This is our personal guide to CDMX. It has been split into seven sections:

This guide features recommendations with a nod to design.

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All architecture in this section can be visited with a reservation. These are not places you can stay. We cover incredible stays in our STAYS section later in this guide.

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Tlacuilo Biblioteca lives inside the brutalist home that artist and sculptor Pedro Reyes designed for himself and his wife, fashion designer Carla Fernández, in Coyoacán - rough-cast concrete, shuttered walls, volcanic rock, and Reyes’ sculptures throughout. At the heart of the house is a double-height living room lined floor-to-ceiling with books, which Reyes opened to the public in 2019 as a free lending library.

General Francisco Ramírez 22, Daniel Garza al Poniente

Built between 1940 and 1942 on land Luis Barragán purchased and subdivided, this was the first house he designed for himself — a working prototype for the ideas he would spend the rest of his career refining. He lived here until 1947, then sold it to master silversmith Alfredo Ortega to fund his next project, which became Casa Barragán next door.

General Francisco Ramírez 14, Daniel Garza al Poniente

Built in 1948 in the working-class neighborhood of Tacubaya, this three-story house served as Barragán’s home and studio until his death in 1988. Every room is designed around the manipulation of natural light. Windows positioned to track the sun, corridors that narrow before opening into high-ceilinged rooms flooded with color.

Avenida de las Fuentes 180, Jardines del Pedregal

Barragán’s largest residential work, built between 1947 and 1950 on the lava fields of Xitle as the first completed house in his master-planned Jardines del Pedregal development. The design integrates the existing volcanic rock directly into the architecture - walls rise from the lava and the boundary between built and natural is deliberately dissolved. After more than fifty years with the Prieto López family, art collector César Cervantes acquired and fully restored it.

Calle General Antonio León 82, San Miguel Chapultepec

Barragán’s final completed project, built between 1975 and 1977 for advertising executives Francisco Gilardi and Martín Luque around a jacaranda tree they insisted be preserved - a condition Barragán accepted and then made the organizing principle of the entire design. A narrow yellow corridor runs the length of the ground floor, lit by vertical strip windows, pulling you toward an electric-blue indoor pool where the dining room ends and the water begins.

Retorno Villa Los Naranjos 15, Paseos del Bosque, Naucalpan de Juárez

A mind-bending ecological park and architectural project by Javier Senosiain, the leader of organic architecture in Mexico - initiated in 2007 and still growing across 20 hectares outside CDMX. Senosiain’s philosophy rejects right angles entirely, and the park embodies it: ferrocement serpentine structures emerge from ravines, a snail-shaped greenhouse houses plants destined for the wider grounds, and mosaic tile work covers every curved surface by hand.

A private complex of four organic architecture homes completed in 1995 by Javier Senosiain, partially buried into the earth with grass roofs and curved ferrocement shells that disappear into the hillside. Not a single right angle inside - walls, floors, and ceilings flow in continuous curves, built from clay, wood, and stone.

Agua 130, Jardines del Pedregal

The first house ever built in Jardines del Pedregal, constructed in the late 1940s by German architect Max Cetto - who had fled the Nazis, passed through San Francisco where he worked briefly with Richard Neutra, and settled in Mexico City where he befriended Barragán and helped plan the Pedregal subdivision. Cetto’s approach to the volcanic site was different from Barragán’s: quieter, more materially direct, integrating raw lava rock, wood, and concrete into a house that sits with the land rather than commanding it.

Calle Diego Rivera s/n, San Ángel Inn

Designed in 1931–1932 by architect Juan O’Gorman at Rivera’s request, these two adjoining houses - one pink for Diego, one blue for Frida - connected by a rooftop bridge are considered the first functionalist buildings in Latin America. O’Gorman stripped everything non-essential: exposed pipes, industrial windows, flat roofs, no ornament. Kahlo lived here for several years before Rivera’s affair with her sister pushed her back to the Casa Azul in Coyoacán.

Eje 1 Norte Mosqueta s/n, Buenavista

Designed by architect Alberto Kalach and opened in 2006 next to the Buenavista rail terminal, this 250-meter steel, concrete, and glass structure is one of the most spatially stunning public buildings in Mexico City. The book stacks are suspended from the superstructure above and below like vertebrae - floating mezzanines that fill the central nave and make the shelves themselves load-bearing elements of the architecture. Gabriel Orozco’s whale skeleton hangs at the center of the main hall.

