Mexico City
Condesa DF
Photo: Courtesy of Condesa DF
A trendy, artist-filled neighborhood in Mexico City now has a hip hotel to match. Surrounded by restaurants, bars, art galleries, and leafy tree-lined streets, Condesa DF is one of the most happening places in town. Paris-based interior designer India Mahdavi enlivened a triangular 1920’s French Neoclassical building with floral patterns and vibrant turquoise walls in the public spaces. The 40 rooms, arrayed around a central courtyard, marry indigenous materials (stone floors, Oaxacan blankets, alpaca-wool carpets) with sculptural furniture, walnut paneling, and sleek couches with contrast piping. The place heats up at night, when the rooftop sushi bar and basement dance club pulse with house music and bright young things dancing till four in the morning.
Insider Tip:
For breakfast at the hotel restaurant, ask for eggs with chorizo, potatoes, and zucchini blossom, or the signature chilaquiles. The latter, a traditional Mexican hangover remedy, comes in handy after those rooftop parties.
