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