Museo 150, Coyoacán

A must-visit. Conceived by Diego Rivera as a temple for pre-Hispanic art and designed with architect Juan O’Gorman, this volcanic stone pyramid sits on the lava fields of Pedregal in Coyoacán. The architecture draws on Teotihuacan, Maya, and Aztec forms simultaneously - stepped, monolithic, and deliberately heavy against the sky. Inside, Rivera’s personal collection of over 50,000 pre-Columbian objects fills 23 rooms.

Paseo de la Reforma y Gandhi, Bosque de Chapultepec

Designed by legendary architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez - the same architect behind the Museo Nacional de Antropología and completed the same year, MAM opened in 1964. The building is two circular, glass-and-aluminum pavilions set into the forest, their curved forms intended to echo the surrounding trees. A sculpture garden connects the two volumes and extends the collection outdoors.

Avenida Hidalgo 1, Centro Histórico

Begun in 1904 by Italian architect Adamo Boari and finished in 1934 by Federico Mariscal, the building is split between Art Nouveau on the exterior — white Carrara marble, ornate ironwork — and Art Deco inside, where the staircase opens into a vast theater with a Tiffany stained-glass curtain depicting the Valley of Mexico. The museum floors above hold 17 permanent murals by Rivera, Siqueiros, Orozco, and Tamayo.

Tacuba 8, Centro Histórico

Housed in the former Palace of Communications, a neoclassical building designed in the early 1900s by Italian architect Silvio Contri with a grand semicircular staircase and allegorical murals in the reception hall - the space Porfirio Díaz used for state ceremonies. Outside, Manuel Tolsá’s equestrian statue of Charles IV (El Caballito) anchors the plaza. The collection inside spans Mexican art from the colonial period through 1954, organized chronologically across 33 rooms.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303, Colonia Granada

Designed by David Chipperfield and opened in 2013 - his first building in Latin America - the museum sits on a triangular plot in Nuevo Polanco, its travertine stone facade stepping outward floor by floor and terminating in a sawtooth roof that filters natural light into the top-floor galleries. There is no permanent exhibitions - the museum runs entirely rotating exhibitions drawn from the Colección Jumex and international loans, meaning what's on changes completely.

Paseo de la Reforma 51, Bosque de Chapultepec

Designed by Teodoro González de León and Abraham Zabludovsky and opened in 1981 - the brutalist building is a modular, multi-level concrete structure that steps down into the terrain of Chapultepec Park, its vegetated slopes making it feel like it emerges from the ground rather than sitting on it. Artist Rufino Tamayo and his wife Olga donated their personal collection of postwar international art to the Mexican public as the founding gift.

Paseo de la Reforma y Gandhi s/n, Bosque de Chapultepec

Designed by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez and built in just 19 months, opening in 1964, the building is one of the great works of 20th-century Mexican architecture — a series of exhibition volumes arranged around a central courtyard, modeled on the Maya Nunnery Quadrangle at Uxmal, unified by a single-column concrete canopy 52 by 82 meters wide known as el paraguas. Inside, 23 permanent halls hold the most important pre-Columbian collection in the world - including the Aztec Sun Stone.

Gobernador Rafael Rebollar 94, San Miguel Chapultepec

Founded in 1999 by Mónica Manzutto, José Kuri, and Gabriel Orozco as a nomadic gallery — its first show was staged at a fruit stall in Mercado de Medellín — before settling into this former lumberyard and industrial bakery in San Miguel Chapultepec, redesigned by Alberto Kalach in 2008. The space is open, plant-filled, and flooded with light, drawing on Barragán and Japanese carpentry as reference points.

Londres 247, Coyoacán

The cobalt-blue colonial house in Coyoacán where Kahlo was born in 1907, lived most of her life, and died in 1954, opened as a museum in 1958. Built by her father in 1904 around a central courtyard and garden, the house holds her bedroom, studio, kitchen, and wheelchair — along with her wardrobe, corsets, pre-Columbian collection, and personal correspondence.

