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Mexico City looks like a billion bucks, thanks to a massive renovation project completed in 2003 that recobbled the streets and scrubbed the historic buildings around the Zócalo. This massive main square, dominated by the slowly sinking cathedral, has been the center of the city for hundreds of years. Half a block away, a row of colonial-era buildings has been torn down to reveal the remains of a stunning Aztec temple; if you slip past the vendors selling Disney knockoffs and performers dancing to New Age music, you'll see steps and carvings that date back to the 14th century.
This swath of green has been the place to promenade in Mexico City since the 16th century, when it was created. For evidence, check out the Museo Mural Diego...more
At the time of the Spanish conquest, Coyoacán was where Hernán Cortés set up shop after defeating the Aztecs in 1521. Today, it's a...more
If you're looking for Rivera-bilia, the village of San Ángel is where Diego and Frida maintained his-and-her studios (separate-but-equal seemed to work...more
A few blocks from Coyoacán's tree-shaded Plaza Hidalgo is the cobalt-blue house where Frida Kahlo lived and died, set up as if she still lived there. Her...more
A must-see collection of artifacts from Mexico's pre-Columbian cultures is housed in this 1964 building. (It was designed by architect Pedro Ramírez...more
A hilltop castle that presides over Bosque de Chapultepec (the city's largest park), the Castillo is the former home of Emperor Maximilian, whose fatal flaw was...more
At the eastern end of the Alameda Central is the expansive Palacio de Bellas Artes, a building with a somewhat hodgepodge architectural style. Its construction...more
There's no need to head to the jungle to see the region's archaeological sites; two of the best are just north of the capital. (Buses leave regularly from the...more
There are many walking tours of the Centro Histórico, but none as fascinating as Monica Unikel's Jewish Tours (www.jewishtours.com.mx). Time and time...more
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