Mexico City: great dining, shopping, museums and history
What’s it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.
Victor Bustamante, 35, is a native of Mexico City, where he is in charge of the Latin American finance department for U.S.-based Bovis Lend Lease.
Q. Mexico City and New York City are close in population. New York has distinctive neighborhoods; is Mexico City like that?
A. The cities aren’t comparable in that way. Mexico doesn’t have too much in-migration compared to the United States, which is a country that has a lot of immigrants.
You can tell different neighborhoods apart, but it’s more by economic or social factors, not by ethnicity.
Q. New York has Broadway; does Mexico City have an entertainment district?
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Alameda Central [Historic District] : Mexico City
Alameda Central is a downtown oasis of greenery, fountains and statuary. The imposing Palacio de Bellas Artes, a performing arts venue and a must-see for its art-deco interior, is next to the park. In the part of the Centro Historico between Alameda Central and the Zocalo are several impressive buildings and museums, including the Palacio de Iturbide (an Italian baroque palace), Casa de Azulejos (the House of Tiles), the Correo Central (the lovely main post office), the Museo Nacional de Arte (a grand building with Mexican art exhibits) and Museo de Franz Mayer (religious
The tourist office in Pubela is at 5 Ote 3, Avenida Juarez behind the Cathedral, next to the Post Office, T460928, closed Saturday and Sunday. Also at 5 Pte, next to Casa de la Cultura, closed weekends. Administrator of Museums, Tel: 327699.
Puebla is said to have had 365 churches dating from the early colonial period, one for each day of the year, The din from the church bells was so loud that the residents requested that it be toned down a little since they were driven to distraction on Sundays and Feast days. Although Puebla is a big city, most
Tempting shoppers from Mexico into Texas
It's not just family and friends that draw travelers from Mexico to Texas this time of the year.
"It's shopping there. A lot of shopping," said Mexico City shopper Jenny Lo-Re.
She timed her shopping spree to take advantage of holiday bargains.
"I need clothes, I need bags, I need things for the hair. I need everything," Lo-Re said.
Prices for brand names are steep in Mexico, and not just in the designer boutiques. Shoppers say it pays to cross the border and stock up, even with travel expenses.
Shoppers from Mexico spend more than
History of Puebla
The city of Puebla was founded as "La Puebla de los Ãngeles" or "La Angelópolis" on April 16, 1531. It was the first city in central Mexico founded by the Spanish conquistadors that was not built upon the ruins of a conquered Amerindian settlement. Its strategic location, half-way from the port of Veracruz to Mexico City, made it the second most important city during the colonial period. It was in this period that Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, playwright, writer, poet and nun lived a prolific life, until her confrontation with the Bishop of Puebla.
Four decades after
Bazaar del Sabado (Leisure) : Mexico City
Bazaar del Sabado is situated in the North Side of Plaza San Jacinto, Mexico City
Every Saturday the Plaza San Jacinto contains a colorful bustle of vendors, artisans, and artists. At the Bazaar del Sabado you can enjoy shopping for Mexican paintings, sculptures, and excellent quality handicrafts. Also, there are many wonderful restaurants nearby for a fine meal.
The central sector lodges, hectic with excellent Mexican coffee and authenticates, where waiters, to be useful which tacos which is far far heats from the grill and the eisigen margaritas, Plusantojitos and of the courses principal traditional
Old and new collide in Mexico’s metropolis
I’ve been a city-dweller my entire life. I grew up in New York City, attended college and currently work in Boston, and studied abroad in Sydney, Australia. In a lifetime spent hiking through concrete streets and navigating public transportation systems, I never thought I would find a city that felt unconquerable and overwhelming. But that was before I arrived in Mexico City.
With an estimated 20 million inhabitants, Mexico City is the world’s third-most-populated urban area, behind Tokyo and New York. As the capital of Mexico, it’s a thoroughly
Carrillo Gil Museum: Mexico City
Contact
Av. Revolucion 1608
Mexico City, DF 01000
Mexico
Phone: 525.550.6280
Fax: 525.550.4232
Director or Curator: Sylvia Pandolfi Elliman
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00am-7:00 pm
Museum Focus and Collection Description:
The Carrillo Gil Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City has the largest collection of work by Jose Clemente Orozco as well as works by Siqueiros, Rivera and other mexican 20th century artists. he works include one of the largest public collections by José Clemente Orozco, a large number of works by Siqueiros, as well as other renowned artists such as Diego Rivera, Gunther Gerzso and Wolfgang Paalen. The original
Shopping in Puebla
Craft shops sponsored by the authorities:
Tienda Convento Santa Rosa, Calle 3 Norte 1203, T28904. The famous Puebla Talavera tiles may be purchased from factories outside Puebla, or from Taller Uriarte, Av 4 Pte 911 (spectacular building, tours Mon-Fri 1000-1200, 1700, Sat 1000-1300, morning best).
Talavera de la Reyna, Camino a la Carcana 2413, Recta a Cholula, T/F845821. Recommended (also in Hotel Meson del Angel);
Centra de Talavera, Calle 6 Ote 11;
D Aguilar, 40 Pte 106, opposite Convento de Santa Monica, and
Casa Rugerio, 18 Pte 111;
Margarita Guevara, 20 Pte 30. Mercado Venustiano Carranza, on 11 Norte
Alameda Park
Mexico-Citys was established first urban park on the basis of market aztekischen. Today, of the visitors are surprised frequently green by that in Alameda park. The poplar which trees (alamos) was built at end 1500s and it, is of these trees that the park received its name. Geometrical ways are chamfered by short metal fences -- how one bad work of the behaviour of the people grass to regulate it far! There is here the great multiplicity of the trees, and in spite of the smog, of the mornings are a good time to see something of the lives
Pachuca (elevation: 2,426 meters) is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. Pachuca is said to be the cradle of Mexican Soccer. Workers from Cornwall, England, who came to work Pachuca's silver mines brought the game along with them. Many examples of English architecture still exist.
Pachuca is not much of a tourist city, but there are a few things to see. The 'Reloj Monumental' is the central clock tower, build in 1904 in the city center. There is also the 'Central Cultural Hidalgo,' which is housed in an old monastery and contains museums, a theater, a library, and a