Avenida Rodolfo Neri Vela, Segunda Sección del Bosque de Chapultepec

A 1951 hydraulic pumping station designed by architect Ricardo Rivas to commemorate the completion of the Lerma water system — and one of the most unusual Diego Rivera commissions in the city. Outside, a colossal mosaic Tláloc lies in a 30-meter reflecting pool, designed with aerial views in mind, readable from planes on approach to the airport. Inside, Rivera painted the only underwater mural in the world - El agua, origen de la vida - directly onto the floor.

These are some of our favorite emerging designers in Mexico City. All of them can ship to your home domestically or internationally if you see something you love but don’t know how to get it back.

Visit: Manuel Dublan 33, Tacubaya (appointment only)

Founded by Colombian-born designer Esteban Caicedo, Azotea is increasingly responsible for the furniture found inside in-the-know designer homes from Mexico City to New York to Paris. Azotea curates a mix of original designs and restored vintage furniture with a sculptural, nostalgic edge.

Visit: 2ᵃ Calle de Ernesto Pugibet 47-26b, Colonia Centro

Founded by Mexican designer Diana Campos & Farsh Kanji, Apapacho (which means hug in Nahuatl) works with families in the states of Puebla and Michoacan to make home objects of clay, onyx, marble, and volcanic rock. Favorites include the Aztec silhouette book ends, Manitas candle holders, and Onyx soap dishes.

Visit: Colima 129, Roma Norte and Fernando Montes de Oca 43, Condesa

Founded by Venezuela-born creatives Teodoro Moya and Andrea Monroy, Mooni is a contemporary art gallery and shop curating more than 100 fantastic artists from Mexico, LATAM, and globally. Teo and Andrea are incredible curators and make art accessible to more than just art collectors.

Visit: Sinaloa 128, Roma Norte (or DM @____m.a____)

Founded by Tijuana-born designer Melissa Ávila in 2017, MA Estudio collaborates with 30+ artisans from a variety of states across Mexico, including Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Michoacán to produce textiles and clay pieces that bring together contemporary design mixed with traditional artisan methods.

DM @__oonix to visit showroom

Founded by Chihuahua-born designer Oyari Wong, 8nix designs onyx-made furniture and home goods. Favorites includes the Mate side table (in my house!), Jaque Mate desk, and Torre B candle holders.

DM @eran.mx to visit showroom

Founded by Queretero-born designer Fernanda Diaz, Eran creates artisan pieces designed to embody the essence of times past - using woods, deadstock fabrics, and more. Favorites include their wooden coffee table with book slot and book chairs.

Visit: Claudio Bernard 180-int 1, Doctores (appointment only, DM @lordagsondag)

Founded in 2011 by Campeche-born designer Salvador Compañ, Lordag & Sondag is an artisan design studio based in CDMX. The studio is known for showcasing traditional techniques passed down through generations of master artisans from across Mexico.

DM @joyful_objects_yes to visit showroom

Founded in 2021 by Merida-born industrial designer Joy Valdez, Joyful Objects, Yes!
explores fun & unique objects made in limited editions. Favorites include La Celebración Mirror and the Kuni Natural Fiber Woven Floor Lamp.

Visit: Gral. Pedro Antonio de Los Santos 2, San Miguel Chapultepec (or DM @danielorozcoestudio)

Founded by Mexico City-born designer Daniel Orozco - the studio focused on materials, form, and textures - developing everyday objects that challenge conventional interpretation, drawing inspiration from nature and working alongside local artisans with a commitment to the environmen.

A restaurant guide for people who like good food in beautiful spaces.

Aguascalientes 93, Roma Sur

The best restaurant in Mexico City with the best dish in Mexico City; the chamorro cantinero. Set inside an old mechanic’s workshop, Voraz is a contemporary Mexican cantina in Roma Sur led by Chef (and musician) Emiliano Padilla, whose resume includes Noma, Pujol, and Faviken.

Fernando Montes de Oca 113, Condesa

Chef Santiago Muñoz founded Maizajo in 2016 around one obsession: native criollo corn, sourced from small communities across Mexico and nixtamalizado in-house daily. There’s a standing taquería downstairs tiled floor-to-ceiling in handmade tile with a working molino, and a terrace restaurant upstairs with a more composed menu of black mole, oxtail with cegueza, and blue corn tostadas.

