Sarah Yi (@agirlaboutchicago) is a Chicago-based content creator who is passionate about food, travel, and boutique hotels. She’s partnered with Safara on our new lists feature to highlight some of her bucket list hotels in one of her all-time favorite places - Mexico City.

These hotels are the top recommendations from the Safarist community and have been personally vetted and endorsed by our team of hospitality experts.

Nima Local House Hotel & Spa

...home to tree-lined esplanades, sceney restaurants from world-renowned chefs, stunning architecture, and Mexico City’s reigning axis of cool…the edgier Roma is where you’ll find third-wave coffee shops and pricey hipster boutiques.

[There are] sparkling parks of palms and jacarandas, galleries, traditional markets, boutiques, world-class restaurants and places to stay. There are tacos you can try everywhere, and mezcal bars to unwind in. Roma is teeming with hip Mexican creative types and expats, with most streets spilling over with restaurants, bars and cafes.

Filled with fin de siècle mansions, art deco dwellings, and art nouveau–style storefronts, any architecture lover needs to stroll through this colonia. Originally a middle-class residential neighborhood, it was left destroyed after a massive earthquake rocked Mexico City in 1985. Today, La Roma has found new life as a hot spot for artists, 20-somethings, and tourists from all over.

Roma

Casa Polanco Hotel Boutique

A wealthy residential neighborhood northwest of downtown Mexico City, Polanco was originally built up in the 1930s... Today, the colonia is perhaps best known for its art galleries, luxury shopping malls, and high-end dining—it's home to some of Latin America’s best restaurants and a number of cutting-edge cocktail bars.

A small stroll through this buzzy neighborhood is enough to fall in love with its vibrant spirit. In Polanco, office buildings sit side-by-side with luxury apartments and colossal antique residences. The eclectic combination has turned the area into a hub of premier restaurants, international brands, acclaimed museums and galleries…

Polanco

Brick Hotel - Small Luxury Hotels of the World

Ignacia Guest House

Casa Izeba

These hotels have been recommended by industry-leaders including but not limited to Condé Nast, Goop, Travel + Leisure, and more, and have been featured in "Best of Lists" by travel experts we trust.

Circulo Mexicano, Mexico, a Member of Design Hotels

Here, you'll find opulent colonial palaces, crooked Baroque churches, murals by Diego Rivera…and the magnificent ruins of the Templo Mayor… Pop-up parties have begun to appear on rooftops…and edgy art galleries have appeared in former office buildings...It's still a place that belongs to everyone.

The historic center, and beating heart of Mexico City. It's vibrant, moving, and often jammed full of people—like Times Square but with more soul. You can see the birth of the nation here, standing at the largest plaza in Latin America... There is a whirlwind of taquerias, murals, secret spots, and captivating architecture that gives Centro such a distinct feel.