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                <title>Hotel Monaco</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This hotel has a good restaurant and bar and is centrally located. The hotel is spotless and the service excellent. We used to stay at Hotel Catedral, but it was often booked up. This is a better alternative, same price, better deal and better situated.  <br><br>It is a couple of blocks from Parque Alameda, Bellas Artes, Paseo Reforma and all that area contains in Centro Historico. $40 to $60 for a suite! Recommended. Free internet.]]></description>
                
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                <title>La Casona</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It's a small hotel in Condesa, near the park and museums. Very friendly and a good alternative to all the big hotels.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Casa de los Amigos</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A Quaker hostel just off Plaza de la Revolucion. Originally the home of muralist Jose Clemente Orozco, it was donated to the mission after his death. <br>Rooms are dormitory style although there are a couple of private double rooms with their own bathrooms. You can cook your own food in one of the two kitchens or have breakfast for 15 pesos. Lots of interesting people work at or stay at the hostel and it is a great place to base yourself while in Mex City. We stayed in one of the doubles for about £7 a night.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Roosevelt</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Located on Insurgentes Sur in the Condesa neighborhood, this hotel is conveniently near the fun in the Zona Rosa.<br><br>I shared a double room. It was clean, quiet, and had a large bathroom with a giant shower, TV, breakfast and coffee. This hotel is comparable to any moderately priced business hotel in the US. At the equivalent of $40 US per night it's a bargain. The staff were professional and attentive.]]></description>
                
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                <title>W Mexico City</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Jetlagged after a 12-hour flight we stumbled into the W Mexico City late on a Friday night and wondered what was going on. Well-dressed people flooding in and out, pounding music, bright lights, men in black suits with FBI-style headsets… had we come to the wrong place?<br><br>Well, it just shows that you should never expect anything ordinary from a W Hotel. There’s custom-made 60s-styled furniture and coloured lighting in the lobby while bedrooms are decorated in bright cherry-red with a hammock in the ‘wetroom’.<br><br>The service, while friendly and eager to please, can be overwhelmingly American but that’s a cultural difference rather than a criticism – and it’s far better than being ignored in a British hotel. And, let’s be honest, hotels don’t get any cooler than this.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Isabel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I was attracted by the name, and delighted to find a charming yet amazingly cheap hotel bang in the centre of Mexico City. The enormous rooms are centred around an airy atrium, and the hotel bar is perfect for an ice cold Corona after the heat of the city. Far superior to the other 'backpacker' options, with internet access and helpful staff.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Condesa DF</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The latest flashy hotel to open in Mexico City has received rave reviews for its design perfection, although the service is reputedly a little wanting. Double room: $165-395 plus 15% tax.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Condesa df</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Staying at this intimate boutique hotel in the swanky Condesa district is like being inside an iPod. Sparkling white, curvy and beautifully designed, the hotel is modern, minimal Mexico (which sounds like a paradox), staffed by groovy, black-suited Gael Garcia Bernal look-alikes. The best things are the roof-top bar, a funky patio restaurant, rooms with individual arthouse DVD libraries, and refreshingly low prices. I also loved the house rules, which sternly stipulate: "No weapons, no animals, and no musicians".]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hostel Home</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Great, small, independent youth hostel. You'll feel part of the scenery of trendy, laid back Condesa/Roma.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Maria Christina</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A favourite with NGO types, this pleasant hotel is good value and centrally located but in a bit of a boring part of town.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Isabel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Simple but clean rooms in a large old building in the heart of the historic centre which is an advantage although there is less to do here at night than in other parts of town.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Restaurant Bajio</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Simple, straightforward and very Mexican. A place for the classic dishes without pretentions and tacky decor. Approx 130 pesos per person with no alcohol.]]></description>
                
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