Guidebook for Ciudad de México
Getting Around
Four blocks from the apartment, it will take you to Zona Rosa, La Roma and La Condesa. It also interconnects with the olive green line which takes you directly to Coyoacán and the University City (UNAM).
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Metro Isabel la Católica
Four blocks from the apartment, it will take you to Zona Rosa, La Roma and La Condesa. It also interconnects with the olive green line which takes you directly to Coyoacán and the University City (UNAM).
Just one block away the Metrobus orange line runs eastbound and westbound allowing you to go to Mexico City International Airport or to interconnect with the green and the red lines which run north-southbound.
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Estación de Metrobús Isabel la Católica
Just one block away the Metrobus orange line runs eastbound and westbound allowing you to go to Mexico City International Airport or to interconnect with the green and the red lines which run north-southbound.
This trolebus stop is just one block away from the apartment and takes you to the bus station Central Camionera del Norte where you could take a direct ride to the Teotihuacán Pyramids. The trolebus also takes you to the bus station Central Camionera del Sur (Taxqueña) where you could head towards Cuernavaca and Acapulco.
República de Uruguay
This trolebus stop is just one block away from the apartment and takes you to the bus station Central Camionera del Norte where you could take a direct ride to the Teotihuacán Pyramids. The trolebus also takes you to the bus station Central Camionera del Sur (Taxqueña) where you could head towards Cuernavaca and Acapulco.
The Turibus is a double deck bus that runs a touristic route taking you to the main tourist and cultural attractions in the city.
Turibus stop - Palace of the Counts of Miravalle
30 Isabel La CatólicaThe Turibus is a double deck bus that runs a touristic route taking you to the main tourist and cultural attractions in the city.
Food Scene
The restaurant on top of the hotel has one of my favorite views in the city. It is located at Av. 16 de septiembre 82, next to the Zócalo (metro station Zocalo-Blue line).
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Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico
82 16 de SeptiembreThe restaurant on top of the hotel has one of my favorite views in the city. It is located at Av. 16 de septiembre 82, next to the Zócalo (metro station Zocalo-Blue line).
This one restaurant is located in Isabel la Católica 30, just a few blocks from the apartment. The building is lovely and the environment at night is super enjoyable.
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Azul Historico
30 Isabel La CatólicaThis one restaurant is located in Isabel la Católica 30, just a few blocks from the apartment. The building is lovely and the environment at night is super enjoyable.
Located in Av. Ignacio Allende 3 (metro station Allende-Blue line). New interpretation of the classics of Mexican food, you have to try it.
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Limosneros
3 Ignacio AllendeLocated in Av. Ignacio Allende 3 (metro station Allende-Blue line). New interpretation of the classics of Mexican food, you have to try it.
This is one of the "classics" at downtown. My dad used to go for breakfast with my grandparents on the weekends when he was a child :). Just a few blocks fro the apartment at Calle de la Palma 23.
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El Cardenal
23 C. de la PalmaThis is one of the "classics" at downtown. My dad used to go for breakfast with my grandparents on the weekends when he was a child :). Just a few blocks fro the apartment at Calle de la Palma 23.
This is another classic of Centro historico. Located at Calle de Tacuba 28 (metro station Allende-Blue line).
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Cafe De Tacuba
28 Calle de TacubaThis is another classic of Centro historico. Located at Calle de Tacuba 28 (metro station Allende-Blue line).
It is a center of activity on art, science, cultural and literary exchange and resources for Spanish citizens. The CCE also has specialized in cultural management, opened a public library and a radio station and of course, the restaurant upstairs is well regarded too.
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Centro Cultural Espana en Mexico
18 República de GuatemalaIt is a center of activity on art, science, cultural and literary exchange and resources for Spanish citizens. The CCE also has specialized in cultural management, opened a public library and a radio station and of course, the restaurant upstairs is well regarded too.
Sightseeing
The terrace on top of the Porrúa Bookstore is what you'd be looking for for a really good view of the Arqueological site. Located behind the Cathedral at República de Argentina 15 (metro station Zocalo-Blue line).