Río Hudson 15, Cuauhtémoc

Berta is a tiny, unpretentious bistro and wine bar in Cuauhtémoc neighborhood founded by three women - whose combined Argentine, Uruguayan, and Mexican backgrounds shape the menu. The space leans casual and social, built around natural wines, vinyl records, and shareable plates like their milanesa.

Orizaba 34, Roma Norte

Chuí is a wood-fired vegetarian restaurant in Roma Norte, spun-off from its Michelin-recognized Buenos Aires original, set inside a lush, plant-filled space that feels more garden than dining room. The menu rotates with the season, built around local ingredients and an open kitchen where the wood fire is the centerpiece.

San Luis 155, Roma Norte

Arda is a fire and smoke-driven restaurant tucked inside Maison Celeste, a 1920s historic residence in Roma Norte, led by chefs Germán Caraballo and Luis Solano (both also of El Tibur, which I really like). Wood-fired cooking is the backbone of everything on the menu, from sustainable seafood and vegetables sourced from Xochimilco’s chinampas to long-processed cuts of meat.

Avenida Ribera de San Cosme 42, Colonia San Rafael

Marisquería opened in 1941 in San Rafael, named after the fishing town on the Veracruz coast. The dining room is vast, retro, and unchanged — chrome, stainless steel, and a Jarocho group playing on weekends. The menu runs the full length of Mexican coastal cooking: ceviche, oysters, camarones a la diabla, fish empapelado, and caldo de camarón to start. No reservations.

General Prim 34, Juarez

One of the absolute most beautiful restaurant in Mexico City. Taverna is a Mediterranean live-fire restaurant set inside an early 20th-century Porfirian mansion in Colonia Juárez, led by chefs Christianne Domit and Emmanuel Prieto — both alumni of Noma in Copenhagen. The menu is built around smoke and fire and designed for sharing.

Monte Everest 780, Lomas de Chapultepec (+ new location at Orizaba 83, Roma Norte)

Led by Mexico-City born Chef César de la Parra, these are the best tacos in Mexico City. They are also the most expensive (heads up!). Parra keeps the menu short and the ingredients uncompromising, with hand-pressed tortillas, premium cuts, and salsas that alone are worth the visit.

Michoacán 93, Condesa or Río Lerma 191, Cuauhtémoc (or Bajío 321, Roma Sur for the original street stand)

Second best tacos in Mexico City (we have not eaten at every taqueria in Mexico City, apologies). Started as a street stall in Roma Sur, Los Caramelos is chef Bernardo Bukantz's ode to northern Mexican street food — built around slow-cooked diezmillo de res, served on small flour tortillas with refried bayo beans and consomé on the side.

Merida 21, Roma Norte

Ultramarinos Demar is chef Lucho Martínez's delicious mariscos spot in Roma Norte, set inside a space lined with green mosaic tiles and a long bar that opens onto an active kitchen. The name references the old Mexican corner stores that sold imported goods from overseas. The menu runs from a raw bar of clams and oysters to wood-fired fish, crab cakes, and a fantastic lobster roll.

Liverpool 9, Juarez

Cana is chef Fabiola Escobosa's gorgeous bistro in Colonia Juárez, set inside a dimly lit space with a long marble bar and a menu shaped by her upbringing in Mexicali, time in Barcelona, and years cooking in New York. The kitchen draws on seasonal ingredients and moves across references — Mexico, the Mediterranean, the northern border — with dishes like duck confit, arroz meloso with clams, and a steak frites worth ordering every time.

Diego Rivera 50, Alvaro Obregon (call them for reservations, you won’t find them on any apps)

The most beautiful restaurant in Mexico City. San Ángel Inn is a Mexico City institution open since 1963, set inside a 17th-century former Carmelite monastery and hacienda in the San Ángel neighborhood, surrounded by gardens, fountains, and centuries of history. Under chef Mariano Valdez, the kitchen serves classic Mexican cuisine - escamoles, Aztec soup, duck with blackberry sauce, and more.

