Mexico City Features

Experience Mexico City

When to Go to Mexico City

Mexico City has a mild climate year round. The coldest and smoggiest months are December and January...

Health and Safety

Mexico City has a reputation for danger. However, its well-publicized spate of kidnappings have generally...

Sure, a good concierge can work miracles, finding last-minute tickets to sold-out events or a table for...

Getting Oriented

Mexico City is a sprawling metropolis of 22 million people. But the main tourist areas, including the...

Sports & the Outdoors

Latin sports such as the fiesta brava (bullfighting) -- brought to Mexico by the Spanish -- have enjoyed...

Cuisine Old & New

The capital may be able to sate your cravings for blini or sushi, but some of the most intriguing dining...

Mexico City Background

Mexico City is a city of superlatives. It is both the oldest (founded in 1325) and the highest (7,350...

Aztec Sun Stone

The Aztec calendar stone -- the original Piedra del Sol (Stone of the Sun) -- is in the anthropology...

Frida and Diego

Among Mexico's most captivating and provocative artists, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera had a relationship...

When the first nomadic settlers arrived in the Valley of Mexico, they found an enormous lake. As the...

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