view at Plaza Rio de Janeiro.
Breakfast all day. Fluffiest pancakes.
Great coffee, breakfast, and lunch with selected grocery market.
Natalia's favorite taco chain. Every location is just as good.
No menu. All native corn dishes. Good for breakfast.
Pizza, pasta, negronis.
Mexican design store
Great cocktails, next door to Pigeon.
Tropical-themed late late-night club.
Really good cocktails.
Cocktail bar.
Beautiful restaurant in an original hacienda. The best margarita in the city.
A Mexican classic. Great for breakfast or lunch.
Frida Kahlo's house and garden.
Diego Rivera's personal collection of pre-Hispanic works in a mausoleum-like building. "A sacred receptacle with a connection to the underworld."
In 1931, architect Juan O'Gorman designed these exceptional functionalist buildings, twin homes: one for Diego, one for Frida.
Reservations required. A definite must for architecture enthusiasts.
A breathtaking collection of anthropology, ethnology, and archaeology of Mexico's ancient cultures. The museum was designed by architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez in 1964.
Contemporary art museum in Chapultepec Park by architects Teodoro González de León and Abraham Zabludovsky.
Modern art museum and garden across from the Tamayo Museum.
Contemporary art museum in Polanco.
Opera house and art museum. Neoclassic on the outside, Art Deco on the inside. Murals by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
Built during the Viceroyalty and served as the residence of Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlota. It was the official residence for presidents until 1935 when it was turned into a museum.
The "centro" of Mexico City. Walk around the cathedral, the presidential palace, the iconic Tiffany stained glass ceiling of the Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico.
If you have an extra day, schedule a visit to the Sun and Moon pyramids. https://inah.gob.mx/zonas/23-zona-arqueologica-de-teotihuacan