City Hotel
Mexico City, Mexico
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Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City
A hacienda-style palace wrapped around a lush courtyard garden on Paseo de la Reforma, steps from Chapultepec Park.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Americas' great palimpsest: an Aztec capital beneath a colonial one beneath a modern megalopolis, all of it humming at 2,200 metres. Murals by Rivera cover government walls, cantinas pour mezcal beside third-wave cafés, and the city's creative confidence — in art, design and above all food — has made it one of the world's most talked-about destinations.
Luxury here centres on the leafy western neighbourhoods, where design-led hotels sit among Art Deco streets and jacaranda canopies. Between museum mornings, market lunches and tasting menus that rank with the world's best, the capital rewards appetite and curiosity in equal measure.
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Best areas to stay
Polanco
The city's established luxury district pairs designer avenues and celebrated restaurants with Chapultepec Park and the anthropology museum.
Roma & Condesa
Adjoining Art Deco neighbourhoods of tree-lined streets, galleries and café terraces, home to the city's most stylish boutique hotels.
Centro Histórico
The colonial core around the Zócalo holds the cathedral, Aztec ruins and palatial architecture, best explored by day from a western base.
Dining & nightlife
Mexico City's food scene runs from tortas and tacos al pastor at street level to tasting menus of global renown, with markets and cantinas filling every register between. Mezcalerias and rooftop bars in Roma and Condesa carry nights late, and Sunday lunch is a institution that stretches to evening.
Travelling as a family
Families fill days with Chapultepec's castle, zoo and museums, canal boats at Xochimilco and the pyramids of Teotihuacan an easy morning away. Parks and plazas make walking days manageable, and larger hotels in Polanco cater comfortably to children.
Travelling as a couple
Couples can pair a Frida Kahlo morning in Coyoacán with a mezcal tasting after dark and dinner at one of the city's celebrated tables. A dawn hot-air balloon over Teotihuacan and a night of mariachi at Plaza Garibaldi supply the drama.
Cultural highlights
- The National Museum of Anthropology
- Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Coyoacán
- The Zócalo, Templo Mayor and Palacio de Bellas Artes
- The pyramids of Teotihuacan
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