About five miles south of both the Historical Center and Chapultepec Park lies the neighborhood of Coyoacan. Considered by many to be the most livable section of town, it has a nice hipster vibe. Shaded small street, cafes, art galleries, and parks combine with modest homes and buildings to create a lovely scene to walk…
Located about 35 miles from Mexico City lie the ruins of Teotihuacan. Best known for the huge Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, visitors find much more: a significant amount of a city that, in the first centuries of the common era, was home to roughly 200,000 people, before being abandoned around the year…
A few miles west of the Historical Center, one finds a huge green area in the middle of this vast urban sprawl: Chapultepec Park. It is the cultural center of Mexico City, featuring a number of museums, the zoo, gardens, and a nice lake for peddle-boating. Oh, and it also has a castle! Chapultepec Castle…
Mexico City is enormous. The city is home to nearly 9 million people, with 21 million in the metro area. There are cultural activities, historical landmarks, and everything else a city of that size would be expected to have. It is, therefore, impossible to see everything on a visit here. So I, like most, have…
I love travel more than pretty much anything. There are so many places I want to go, so when I see a deal and have the time to take advantage of it, I jump. As you may remember, I recently got a great price on a trip to Madrid for November. Well this week, Scott's…