When you arrive in Mexico City, the first thing to do is...eat. And eat well. One of the best places to do just that is at Enrique Olvera's restaurant Pujol, located in the neighborhood of Polanco.

Olvera's spot, considered to be one of the best restaurants in the world, serves up a menu inspired by Mexico's most iconic foods, including plenty of tacos and botanas, presented in an elegant and contemporary setting. We suggest trying the tasting menu, which offers classics like mole madre, fish tacos, and tamales. Bonus for music lovers: Ask for the private room, which has its own sound system and a record player, so you can choose your music to match the meal.

After dinner, head to the nearby Limantour bar, famous for its original cocktails, including the Mezcal Stalk with mezcal, Curaçao, agave honey, and pineapple juice.

Get up early and head to San Angel, a neighborhood rich in history and one made for walking thanks to its pedestrian-friendly streets lined with one-of-a-kind boutiques. Start your day with breakfast along Avenida de la Paz, which has several stellar restaurants. One standout El Cardenal, set in a restored 19th-century mansion with stained glass windows and stone walls. Don't miss the sweet bread and hot chocolate, followed by barbacoa and chilaquiles.

After breakfast, walk to the Bazaar Sábado (Saturday Bazaar), a weekly market that's been running since the 1960s. The bazaar covers the San Jacinto Plaza with crafts by local artisans and designers. Here, you can find jewelry, pottery, fashion, and art, while listening to the music performed by local street musicians.

For lunch, stick around the Roma neighborhood to visit top restaurants set amongst the city's classic architecture and let your senses choose the ideal place to eat. A fantastic option is Contramar, a restaurant with a special focus on seafood. Its menu highlights traditional dishes from the coastal states, including fish carnitas, tuna tostadas, and grilled fish with red adobo.

But hang on, because Roma isn't just for foodies. The neighborhood is also a must for music lovers, where they can find some of the most diverse record stores around.

La Roma Records is an iconic music spot with plenty of vintage flair thanks to its red neon sign at the door and walls covered in music band stickers. The two-story store is devoted to CDs and vinyl records of all genres, including rock, hip-hop, soul, funk, electronic, and metal.

Next, head to Salvaje Music, a boutique that mixes design and music. Unlike other stores with a wide variety of records, Salvaje Music's concept is to curate a selection of albums with the highest sound quality. Here vinyl records share the beautifully decorated space with turntables, high fidelity speakers, accessories, and custom-made furniture created for music lovers who want to have their records on display.

Don't leave the neighborhood without exploring its museums, art galleries, and historical buildings. Among the Baroque-style buildings devoted to culture, check out the former home of the poet Ramón López Velarde, which is now a library. Art lovers can also visit the home and studio of the surrealistic painter Leonora Carrington. And for a curious stop, there's the Objects Museum (Museo del Objeto) which contains more than a thousand quirky oddities, including vintage washing machines from the 1800s to classic skateboards from the 1970s.

On Saturday evening, make a reservation at Filigrana by chef Martha Ortiz. What makes her cooking unique is how she highlights traditional ingredients and dishes presented on simple but stunning plating to further highlight the food. The restaurant's walls are covered with paintings from local artist Rafael Cauduro, and the salon has a warm feeling thanks to the many plants — including a tree — surrounding the tables, and comfortable, velvet chairs. Try some classic dishes like Mole de Olla — a beef stew with vegetables — chicken with mole, and a sweet flan for dessert.

After dinner, it's time to dive into nightlife. For a speakeasy vibe, head to Hanky Panky, a bar that just made its way to the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2021. To get the secret location, make a reservation on their website or via social media. Hint: it's not far from the Roma

Nothing says Sunday morning in Mexico City like brunch. Feast on the extensive buffet—mimosas included—at the Gran Hotel's terrace overlooking the most iconic attraction in downtown, the Zócalo (the town square). The hotel itself is a marvel, with its pre-revolution aesthetic, a stained-glass canopy from 1908, and balconies overlooking the square.

While exploring downtown, pay a visit to Palacio de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Palace), a 1904 architectonic masterpiece, it's clad in eye-popping Italian white marble. Inside, visitors will find Mexican marble in dark tones, iron details, and several murals created by post-revolution artists like Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Most Sundays, the theater offers a performance of the Mexican Folkloric Ballet (Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández), which showcases traditional dances from across the country.

The palace is located on one end of Alameda Central, the most important park downtown and the oldest one in the country, home to important monuments that share a bit of Mexico's history. On the other end of the park, music lovers can find Expendio Records. The expertly curated record store sells an excellent selection of sounds, including electronic music, jazz, hip-hop, rock, and reggae.

After lunch, continue exploring Mexico's history by visiting the National Anthropology Museum (Museo Nacional de Antropología). The museum has some of the most important treasures of pre-Hispanic civilizations, such as the enormous Olmec stone heads and the Aztec stone calendar.

If you're more interested in art, visit Frida Kahlo's residence in Coyoacán. Guests can explore the house where she lived as a child and later shared with her husband, Diego Rivera. The house has been curated to be a truthful representation of how she lived and displays her book collection, wardrobe, and some of her personal paintings.

The weekend is almost over, but not without a final taste of traditional cuisine. At Plaza Jardín Centenario, also in Coyoacán, try Los Danzantes, a restaurant cooking dishes inspired by pre-Hispanic ingredients and techniques with a contemporary touch. Try a mogo mogo, which is mashed plantain croquettes with toasted crickets and mole, a glazed pork belly, a tlayuda from Oaxaca (like a pizza, but with an oversized crunchy tortilla crust), or a goat cheese flan. And, of course, sip on one of the restaurant's mezcales to toast a three-day weekend well spent.

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