Durango 175-B, Roma Norte

With wood-panel walls and a 70’s leaning design, this is one of the most aesthetically pleasing restaurants in Mexico City. ISMO is an Italo-Swiss bistro in Roma Norte conceived by Mexican creative director Abraham Aguilar. Fondue is the centerpiece of a short, well-edited menu, and at night it transforms into ISMO Sonoro — a hidden bar with guest DJs where the line between restaurant and club disappears entirely.

Guatemala 24, Centro Histórico

Charco is Chilean-born chef Ricardo Verdejo’s rooftop bistro in Centro Histórico, perched atop the Museo del Chocolate with a direct view of the Templo Mayor. Verdejo built the menu around market ingredients sourced from farms, fishermen, and ranches.

Honorable mentions worth visiting: Botanico, Gaba, Pink Rambo, Cursi, Castacán, Masala y Maíz, and Lindys.

Our favorite places to get a drink with friends.

Marsella 28, Juarez

Cananea is a northern Mexican cantina in Colonia Juárez, named after one of Sonora’s most important border cities, set inside a space that has been a bar for decades. Wood-paneled walls, stained glass, Budweiser pool table lamps, amber lighting, beat-up chairs, and a jukebox.

Luis Moya 31-local 2, Colonia Centro

Bósforo is a mezcal bar in Centro Histórico with no sign on the door - just a curtain. Inside, a cantera stone bar, dim lighting, thatched floors, and a chalkboard listing small-batch mezcals by region. It started as a clandestine local spot and never really changed its look or approach, which is exactly why it’s still one of the best bars in the city.

Avenida Mexico 190, Condesa

Canopia is a wine bar inside the former garage of a 1940s Art Deco house in Condesa - dark burnt wood, candlelit tables, Oaxacan-inspired interiors, and a focus on Mexican natural wine producers. The kind of place you go for one glass and stay for three.

Río Pánuco 132, Cuauhtémoc

There’s 1,000 listening/hi-fi bar in Mexico City now. This is the OG. Set above the legendary Le Tachinomi Desu, Tokyo Music Bar is a hi-fi analog cocktail bar in Colonia Cuauhtémoc - built around a vast vinyl collection played through analog equipment, with deep emerald walls, gold bar stools, and banker’s lamps. Music loud enough to feel but quiet enough to talk (except when it gets late).

Alfonso Reyes 121, Condesa

A small, cave-like bar in Hipódromo Condesa - red walls, a winding terracotta bar, melted candle wax pooling on every surface, and copal smoke in the air. Founded by a group of friends who spent years drinking together in this neighborhood, it feels like someone’s living room if that someone had very good taste and no interest in going home.

C. Atlixco 170, Hipódromo Condesa

El Espantoso is a small, dimly-lit bar in Condesa - crimson lighting, candles, an open kitchen, and a soundtrack that rotates between hip-hop and jazz at a volume that still lets you talk. No concept or schtik, just good cocktails and a room that’s easy to stay in.

Tepic 21, Roma Sur

Básico is a neighborhood bar in Roma Sur — a long bar, warm lighting, fresh flowers on the counter, and a glowing amber orb at the back of the room that anchors the whole space. Unpretentious, a little outdoor seating, surprisingly good food, and quiet enough to actually have a conversation.

Pujol chef Enrique Olvera’s mezcal bar in Polanco, built in 2019 inside the original Pujol space - its name means “bat” in Mixteco, and the architecture follows: a cave-like interior nearly devoid of light, with a circular skylight ringed by ferns, candles as the primary source of illumination, and a long central bar anchoring an extensive selection of agave drinks.

Lerdo 206, Guerrero

Salón Los Ángeles has been open since 1937 in Colonia Guerrero — the oldest dance hall in Mexico City, never closed. Frida, Diego, Cantinflas, Pérez Prado, and Che Guevara all passed through. On Tuesdays and Sundays, live orchestras play danzón, salsa, and cumbia to a crowd that dresses for the occasion and has been coming here for generations.

Mexico City has no shortage of beautiful cafes. These are some of our favorites.

Dr. Lucio 181, Colonia Doctores

Café set inside La Laguna, a former 1920s textile factory in Doctores converted into studios and creative offices. The roastery is on-site, the space is open and industrial, and the crowd is drawn from the architecture and design studios around it.

