Mexico City
Mexico City none none
- Country Code
- MX
- Gay Info
- Centro Cultural de la Diversidad Sexual 52-55/5514-2565, www.diversidadsexual.com.
- Aids Group
- Ave de Mexico 52-55/1054-3213, web: avedemexico.org.mx..
- Airport
- Mexico City Int'l Airport is 6 miles east of the city center. Hire an official taxi or take the Metro to your hotel.
- Taxi
- Official Radio Taxis 52-55/5271-9146 or 52-55/5271-9058, www.taxi-mexico.com.
- Don't hail a taxi on the street. It costs more to call an official taxi, but it's worth it.
- Public Transport
- Metro & microbuses.
- Tourist Attraction
- Ballet Folklorico, www.balletamalia.com.
- Frida Kahlo House.
- Metropolitan Cathedral.
- Diego Rivera Web Museum, www.diegorivera.com.
- Museo Dolores Olmedo (largest collection of Kahlo's works) 52-55/5555-1016, www.museodoloresolmedo.org.mx.
- Museum of Anthropology 52-55/5286-2923, www.mna.inah.gob.mx.
- Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts 52-555/512-2593, www.bellasartes.gob.mx.
- Museum of Modern Art 52-55/5553-6233, www.conaculta.gob.mx/mam.
- Shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- Teotihuacan Pyramids.
- Visitors Bureau
- Mexican Tourism 800-44-MEXICO (US #), www.visitmexico.com.
- Weather
- Temperate and dry most of the year, with most of the annual rainfall coming in May-Oct. When the smog gets unbearable, head for a museum or other indoor activity.