Hotels

Independent and easy
Distrito Capital
37 Juan Salvador Agraz, Col. Santa Fe
+ 52 55 5257 1300
hoteldistritocapital.com

Dependable
Hotel Presidente Intercontinental
218 Campos Eliseos, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5327 7700
intercontinental.com/
mexicocity

Premium
The Four Seasons
500 Paseo de la Reforma, Col. Juárez
+ 52 55 5230 1818
fourseasons.com

Dining
Fast breakfast
Frutos Prohibidos y Otros Placeres
244-B Amsterdam, Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5264 5808

Business breakfast
Lobby Restaurant at Hotel Habita
201 Presidente Masaryk, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5282 3100
hotelhabita.com

Mid-morning coffee
Café Punta del Cielo
Any branch is good
puntadelcielo.com.mx

Working lunch with colleagues
Contramar
200 Durango (just off Fuente de Cibeles)
Col. Roma
+ 52 55 5514 9217

Need-to-impress-clients lunch
El Cardenal
215 Avenida de las Palmas, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec
+ 52 55 2623 0401

Lunch on your own
Primos
168 Michoacán,
Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5256 0950

Afternoon tea/drink
Senses
189 Campos Eliseos, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5980 1578
senses.com.mx

Dinner on your own
Bros
226 Lope de Vega, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5250 1325

Dinner with colleagues
Los Danzantes
12 Plaza Jardín Centenario,
Col. Coyoacán
+ 52 55 5658 6054
losdanzantes.com

Private dinner
Lampuga
Ometusco 1 (corner of Nuevo Leon), Col. Hipódromo Condesa
+ 52 55 5286 6942

Big dinner with partner/clients
Biko
407 Presidente Masaryk, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5282 2064

Drink after dinner
La Terraza at Hotel Condesa DF
102 Avenida Veracruz, Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5241 2600
condesadf.com

On the tiles
VIP room at Pasaje America
7 Cinco de Mayo, Col. Centro
+ 52 55 5521 4375
pasajeamerica.tv

Reading

Bookshop 
Librería Rosario Castellanos
202 Tamaulipas,
Col. Condesa
+ 52 55 5276 7110


Thank yous

Top-quality crafts from the Museo de Arte Popular shop
11 Revillagigedo,
Col. Centro
+ 52 55 5510 2201

Shopping

Something you can't get anywhere else
Design from the Galería Mexicana de Diseño
13 Anatole France, Col. Polanco
+ 52 55 5280 3709
galeriamexicana.com.mx

Something for the kids
Mexican toys from Jugaré
84 Alfonso Reyes, Col. Hipodromo Condesa
+ 52 55 5211 7280

Something for someone you love
Erotic prints and antiques from Sexe by Accident
49 Alvaro Obregon, Col. Roma
chicbyaccident.com

Two-hour tour

01 Murals and architecture at the Palacio de Bellas Artes
Alameda, Col. Centro
+ 52 55 5512 2593

02 Zocalo and cathedral
Col. Centro

03 University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC) and Ciudad Universitaria
3000 Insurgentes Sur, Ciudad Universitaria
+ 52 55 5622 6972


Limousine/car

Omega
 + 52 55 5714 1919

Transport

Metro
Cheap and efficient.  A one-way trip costs 2 pesos ($0.18/€0.13).

Metrobus
A bus rapid transit system that runs along Avenida de Los Insurgentes. Access is with a pre-paid smart card.

Taxi
Plentiful and cheap. Don’t hail them from the street as secuestro express (express kidnappings) do take place.

Servitaxi
+ 52 55 5516 6020


Fitness

Good gym
Qi
317 Amsterdam,
Col. Condesa
 + 52 55 5574 5095
qi.com.mx

Running route
Viveros de Coyoacán
El Sope, a 2km running track in the huge Bosque de Chapultepec (in the second section of Chapultepec Park near
the Lago Mayor).