Monocle 25/25 Mexico City Mexico
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Monocle 25/25 Mexico City Mexico Distrito Federal, the thriving capital, couldn’t be more different from the Mexico regularly appearing on the evening news abroad. The city of 21 million or so remains largely free of the violence that has engulfed too many other towns and cities. And with public transportation expanding, air pollution decreasing, the police force modernising and a parade of new restaurants, shops, galleries and a museum, it’s getting even more fun for visitors. Essentials Ask around for the best nearby open-air markets and taco stands. 02 Keep small bills handy. Shopkeepers don’t like giving change for anything bigger than a 50- or 100-peso note. 03 Lunch, beginning at 14.00 or 15.00 and often lasting hours, is the main meal of the day, and many restaurants are closed for dinner. 04 Express kidnappings (secuestros express), in which your taxi driver robs you, do happen, so don’t hail a cab on the street; call a service or find a stand (un sitio). 01 For more Monocle travel guides visit monocle.com/25-25 Guide/Info Hotels Independent and easy Hotel Condesa DF Avenida Veracruz 102 +52 55 5241 2600 condesadf.com Dependable Hotel Presidente Intercontinental Campos Eliseos 218, Col. Chapultepec Polanco +52 55 5327 7700 intercontinental.com/ mexicocity Premium The Four Seasons Paseo de la Reforma 500, Col. Juárez +52 55 5230 1818 fourseasons.com/mexico Dining Fast breakfast Eno Polanco Francisco Petrarca 258 +52 55 5531 8535 eno.com.mx Business breakfast Lobby Restaurant at Hotel Habita Av. Presidente Masaryk 201, Col. Polanco +52 55 5282 3100 hotelhabita.com Mid-morning coffee Panaderia Rosetta Colima 166 +52 55 5533 7804 Working lunch with colleagues Contramar Durango 200 (just off Fuente de Cibeles), Col. Roma +52 55 5514 9217 contramar.com/mx Need-to-impressclients lunch El Casino Español Isabel La Católica 31, Col. Centro +52 55 5521 8894 Lunch on your own Duo Amsterdam 53, Col. Hipódromo De La Condesa +52 55 5211 6727 Afternoon tea/drink Senses Campos Eliseos 189, Col. Polanco +52 55 5980 1578 senses.com.mx Dinner on your own Bros Lope de Vega 226, Col. Polanco +52 55 5250 1325 Dinner with colleagues Maximo Bistrot Tonalá 133 +52 55 5264 4291 maximobistrot.com.mx Private dinner Rosetta Colima 166, Col. Roma +52 55 5533 7804 Big dinner with partner/clients Pujol Francisco Petrarca 254 +52 55 5545 4111 pujol.com.mx Drink after dinner Félix Alvaro Obregon 64, Col. Roma Norte +52 55 5264 0318 On the tiles M.N. Roy Mérida 186, Col. Roma Norte [email protected] Reading Bookshop Librería Rosario Castellanos Tamaulipas 202, Col. Condesa +52 55 5276 7110 Thank yous Top-quality crafts from the Museo de Arte Popular shop Revillagigedo 11, Col. Centro +52 55 5510 2201 map.df.gob.mx Shopping Something you can’t get anywhere else Design from the Galería Mexicana de Diseño Anatole France 13, Col. Polanco +52 55 5280 3709 galeriamexicana.mx Something for the kids Mexican toys from Jugaré Alfonso Reyes 84, Col. Hipodromo Condesa +52 55 5211 7280 Something for someone you love Erotic prints and antiques from Chic by Accident Lago Texcoco 112, Colonia Anahuac +52 55 5511 1312 chicbyaccident.com Two-hour tour 01 Museo Soumaya: Carlos Slim funded this impressive new building, which houses the museums’s main collection. Boulevard Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303, Col. Ampliacion Granada +52 55 1103 9800 soumaya.com.mx 02 Museo Soumaya Museo Soumaya (original building) with shops and an outdoor theatre Plaza Loreto Av Revolucion y Rio Magdalena, Col. Tizapán +52 55 5616 3731 03 Zocalo and cathedral Col. Centro Transport Limousine/car Omega +52 55 5714 1919 Metro Cheap and efficient. A one-way trip costs 3 pesos ($0.24/€0.18). Metrobus A bus rapid transit system that runs along Avenida de los Insurgentes. Access is with a pre-paid smart card. Taxi Servitaxi Plentiful and cheap. Don’t hail them from the street. +52 55 3626 9800 servitaxis.com/mx EcoBici One hour costs 10 pesos (€0.60). +52 55 5005 2424 ecobici.df.gob.mx Fitness Good gym Pilates in la Condesa Amsterdam 282, esq. Sonora +52 5564 3344 pilatescondesa.com Running route Viveros de Coyoacán El Sope, a 2km running track in the huge Bosque de Chapultepec (in the second section of Chapultepec Park near the Lago Mayor).
