8/3/2019 Mexico City Expat Guide

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Guide/Info

Hotels

Independent and easyHotel BrickOrizaba 9,Col. Roma Norte+ 1100hotelbrick.com

DependableHotel PresidenteIntercontinental18 Campos Eliseos, Col.Polanco+ 37 7700intercontinental.com/

mexicocity

PremiumThe Four Seasons00 Paseo de la Reforma,Col. Jurez+ 30 1818

fourseasons.com/mexico

Dining

Fast breakfastFrutos Prohibidos y Otros

Placeres44- Amsterdam, Col.Condesa+ 64 808

frutosprohibidos.com

Business breakfastLobby Restaurant atHotel Habita01 Presidente Masaryk,Col. Polanco+ 8 3100hotelhabita.com

Mid-morning coffeeCaf ToscanoOrizaba 4, Col. Roma

+ 33 444Working lunch withcolleagues

Contramar00 Durango(just off Fuente deCibeles), Col. Roma+ 14 917contramar.com/mx

Need-to-impress-clients lunch

El Casino EspaolIsabel La Catlica 31,Col. Centro

+ 1 8894Lunch on your own

Primos168 Michoacn,Col. Condesa+ 6 090

Afternoon tea/drinkSenses189 Campos Eliseos, Col.Polanco+ 980 178senses.com.mx

Dinner on your ownBros6 Lope de Vega, Col.Polanco+ 0 13

Dinner with colleaguesLos Danzantes1 Plaza JardnCentenario,Col. Coyoacn+ 4 113losdanzantes.com

Private dinnerRosettaColima 166,

Col. Roma+ 33 7804

Big dinner withpartner/clients

Biko407 Presidente Masaryk,Col. Polanco+ 8 064

Drink after dinnerLa Terraza at HotelCondesa 10 Avenida Veracruz,Col. Condesa+ 41 600condesadf.com

On the tiles room at PasajeAmerica7 Cinco de Mayo,Col. Centro+ 1 437

Reading

BookshopLibrera RosarioCastellanos0 Tamaulipas,Col. Condesa+ 76 7110

Thank yous

Top-quality crafts fromthe Museo de ArtePopular shop11 Revillagigedo,Col. Centro+ 10 01map.df.gob.mx

Shopping

Something you cant getanywhere else

Design from the GaleraMexicanade Diseo13 Anatole France, Col.Polanco+ 80 3709

galeriamexicana.com.mx

Something for the kidsMexican toys from Jugar84 Alfonso Reyes, Col.Hipodromo Condesa+ 11 780

jugare.com.mx

Something for someoneyou love

Erotic prints and antiquesfrom Sexe by Accident49 Alvaro Obregon,Col. Roma+ 11 131chicbyaccident.com

Two-hour tour

01 Check out the Soumaya,

Carlos Slims newmuseum Plaza Carso,Col. Ampliacion Granadamuseosoumaya.org

0 Zocalo and cathedralCol. Centro

03 University Museum ofContemporary Art ()and Ciudad Universitaria3000 Insurgentes Sur,Ciudad Universitaria+ 6 697

Limousine/car

Omega

+ 714 1919

Transport

Metro

Cheap and efficient.A one-way trip costs pesos ($0.18/0.13).

Metrobus

A bus rapid transit systemthat runs along Avenida delos Insurgentes. Access iswith a pre-paid smart card.

Taxi

Plentiful and cheap. Donthail them from the street.

Servitaxi+ 16 600servitaxis.com/mx

Fitness

Good gymQi317 Amsterdam,Col. Condesa+ 74 09qi.com.mx

Running routeViveros de CoyoacnEl Sope, a km runningtrack in the huge Bosquede Chapultepec (inthe second section ofChapultepec Park nearthe Lago Mayor).

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Mexico

Distrito Federal, the thrivingcapital, couldnt be moredifferent from the Mexicoregularly appearing on the

evening news abroad.Thecity of 0 million or soremains largely free of theviolence that has engulfedtoo many other towns andcities. And with publictransportation expanding,air pollution decreasing, thepolice force modernisingand a parade of newrestaurants, shops, galleries

and a museum, its gettingeven more fun for visitors.

Essentials

01 Ask around for the bestnearby open-air marketsand taco stands.

0 Keep small bills handy.Shopkeepers dont likegiving change foranything bigger than a0- or 100-peso note.

03 Lunch, beginning at14.00 or 1.00 and oftenlasting hours, is the mainmeal of the day, andmany restaurants areclosed for dinner.

04 Express kidnappings(secuestros expres), inwhich your taxi driver

robs you, do happen, sodont hail a cab on thestreet; call a serviceor find a stand(un sitio).