Londres 28, Colonia Juarez

A small Italian-inspired café-bar in Juárez with no seating — just a bar to stand at. Coffee and pressed sandwiches by day, vermouth, wine, and cocktails in the evening.

Sonora 92, Roma Norte

Designed by Formant Studio, the 130-square-meter cafe and restaurant merges a brutalist palette - exposed concrete, dark-stained timber, steel - with bespoke furniture and contemporary art, creating a rhythm between raw and polished.

Tlacoquemecatl 217, Colonia Del Valle

Small café in Del Valle with a beautifully designed interior - green neon lighting, plants, and small round tables. All-day menu of coffee, sandwiches, and cocktails into the evening.

Hamburgo 14, Colonia Juarez

Coffee bar tucked inside SEUM, a concept store in Juárez — concrete walls, acid-washed surfaces, and a tight menu of specialty drinks including a yuzu espresso tonic and matcha.

Puebla 90, Roma Norte

A streetside coffee stand at the corner of Puebla and Mérida in Roma Norte, founded by chef Lucho Martínez. All Mexican beans, a turntable spinning vinyl, and nowhere to sit - just good coffee on the street.

Marsella 59, Juarez

Originally from Oaxaca, Kiyo brought its pour-over-focused coffee bar to Juárez with beans sourced from Fincas las Nieves. A large glass façade opens the bar to the street, clean and minimal inside, with filtrado as the focus.

If you’re visiting Mexico City this year, we love these homes. You can rent all of them directly on casitamx.com.

2 bedrooms // Colonia Condesa // Book with CasitaMX

Featured in Architectural Digest. Built by the award-winning Mexican architecture team at Michan Architecture, this two bedroom apartment features interior design by Christian Sarubi - complete with wrap around balconies, artisan made furniture including rugs from Javier Reyes of Rrres, and beautiful high end finishes throughout.

3 bedrooms // Roma Sur // Book with CasitaMX

Steps away from the home where Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma was filmed, this townhouse in Roma Sur is a brilliantly designed three-story home with beautiful custom-made furniture carefully curated to celebrate Mexico’s best artisans. Spread across 3 floors, the home was integrally renovated by a local architect in 2021 and features a unique design with a patio, a terrace and numerous balconies.

3 bedrooms // Colonia Escandon // Book with CasitaMX

Warehouse turned light-filled dream home hidden in Colonia Escandon (minutes from Condesa). The home features a solarium, vintage kitchen, two living rooms, and jungle-like rooftop deck. This home is popular, with more than 30 million views on Instagram.

3 bedrooms // Colonia Condesa // Book with CasitaMX

Beautiful two-story home with double-height floor-to-ceiling windows, artisan furniture and an interior garden overflowing with plants. It’s located in one of the best areas of Condesa, seconds away from Another Cafe, Botanico, and Madonna Pizza.

3 bedrooms // Santa María la Ribera // Book with CasitaMX

Casa Siza is a gorgeous, remodeled historic home by Pritzker Prize winning architect Alvaro Siza with support from AD-100 interior designer Lucia Corredor, artist Bosco Sodi, and more. Set on top of an art gallery, Casa Siza meticulously retains the exterior walls and select interior brick partitions of the original structure, crafting a harmonious blend of history and contemporary design.

2 bedrooms // Roma Norte // Book with CasitaMX

Designed by legendary Mexican architect Alberto Kalach, the apartment features pinewood and raw concrete finishes, marble bathrooms, private balconies, and a large building rooftop overlooking the city.

3 bedrooms // Colonia Condesa // Book with CasitaMX

A gorgeous antique home dating back to the 1930s with tree-lined rooftop patio and sun room, grand piano, and skylights throughout the home. The Mexico City-based architecture studio Estudio Estudio took on the challenge of revamping its interior, aiming to restore its original allure while making it more functional for modern living.

2 bedrooms // Mountains outside Mexico City // Book with CasitaMX

Located on the outskirts of CDMX near the mountain town of La Marquesa (40 minutes to 1 hour from Roma Norte). The house is carefully designed to be a comfortable getaway in the woods with a minimalistic approach to luxury. Wallpaper Magazine described it as a "A fortress-like holiday home by Ludwig Godefroy, (it) hides and protects impossibly lofty interiors."