Hotel Del Angel

Cheap bargains!

by dls28 about Flea markets around the city

Flea and Antique Markets

street vendors can be found anywhere in Mexico City,but these are more "formal" flea markets selling handcrafts, furniture and antiques.

* Bazar del Sábado in San Angel. Every Saturday, come here to see artists displaying and selling thier work.

* Mercado de Artesanias in Coyoacan

* Plaza del Angel in Zona Rosa

* Mercado de Alvaro Obregon in Colonia Roma

* Sunday art market in the Monumento a la Madre

* Mercado de Antiguedades de Cuauhtemoc, near Centro Historico

* La Lagunilla and Tepito near Centro Historico (tepito is a curious place and you may easily get lost if you come down here. You can literally find anything and everything here but if you do want to come, dress down, where no jewelry and bring little money, it is not a safe place and probably best avoided if you do not speak spanish. It is a well known area for buying fake documents and black market goods)

VEGETARIAN FOOD / FRUIT JUICE SALADS..

by pedroebc

Since now women want to be beauty forever and have a nice shape..here the vegetarian options.. in this city that eat a lot of meat..

The most famous vegetarian restaurant around Zona Rosa, near Independence angel Monument is...

restaurante Yug :

Varsovia 3-b
Col. Juarez
México D.F.
tels. 55 25 53 30 y 55 33 32 96
Esta a una cuadra del Angel de la Independencia casi equina con avenida Reforma.
Horarios: lunes a viernes de 7:00 am a 9:00 pm
sábados y domingos de 8:30 am a 8:00 pm

Hay una sucursal Yug que sirve buffet en:
Puebla 326-6 (entrada por cozumel)
Col. Roma
México D.F.
tels. 55 53 38 72 y 55 53 56 63
Horario: lunes a sábado de 1:00 pm a 5:00 pm

Frutos prohibidos y otros placeres
Ámsterdam 244-B Col. Condesa ..near parque mexico

Hare Krishna restaurant / templo
Tiburcio Montiel No. 45, Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, Tel. (55) 5273-1953 Other options around the city... try some fruit juice and fruit cocktails at some corners at the street with some risk of stoamch problems...

In downtown just besides Hotel Canada in 5 de Mayo street ..a helathy place for juices and fruit cocktails.

MEXICO DF

by patricia28

"Mexico DF"

Well I arrived here some years ago with some relatives and my sister, it was my first big trip far from my country.
We arrived to Mexico DF international airport a little scared about what to expect :) then we had some problems because the airline lost the baggage of my uncle, nobody knew never until now what happened with the bag, bad luck ! anyway my uncle has to buy all again, clothes, everything... anyway, after this the people of the hotel were waiting for us to go to our nice hotel in the heart of the capital "Hotel del angel" near of a very famous square with this name.
It was nice to know the capital, is a huge city, full of cars and people running, but rich in culture.
We loved the metropolitan cathedral, it was amazing.

"Archeological city of Teotiguacan, Mexico DF"

I really liked this archeological city, I could visit the pyramid of the sun and the pyramid of the moon. They are both huge and beautiful, but you have to stay close to your touristic group because is easy to get lost!

"Xochimilco, Mexico DF"

Other nice place to go is Xochimilco, where you can travel in the time to do a reconstruction of what was the lacustrine basin of Mexico until the century XIX. It is a sample of beautiful Nature and a floating garden, you can approach a few boats to sail along the waters and to enjoy an unforgettable experience.

Pocono Mountain HS Mexico Tour

by Gluhwein

On June 30, 2000 in the early early morning (2:00) our group left Pocono Mountain High School for Newark Airport. Without a hitch we boarded our Northwest flight to Detroit. In Detroit we connected to another NW flight to Mexico City.

Despite a dely due to a mix-up at Customs in the airport, we finally met up with our EF tour guide - Elizabeth. We had to walk what seemed like 5 miles with our suitcases to meet up with our bus. We then proceeded to take a bus tour of the city. Unfortunately, most of us fell asleep after the long day of travel. We were pleasently surprised by our hotel, Del Angel. It overlooked the Del Angel monument (below) which turned-out to be the symbolic center of Mexico City. After checking into our neat, modern rooms (TV, A/C, safe), we took a short walk to the Zona Rosa. This is the upscale, Yuppie area of Mexico City. Despite hearing many stories about tourists having difficulty coping with Mexico City's altitude, none of us felt uncomfortable.

As we toured the city we were intrigued by all the ribbons and decorations we found. We saw police everywhere. "What a great place for tourists" I thought. Soon I learned that the presidential elections were being held the next day. It was expected to be an historic vote. For the first time ever, a member of the opposition party was favored to win. Vicente Fox was a man of the people and the people were expected to put him in power. A virtual revolution was expected. Instead of feeling safe, I was now scared to death.