If you’re foregoing staying in Polanco or at the Four Seasons, then we recommend you stay in the heart of trendy Condesa. And if you’re opting for a trendy area, why not choose a cutting-edge boutique hotel? Enter Condesa DF, which opened in 2005, before the city’s recent tourism boom. It’s housed in a French Neo-classical building, but is characterized by its modern, India Mahdavi–curated interiors. There’s a car art installation by Betsabée Romero parked outside, a rooftop sushi restaurant (though we’d recommend having sushi elsewhere, a Mexican restaurant downstairs, and 24-hour room service. —Elena Clavarino

Elena Clavarino is the Senior Editor at AIR MAIL