Mexico City Guide by Carlos Couturier
Discover Mexico City with Carlos Couturier, founder of Grupo Habita hotels.
Stay at Downtown, Habita, Condesa DF or Camino Real Polanco.
Start day at Panadería Rosetta or the patio of Condesa DF.
If it is saturday visit the ocal market; The San Angel Market.
If it is sunday visit La Lagunilla for antique pieces.
Start city tour with modernist architect Luis Barragá’s Casa Luis Barragán.
Visit iconic Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo’s -Frank Lloyd Wright inspired- Museo Anahuacalli for the representative pieces from Mexican culture. Additionally, see Frida Kahlo Museum; La Casa Azul, also known as “Blue House”.
See MUAC, Museum Universitario of Contemporary Artthe for contemporary art. Apart from large museums, I generally add alternative art galleries to my list. Kurimanzutto, Labor, Proyectos Monclova and OMR are some of them.
Do shopping at The Gallery and Carla Fernandez.
