Best Time To Visit Mexico City

July August December

The peak travel months to Mexico City are during the months of July, August, December.

Mexico City is the high-altitude capital of Mexico. It’s known for its Templo Mayor, the baroque Catedral Metropolitana de México of the Spanish conquistadors. All of these are situated in and around the Plaza de la Constitución, a massive main square known as the Zócalo.

Sprawling Chapultepec Park is home to the city zoo, Museum of Modern Art and National Museum of Anthropology. In the bohemian Coyoacán neighborhood, artist Frida Kahlo’s former home and studio has been preserved as the Frida Kahlo Museum. The upscale Polanco district features designer boutiques and chic restaurants serving everything from traditional dishes such as chicken mole to inventive takes on ceviches and tacos.

Food of Mexico

Concha

A traditional Mexican sweet bread roll. Conchas get their name from their round shape and their striped, seashell-like appearance.

Dessert

Masa

A traditional type of flour used to make tamales, tortillas, and many other Mexican favorites. Masa harina means “dough flour"…

Grill

Tortilla soup

Sopa de tortilla

Sopa de tortilla served at a small restaurant in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

Soup

Cochinita pibil

A traditional Mexican slow-roasted pork dish from the Yucatán Peninsula.

Bionico with strawberries

A fruit salad consisting of a variety of fruits chopped up into small cubes, drenched with crema and topped off…

Salad

Fried mojarra fish

Fried mojarra fish served with nopales beans etc served at a restaurant in Janitizio Island, Michocan

Seafood

Cemita sandwich

A torta originally from Puebla, Mexico.

Sandwhich

Map of Mexico City