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CDMX Trip (December 2025)

04 April 2026

After our great March 2025 trip to Mexico City, we went again for Christmas 2025 because the flights on Aeromexico were such a good price, and in the tradition of trip diaries like Los Angeles/California, London and Paris before it here it is. (Note: I didn’t write one for our trip to El Salvador in September 2025)

Recommendations

We stayed at the same Four Points Sheraton in Roma Norte and would still recommend it as a home base.

We managed to walk 90 km this time. The tracks we took each day are in different colours, which are mentioned in the titles for each day.

Day 1 (December 24, black on map)

As soon as we put our bags down at our hotel, we went straight to Mi Compra Chava (Zacatecas 172, Roma Nte.) on the off chance they had a table right before closing. We managed to get a table and enjoy an amazing meal before they closed.

Day 2 (December 25, green on map)

The morning started slowly, but Doris’s sister joined us and we found Orbita (Calle de Orizaba 115, Roma Norte) to feed us breakfast. After a day of wandering, we went to see the ballet folkórico at Castillo de Chapultepec. The show was different than the one we had seen in the Palacio de Bellas Artes back in March, and it was chilly up in the castle after sunset. If you go, remember to bring a jacket and a blanket.

Day 3 (December 26, orange on map)

We tried to go to a couple Michelin places for breakfast but the first was closed for the holidays and the second had a long wait. We ended up at Maiabik Condesa (Alfonso Reyes 229, Hipódromo) which is a small place where we ate well and couldn’t quite figure out how it was so inexpensive. Later, after much walking, we ate an early dinner at Cuina (Tabasco 46, Roma Nte.).

Day 4 (December 27, purple on map)

For breakfast, we went to Pan BellezArtesanal (Colima 81, Roma Nte.), which was good except that they wanted to over charge me tip. Afterward, we walked around until we got to Museo de Arte Moderno and had a nice visit there.

Dinner was at Masala y Maiz (C. Artículo 123 116, Colonia Centro) for a birthday celebration. We had a “late” reservation at 5:30pm (they seat their last table at 6:00pm), but enjoyed a long meal with many courses of delicious flavours, so much dessert and even martinis to end the evening. I would absolutely recommend this restaurant and it is worth trying to get a reservation.

Day 5 (December 28, pink on map)

After breakfast at Tamales Doña Emi (Jalapa sin número, esquina, Tlaxcala, Roma Sur), we took the metro to Coyoacán, visited Leon Trotsky’s house, and a mall. For dinner, we went to Lagerbar Hércules (Campeche 322, Hipódromo) and it was as good as the time before.

Day 6 (December 29, red on map)

We visited some markets and Museo Vivo del Muralismo (República de Argentina 28, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México). For dinner, we went to Falling Piano Brewing Co. (Coahuila 99, Roma Nte.) and enjoyed several good beers. I also got an amazing sandwich from Sando (Guanajuato 100, Roma Nte.).

Day 7 (December 30, teal on map)

On our last day, we had breakfast at Breakfast El Inicio (Av. Álvaro Obregón 61, Roma Nte.) before visiting MODO Museo del Objeto del Objeto (Colima 145, Cuauhtémoc, Roma Nte.). This was a really neat museum of random collections.

We also walked to Bosque de Chapultepec where Fernanda got us to ride the train around the park. Eventually, we stopped for dinner at Cafe Toscano (Temístocles 26, Polanco) and had a nice meal, if a bit pricey. Then for our last bit of time in CDMX, walked all the way back to our hotel in Roma Norte and caught an Uber to the airport.