Jorge Cruz is Chief Concierge at Hotel Camino Real Mexico.
The 12 ground-floor rooms showcasing pre-Hispanic cultures illustrate the complex and frequently bloodthirsty civilizations of Mesoamerica dating back 3,000 years before the Spanish invasion.
Best Way To Spend A Morning If That's All You HaveThe most famous of Mexico's town plazas is the dizzying Zócalo, the largest main square in Latin America.
Best Place To Take The KidsThis interactive children's museum seems to have exhibits about everything: the world, the human body, science, the arts, and literature. There's an IMAX theater, too.
Best Day TripLearn why Cuernavaca is the most popular getaway spot for Mexico City's elite, and why Xochicalo's ruins make it the best reason to visit Morelos state. Taxco's colonial buildings line cobblestone streets that wind through the foothills of the Sierra Madre.
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