Mexico City/Del Valle

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• Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros

  phone: +52 55 5536 4520
  address: Insurgentes Sur 701
  This auditorium, housed in an eye-catching 12-sided building, houses the world's largest mural, La Marcha de la Humanidad (The March of Humanity), painted by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1960s. The outside of the building is also covered with enormous murals, as is a wall partly encircling the building. During the week the murals inside are dimly lit, but on weekends visitors can attend a sound and light show, with an recording by Siqueiros describing his vision

• Capilla San Lorenzo Martír

  address: Parque San Lorenzo
  One of the oldest churches in Mexico City, this was built in the 16th century of brick and volcanic stone and is now a National Monument.

• Parroquia del Señor del Buen Despacho

  address: Parque Tlacoquemécatl
  Built in the 18th century.

• Templo del Purísimo Corazón de María

  address: Eje 2 Pte Gabriel Mancera 415
  The church at which parts of the Baz Luhrmann's Movie Romeo + Juliet (1996) were shot. Locals tauntingly call it the car driver's church because of its concrete exterior.

• Ruinas en Mixcoac

  address: Calle Pirámide
  These temple foundations are one of the sole surviving pre-Hispanic ruins from the Nahua settlement of Mixcoac. The site was inhabited from ca. 900 BCE until the Spanish conquest, and the temple was rebuilt by the Aztecs shortly before the Spanish arrival. The site is not generally open to the public, but can be viewed from the street, with the best vantage point from the elevated sidewalk along Anillo Periférico.

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• Parque Hundido

  address: Av Insurgentes Sur

• Parque Mariscal Sucre

• Plaza de Toros

  address: Calle Auguston Rodín 241
  The largest bullring in the world is also a venue for boxing matches.

• Estadio AzulHome of Mexican football club Cruz Azul.

• Adriano's

  address: Gabriel Mancera 609
• Botticelli
• L 'Atelier du Chocolat on Parroquia street
• Magnum Colection Chocolatier

Shopping Centers

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• Plaza Universidad

  address: Santa Cruz Atoyac

• Plaza Parque Delta

  phone: +52 55 5440 2111
  address: Av Cuauhtémoc 462

• Galerías Insurgentes

  phone: +52 55 5545 1000
  address: Parroquia 194
  A modern shopping mall with a number of international chain stores.

• Pabellon del Valle

  phone: +52 55 2282 6642
  address: Av Universidad 740

• Plaza Centro Coyoacan

  phone: +52 55 5605 6846
  address: Av Universidad 2000

• World Trade Center Mexico City

  phone: +52 55 9000 6000
  address: Montecito 38
  Built in a futuristic and elegant style that marked the era of modernism. The building complex includes a shopping center and a number of restaurants.

Budget

• Café Punta del Cielo

  phone: +52 55 5636 1129
  address: Avda Cuauhtémoc 462
  A branch of a Mexican chain of coffee shops.

• Chaen Café

  phone: +52 4152-1817
  address: Prolongación Eugenia 23
  Inexpensive, home-style Japanese food. This is a restaurant attached to a Buddhist temple.

• Gastronómico Amalfi

  phone: +52 55 5536 4884
  address: Avda Insurgentes 559
  Small and cheap family (not that family) run Italian place, focused on Adriatic food. Try any of the pastas, the pizza Amalfi, or the medallones mar y monte.

Mid-range

• El Buen Bife

  phone: +52 5488 9810
  address: Avda Insurgentes Sur 1248
  Steak house founded in 1989.

• Cielito Querido Café

  phone: +52 55 5604 8663
  address: Avda Universidad 1000
  Opened recently, with a Neo-Retro style atmosphere.

• Gino's

  phone: +52 55 5523 3001
  address: Patricio Sanz 634, Local D
  Cozy Italian-style cafeteria, part of a chain.

• Sushi Bar MiyajimaSome of the best sushi in the city, relatively low priced. Try the luna maki or the dinamita, a foil-wrapped and baked pile of seafood, cream, and herbs.

Splurge

• Bellini

  phone: +52 55 9000 8305, +52 55 9000 8325
  address: Montecito 38, 45th Floor
  Restaurant full of luxury and good taste.

• Cambalache

  phone: +52 55 5534 5858
  address: Avda Insurgentes Sur 1384
  One of the city's absolutely best steaks, go here. Some variant of arrachera is bound to be good, also the salads are great. Extensive bar.

• Restaurante Suntory

  phone: +52 5536 9432
  address: C/ Torres Adalid 14
  Mexico's best Japanese restaurant. Enjoy its gardens.

• La Rural Argentina

  phone: +52 55 5687 1145
  address: Avda Insurgentes Sur 803
  Rivaling El Cambalache both in quality and price, but with somewhat more swanky service (having three or four waiters at your table is not uncommon). Try the arrachera, and the inflated potatoes.