{"id":73,"date":"2026-09-06T22:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/?touriza_city=mexico-city"},"modified":"2026-09-06T22:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:56:55","slug":"mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"touriza_city","link":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/?touriza_city=mexico-city","title":{"rendered":"Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why go<\/h2>\n<p>CDMX is built on a drained lake, which is why it sinks unevenly and why the historic centre tilts. It is also enormous, green, walkable in patches, and \u2014 since Roma and Condesa became design districts \u2014 one of the world&#39;s most enjoyable food cities.<\/p>\n<h2>Five things to do<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rule-list\">\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Templo Mayor<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Aztec foundations beside the cathedral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Museo Nacional de Antropolog\u00eda<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Allow half a day, minimum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Tacos al pastor after midnight<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">The vertical spit is the point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>A lucha libre night<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Arena M\u00e9xico, Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Teotihuac\u00e1n at opening<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">An hour out, before the heat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Neighbourhoods<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Roma &amp; Condesa<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Art deco, tree-lined, caf\u00e9-dense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Centro Hist\u00f3rico<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Templo Mayor, the cathedral, old cantinas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Coyoac\u00e1n<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Frida Kahlo&#39;s blue house and a cobbled village core.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Xochimilco<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Canals and chinampa farming, a survival of the lake city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Getting around<\/h2>\n<p>Buy the transport card on arrival \u2014 every city on this list has one, and it is cheaper than single fares within about four journeys. Walking covers more than the map suggests: most of the districts above are within thirty minutes of each other on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Taxis and ride apps are worth it late at night and when you are carrying luggage. Everything else is faster on the metro, the tram or the ferry, in that order.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to eat<\/h2>\n<p>The rule that holds in Mexico City is the rule that holds everywhere: eat at the busy place, at the hour the locals eat, and order the thing the kitchen makes most of. Reserve for dinner in the districts above; lunch rarely needs it.<\/p>\n<h2>Two days here<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Morning: Templo Mayor<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: walk Roma &amp; Condesa<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Tacos al pastor after midnight<\/li>\n<li>Day two: Teotihuac\u00e1n at opening<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lake bed at 2,240m with the best eating in the Americas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"touriza_continent":[5],"touriza_theme":[],"class_list":["post-73","touriza_city","type-touriza_city","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","touriza_continent-americas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/touriza_city"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/73\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"touriza_continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_continent&post=73"},{"taxonomy":"touriza_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_theme&post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}