The Essentials
The practical layer under the sightseeing: how the city is laid out, how to move around it, which airport you're landing at, and the history that explains what you're looking at.
Neighbourhoods
TODO — what each part of Mexico City is like to walk around, and who lives there.
Browse 2 neighborhoods →The EssentialsMexico City, the City
Twenty-two million people in a mountain basin at 2,240 metres, on the bed of a lake that is no longer there.
Read more →The EssentialsA Short History of Mexico City
An island city, a conquest, three centuries of viceroys, an independence, a revolution, and a megacity.
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One of the cheapest metros in the world, and one firm rule: never hail a taxi in the street.
Read more →The EssentialsWhen to Go
October to April for the weather, late October for the dead, and the rain is easier than it sounds.
Read more →The EssentialsWhat You Should Know
The altitude, the taxi rule, the water, the earthquake alert, and the fact that a quesadilla may not contain cheese.
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