Destination Mexico City
The impression of Mexico City as a smoggy, lawless place might keep your average American traveler away, but locals and more intrepid adventurers have long known Distrito Federal (“D.F.”) to be one of the most vibrant places in the world. For those who can embrace a bit of chaos, the city can come to feel like the secret Paris of North America — as artistically thriving, as romantic, as bohemian. But the city’s charms won’t be secret for long. With ex-New York City mayor Rudy Guiliani onboard as “crime consultant,” crime has fallen 50 percent in the last decade, and a hip, emerging art scene in Condesa is drawing a new wave of fashionable elite to its tree-lined streets and designer hotels.
