Mexico City’s Best: Trip Guide

Plan your travels with this superb digital heads-up on Mexico’s vibrant capital.

MEXICO CITY’S BEST is an ideal travel guide to Mexico’s vibrant capital and North America’s largest city. Written by a pro-author it explores key NEIGHBORHOODS; suggests ITINERARIES; details dozens of SIGHTS and ACTIVITIES; and suggests great spots to EAT. All content (150+ points-of-interest/205+ pics) is original and independent; no recommendations are ads!

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*** Published by TouchScreenTravels.com: independent travel guides for the digital age. Our Touch, Your Travels. ***

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MEXICO CITY’S BEST starts with essential TRIP-PLANNING information – with tips on ACCOMMODATION, FESTIVALS and TRANSPORT.

A NEIGHBOURHOODS section then provides orientation to all the key districts of interest to visitors.

Next, a hand-crafted ITINERARIES section suggests an easy-to-follow route for first-timers to get to grips with city highlights: MEXICO CITY IN-A-DAY.

Or, if you have more specific interests, you might dive straight into INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES, the next section of the app. This provides the heads-up on various topics: travelling with KIDS; looking for ART; finding key locations in the city’s HISTORY; seeking out green spaces OUTDOORS and beyond the city fringes.

Finally, the app distills the thousands of possible options into an incredibly useful selection section on RESTAURANTS, CAFES, BARS and various VENUES in the city. With all picks based on many years of personal experience. There’s also a little on SHOPS & SHOPPING with special emphasis on the key craft MARKETS.

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APP FEATURE: TRIP ESSENTIALS

Key before-you-go information, including:

• Accommodation

• Costs

• Crime & Health

• Info & Media

• Seasons, Festivals & Events

• Transport

APP FEATURE: STATES & TERRITORIES

Meet the key cities & regions:

• Alameda Central & Around

• Centro Histórico

• Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Park)

• Condesa & Roma

• Coyoacán & San Ángel

• Outside the City

• Ciudad Universitaria & Tlalpan

• Juárez & Zona Rosa

• Other Neighbourhoods

• Plaza de la República & Around

• Polanco

• Xochimilco

APP FEATURE: ITINERARIES & TOURS

Easy-to-follow instructions:

• Tours to: Teotihuacán; Xochimilco Canals

• Itinerary: Mexico City In-A-Day

APP FEATURE: INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

Readable backgrounders and practical advice on:

• Art & Architecture

• History

• Kids & Families

• Outdoors

APP FEATURE: LISTINGS

Where best to eat, drink, shop and more:

• Bars & Cafes

• Mezcal & Pulque Bars

• Music, Cinema & Dance

• Restaurants & Street Eats

• Shops & Shopping

• Sports & Entertainment

APP FEATURE: TECHNICAL

• One-click website LINKS.

• One-click PHONE CALLS (on phones).

• NAVIGATE quickly using the app's global search; internal hyperlinks, and its many images.

• LOCATION info (using your device's GPS).

• Detailed MAPS and the ability to ADD YOUR OWN markers.

• Save and share FAVOURITES.

• Easily CONTACT the author.

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IN-APP PURCHASE:

• The entire contents of Mexico City’s Best is available by installing it above. The only restrictions are that this will only work when you’re online and only with intermittent ads.

• A single, one-off IN-APP PURCHASE eliminates all ads and allows you to take all content (except maps) offline.

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CREDITS

• AUTHOR: Los Angeles native John Hecht has called Mexico City home for more than two decades. His travel writing focuses mostly on Mexico and has appeared in guidebooks, magazines and on various websites.

• ICON: Laurentiu Morariu@unsplash

• FEATURE GRAPHIC: Lui Piquee@Flickr

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