By Air

Direct Flights: American Airlines, Continental, British Airways, Iberia, Aerofloat, KLM

Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Park)
Mexico City s largest park is a huge wooded area covering four sq kilometers (1.5 sq miles) and containing lakes, the presidential residences, several of the city s finest museums, an amusement park and a zoo.

Xochimilco
About 20km (12 miles) south of the Zócalo is a network of canals lined by gardens and agricultural plots known as the floating gardens of Xochimilco.

Teotihuacán
Situated 50km (30 miles) north of Mexico City is the archaeological zone of Teotihuacán. There are three main site areas: the Ciudadela (Citadel), Pirámide del Sol (Pyramid of the Sun), Pirámide de la Luna (Pyramid of the Moon) - all connected by the Calzada de los Muertos (Avenue of the Dead).

Metropolitan Cathedral
This, the oldest and largest cathedral in Latin America containing five altars and 14 chapels. An endless amount of beautiful paintings, statues, and altarpieces decorate the interior.

The most-concentrated shopping area is the Zona Rosa, which stays chock-full of boutiques, jewelry stores, leather-goods shops, antiques stores, and art galleries.

Polanco, a choice residential neighborhood along the northeast perimeter of Bosque de Chapultepec, has blossomed into a more upscale shopping area. Select shops line the huge, ultramodern Plaza Polanco (Jaime Balmes 11, Col. Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico.). You can also head to the Plaza Masarik (Av. Presidente Masaryk and Anatole France, Col. Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico.). Plaza Moliere (Moliere between Calles Horacio and Homero, Col. Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico.) is another upscale shopping area.

The Colonia Condesa, though better known for restaurants and cafés, is sprouting designer clothing boutiques, primarily for a younger crowd. Jewelers, shoe shops, and some hip housewares stores are squeezing in as well. 

Hundreds of shops with more modest trappings and better prices are spread along the length of Avenida Insurgentes and Avenida Juárez.

Buses are the most common mode of public transport and bus routes are extensive. Long-distance buses are fairly comfortable, air-conditioned (bring a jumper!) and acceptably fast. Local rural buses tend to be ancient, decaying, suspension less models grinding out their dying years on dirt tracks. Combis, colectivos and peseros are minibuses used for local transport.

Driving in Mexico is certainly not for everyone: you should know some Spanish, have basic mechanical aptitude, large reserves of patience and access to cash for emergencies. However, it can be just about the only way to get to some of the most beautiful and isolated towns and villages, although you need to be forgiving of road conditions.

Car and passenger ferries connect Baja California with the Mexican mainland; ferries also run between the mainland and the Caribbean islands of Isla Mujeres and Cozumel. Thanks to the government s privatization of Mexico s railways, most of the country now lacks a passenger train service. The exceptions are special tourist-oriented lines such as the Copper Canyon line from Chihuahua to Los Mochis and the Tequila Express from Guadalajara to Tequila.

Kohinoor

El Tandoor

Mauna Loa, Pub

Antillanos, Salsa Dancing