Cultural IMMERSION
History , art and culinary adventures create a feast for the senses in Mexico City . By SHARON STELLO
WHETHER STROLLING THE UPSCALE POLANCO NEIGHBORHOOD , WITH ITS TREE-LINED STREETS NAMED AFTER FAMOUS WRITERS AND SCIENTISTS , NEOBAROQUE ARCHITECTURE AND HIGH-END BOUTIQUES , TASTING YOUR WAY THROUGH A STREET TACO TOUR , SOAKING UP LOCAL CULTURE AT ONE OF THE MANY MUSEUMS OR STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF ANCIENT PYRAMIDS AT TEOTIHUACÁN , JUST A FEW MILES BEYOND ITS NORTHERN EDGE , MEXICO CITY IS A VIBRANT DESTINATION WITH ENDLESS EXPERIENCES FOR VISITORS .
Clockwise from above : artwork in a Polanco neighborhood park ; a pyramid at Teotihuacán , a UNESCO World Heritage site ; artist Diego Rivera ’ s Anahuacalli Museum
LEFT : COURTESY OF MUSEO DIEGO RIVERA ANAHUACALLI ; OTHERS ON PAGE : SHARON STELLO
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