Coyoacan
Posted by SophieHall
Coyoacan is a lovely leafy suburb of Mexico City. The area inspired artist Frida Kahlo and you can visit her beautiful blue house here. It is famous for its markets, on a Saturday and Sunday, for its great second hand bookshops and also its ice-cream (you should try mil flores flavour - a thousand flowers).
A great place to escape the hectic city centre, it is easily reached on the metro or by bus. Frida Kahlo's house is on Calle Londres.
www.museofridakahlo.org
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Estadio Azteca
Posted by ECVitoria
Forget the Nou Camp or even the Maracaná, the 114,000-capacity Aztec is perhaps the greatest football stadium in the world, and the only one to host two World Cup finals. The steep terracing ensures an intense atmosphere and good views from anywhere in the ground. Try to go when América, the city’s largest club, are playing.

Games (sometimes two) every Sunday, check local papers for details, metro Chilpancingo.
www.esmas.com
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Ciudad Universitaria (University City)
Posted by Marconoid
With 250,000 students, 50% of all scientific research in Mexico, five internal bus lines, a cultural centre, an olympic stadium and a nature reserve (among other things), University City is an often overlooked but most fascinating spot in Mexico City.

Southern Mexico City. On Insurgentes, or at the Universidad Metro Station.
www.unam.mx
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Palacio de Bellas Artes
Posted by vivamex
This beautiful palace is located next to the Alameda park. In its interior, one can observe a perfect mix of neoclassical, art nouveau, and art deco styles, together with murals by Rufino Tamayo and Diego Rivera. Besides the spaces dedicated to art exhibits, it has an enormous hall where you can enjoy a Mexican Folkloric Dance show on Wednesday and Sunday nights.
www.bellasartes.gob.mx
Av. Hidalgo 1, Col. Centro.
Nearest station: Metro Bellas Artes.
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Corn on a stick
Posted by rebamex
White maize (called elotes) is one of the best steet foods you can buy in Mexico City.
The ears are boiled, then impaled on a wooden stick, and smeared with salt, lime juice, mayonnaise, a parmesan-like cheese and chili powder. It's unbelievably tasty, and a boon for vegetarians who may be feeling a little overwhelmed by the volume of meat on display. a good elote shouldn't set you back more than six or seven pesos.

The same corn, but in kernel form, is cooked into pozole, an amazing everything-soup that you eat with shredded lettuce leaves and raw chopped onion.

On just about any street corner, often from vendors who push steaming urns of corn and call 'elooootes'.
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La Lucha
Posted by zorra
Mexican masked wrestling. Where else can you see an evil monk wrestle a good nazi??
Matches are packed with more thrills, laughs and more fake punches than a bollywood film, and can include midget wresting and 3-on-3 girl action.
Lucha is a great afternoon/evening out for kids and adults and has a huge Mexican fanbase. Just be prepred to leave your political correctness at the door and to lose your voice a-whooping and a-hollering.

Arena Coliseo, Mexico City (nr metro Bellas Artes & Allende) every Sunday afternoon. Lots more locations and dates - pick up Lucha magazines from the street stalls for a few pesos or ask at your hotel - there are bound to be a few fans working there!
www.cmll.com
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Parque Viveros and Coyoacan
Posted by tuda
Viveros is where they grow trees for the rest of Mexico City's parks: a square mile of dense if artificial forest in the concrete jungle. Go there to stroll or jog on the many well-maintained paths. Close to picturesque Coyoacan district with the Frieda Kahlo house & museum & many colonial buildings, cafes etc, weekend crafts market.

Metro to Viveros, from there walk or take microbus or taxi to Coyoacan centre.
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Xochimilco
Posted by JoTuckman
The Aztecs fed their great floating city from artificial islands built on the edge of the lake. The last vestiges of this system are at Xochimilco in the far south of the city. You can take boats called trajineras around the islands, either following a peaceful and green route or join the crowds and the cacophony up and down the main drag.

Light railway from metro Tasquena to Xochimilco, then taxi.
www.xochimilco.df.gob.mx
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Teotihuacan
Posted by JoTuckman
At its peak around AD300, more than 1,000 years before the Aztecs arrived in the vicinity, the city of Teotihuacan covered eight square miles and housed some 150,000 people. Three hundred years later the civilisation disappeared, although nobody really knows why. The highlight of the ruins are two great pyramids and an avenue lined with temples.

Teotihuacan is 30 miles north of the city - you can get a bus from the northern terminal every 15 minutes, or arrange a price with a taxi; Mon-Sun 8am-5pm; admission 35 pesos
www.mexicocity.com.mx
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The Torre Mayor
Posted by JoTuckman
The observatory at the top of Mexico City’s tallest building provides a sense of just how huge this city is, and on relatively smog-free days of just how beautiful the mountains that ring it are too.

Paseo de la Reforma No 505
www.torremayor.com.mx
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Museo Dolores Olmedo Patino
Posted by RosyOjeda
This is a museum located in a beautiful "ex-hacienda": a colonial building of the XVII century. It has a great garden, with peacocks and Mexican dogs ("xoloitzcuintles"). Dolores Olmedo, who used to model for Diego Rivera, lived in this place. In 1994, she decided to share her Mexican art collection and opened this museum. Here you will find paintings from Rivera, Kahlo and Beloff, archaelogical pieces from different Mesoamerican cultures, and decorative handcrafts from many parts of the country. I love this museum because it gives an excellent example of Mexican art in all its forms, and the place is really peaceful and enjoyable ... even in Mexico City!

One of the reasons why this museum is peaceful is its location: far from the main touristic attractions, in the southern part of the city. However, you can stop to visit on the way to Xochimilco. The address is Av. Mexico 5843, La Noria, Xochimilco. Phone (5255)5555-1221
The nearest station is "La Noria" in the light train "Tren Ligero".
www.museodoloresolmedo.org.mx
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Papalote Museo del Niño
Posted by ozzy
A practical and hands-on museum for children in the heart of Bosque de Chapultepec, one of the few lungs left in this busy but great city. Staff are very friendly and well trained and above all genuine about your kids having real fun! Life-size objects as well as interactive segments make a great stop for the family (great art museums near by); also easy access and transport.

Papalote Museo del Niño. Circuito Bosque de Chapultepec. Segunda Seccion (2nd Section). Nearest Metro station Chapultepec.
www.papalote.org.mx
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Plaza Garibaldi
Posted by martcross
Nightlife/entertainment.Don't miss the extraordinary spectacle of Plaza Garibaldi, where there can often be upwards of fifty Mariachi bands touting for business at any one time. The atmosphere is friendly, safe and more than a little mad. You can listen in the open air, or take a table in one of the salones, of which Tenampa is amongst the best. Bands comprising a dozen or more musicians move between diners and drinkers, offering songs for a few pounds each. There's an irony-free cigarette girl, and even a man with an electric-shock machine to test your machismo.

Metro: Garibaldi