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El Mayor
15 República de ArgentinaThe terrace on top of the Porrúa Bookstore is what you'd be looking for for a really good view of the Arqueological site. Located behind the Cathedral at República de Argentina 15 (metro station Zocalo-Blue line).
This is a "classic" from dowtown, home of the first restaurante of the Sanborns chain, it is a iconic little palace. It is located in 4 Av. Madero.
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The House of Tiles
4 Av Francisco I. MaderoThis is a "classic" from dowtown, home of the first restaurante of the Sanborns chain, it is a iconic little palace. It is located in 4 Av. Madero.
For a small fee you can catch an elevator to the top and will have a breathtaking view of the city’s heart, as well as two snowcapped volcanoes to the east.
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Torre Latinoamericana
2 Eje Central Lázaro CárdenasFor a small fee you can catch an elevator to the top and will have a breathtaking view of the city’s heart, as well as two snowcapped volcanoes to the east.
Adamo Boari also built this stunning building. It has an eclectic style, it´s decorated on the exterior with gargoyles and elaborate stone carving. Inside the building you have to see their dome and stairs.
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Palacio Postal
1 Calle de TacubaAdamo Boari also built this stunning building. It has an eclectic style, it´s decorated on the exterior with gargoyles and elaborate stone carving. Inside the building you have to see their dome and stairs.
Considered one of Mexico’s finest examples of neoclassical architecture. The building, completed in 1813, is one of the leading works by Manuel Tolsa
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Palacio de Mineria
5 Calle de TacubaConsidered one of Mexico’s finest examples of neoclassical architecture. The building, completed in 1813, is one of the leading works by Manuel Tolsa
Is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico and it is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución.
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Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
S/N P.za de la ConstituciónIs the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico and it is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución.
This site has been a palace for the ruling class of Mexico since the Aztec empire, and much of the current palace's building materials are from the original one that belonged to Moctezuma II.
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Palacio Virreinal
13 MonedaThis site has been a palace for the ruling class of Mexico since the Aztec empire, and much of the current palace's building materials are from the original one that belonged to Moctezuma II.
Arts & Culture
Former President Porfirio Diaz commissioned the concert hall and museum in 1904 and hired the Italian architect Adamo Boari, who also built the stunning National Post Office (Correo Mayor) building across the street. Of the murals within, don’t forget to catch Diego Rivera’s “Man, the Controller of the Universe,” on the third floor. The Rockefeller family first commissioned it for the center in New York City, but then took offense at the work’s anticapitalist themes and had it destroyed, so the Mexican artist reproduced it in more detail here.
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Bellas Artes station
Former President Porfirio Diaz commissioned the concert hall and museum in 1904 and hired the Italian architect Adamo Boari, who also built the stunning National Post Office (Correo Mayor) building across the street. Of the murals within, don’t forget to catch Diego Rivera’s “Man, the Controller of the Universe,” on the third floor. The Rockefeller family first commissioned it for the center in New York City, but then took offense at the work’s anticapitalist themes and had it destroyed, so the Mexican artist reproduced it in more detail here.
You can explore to your heart’s content but don’t forget to spend some time in the rooms exhibiting 20th-century Mexican art, past the far courtyard.
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Museo Nacional de Artes
8 Calle de TacubaYou can explore to your heart’s content but don’t forget to spend some time in the rooms exhibiting 20th-century Mexican art, past the far courtyard.
It was the main temple of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City
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Templo Mayor Museum
8 SeminarioIt was the main temple of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City
Drinks & Nightlife
Ornate, dark-wood interiors harken back to the Porfiriato in this historic bar. Take a break from your Centro Histórico wanderings for a tequila and a delicious botana (snack). Ask the waiter to show you the bullet hole in the ceiling shot during the Revolution by none other than Pancho Villa.
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The Opera
#10 Av. 5 de MayoOrnate, dark-wood interiors harken back to the Porfiriato in this historic bar. Take a break from your Centro Histórico wanderings for a tequila and a delicious botana (snack). Ask the waiter to show you the bullet hole in the ceiling shot during the Revolution by none other than Pancho Villa.