Condesa DF, Mexico City

About Condesa DF

A 1928 French neoclassical triangular building that India Mahdavi turned into the original CDMX design hotel — 40 rooms wrapped around a sunlit courtyard, custom Mahdavi furniture in every room, and a rooftop bar and pool that has been one of the city's actual scenes (not just a hotel amenity) for nearly two decades. It faces Parque España, which means you wake up to joggers and dog-walkers and step out into Condesa's tree-lined streets, three blocks from Avenida Amsterdam's loop and walking distance to every café and natural-wine bar that defines the neighborhood. Book it if your taste skews Wallpaper over Soho House and you want to spend daytime in Condesa, not Zona Rosa. The rooftop alone earns the price on a clear evening. Zona Rosa is a 12-minute Uber when you want a club night, but most of the gay travelers who pick this hotel are doing dinners at Rosetta, Meroma and Máximo Bistrot, not Kinky. It's the design-architecture pick for couples.