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[quote=Anonymous]NP -- haven't been to Panama City or Bogota but love Mexico City.  I used to go for work, years ago, and it was always pretty temperate.  I think it's maybe between 45-70 in the winter.  Altitude was not that big of a deal for me.

Two years ago we went with our 2 teens and teenage nephew and we all had a great time, ate like kings for 10 days (side trip to San Miguel de Allende for the film festival in the summer) and no one got sick.  We were feeding three hungry kids so I feel like we ate at 40% of the restaurants in the city.  Stayed at the Red Tree House in Condesa; they have hotel rooms but also a few apartments in a building next door.  We had the 3-bedroom so there was plenty of space for everyone, but we could walk to the RTH garden for breakfast, which was pretty good each day.

Condesa/Roma are very easy and safe to navigate on foot, and Ubers are everywhere should you wish to go farther afield.  Food is great in CDMX and things are open late.  You can head to Tenochtitlan one day to see the pyramids, see Frida Kahlo's house, visit the market in Coyoacan, floating gardens at Xochimilco should be pretty festive for the holidays, the Archeological Museum is nice, you can also just sit on a bench in the Parque Mexico in Condesa and watch life roll by, dogwalkers, balloon sellers, etc.

Centro is also quite interesting but quite crowded and doesn't have the street trees and more relaxed vibe of Condesa/Roma/Coyoacan -- you can see ruins of the old Aztec heart of the city right there, the main square, many beautiful and ornate colonial palaces that are now bakeries, bookshops, restaurants etc.  Some nice hotels but in terms of night time safety I am not sure I'd want to stay there unless I was ubering everywhere.

Have a great trip wherever you decide to go!  It's really fun to see the holidays --any of them-- in another country.[/quote]

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