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Departures the lowdown Mexico City


While ancient archaeological sites still draw visitors to the Mexican capital, travelers are also being seduced by the city’s blossoming fine-dining scene, says Sarah Barrell


fast. A total 7.86 million Americans visited the country last year (January-October), an increase of 12% from 2015, many keen to sample a booming fine-dining scene that’s putting the city on the international foodie map, and cutting-edge arts and design led by notable museum openings: FotoMuseo Cuatro Caminos (fotomuseo.mx), and the recently renovated Centro de la Imagen (centrodelaimagen.cultura.gob.mx). But you don’t have to step behind the hallowed walls of a


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cultural institution to see just how creative a place Mexico City is. For the most part, you just have to look at the doors


he New York Times named Mexico City its number one place to go last year, dubbing the mega capital “a metropolis that has it all”. U.S travelers are catching on


themselves, and surrounding walls, fences and facades of seemingly every other building in some neighborhoods, where colorful, fantastical murals are found to such an extent that sometimes the city seems to speak almost entirely through its street art. But that’s not to say it shouts. Mexico City is a surprisingly low-rise, laid-back, leafy place, lined with tranquil canals on its southern edges. And despite its legendary sprawl, it isn’t hard to negotiate, organized into colonias (neighborhoods) that deliver distinct atmospheres and architecture, most efficiently and safely navigated by taxi apps such as Uber, Yaxi. And with boosted summer flights from the likes of AeroMexico, JetBlue and American Airlines, it’s easier to get there, too. ▶


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