Secret Mexico City ('Secret' guides)

Secret Mexico City ('Secret' guides)

<p style=" "><span>The forgotten caf© where Fidel Castro and Che Guevara used to meet, a tribute to the city's ghosts, a mammoth in the metro, a cave transformed into a shrine, an underground parking lot with mosaics dating from 1930, a Baroque altarpiece made from papier mch©, a village based on the principles of Thomas More's <em>Utopia</em>, secret masterpieces of colonial art in rooms only open around two hours a week, the largest roof garden in Latin America, the photo on which the Oscar statuette is modelled, the first building in the world faced with a material that can trap urban smog, a road surface designed for praying as you walk €¦ </span></p> <p style=" "><span> </span></p> <p style=" "><span>Far from the crowds and the usual clich©s, Mexico City is filled with hidden treasures revealed only to the residents and visitors who leave the beaten path.</span></p> <p style=" "><span>An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew the city well or who would like to discover its many other facets.</span></p>