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Day
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Bienvenido güey
- Private transfer to our home in CDMX, Casa Izeba, a gem in the heart of Roma Norte
- Welcome drinks at Limantour, perennial member of The World’s 50 Best Bars, private pop-up bar at the hotel
- First night private dinner with chef Edo Nakatani at the beautiful Sobremesa space
- Joining us at dinner will be Sophie Avernin: sommelier, winemaker, writer
Day
2
Markets and More
- Morning architectural walk through Hipodromo, en route to Mixiotes and tacos de Canasta
- Subway to the market
- An insider’s tour through Mercado de Jamaica fresh market for a masterclass on the region’s produce and products with the female-run and -led crew of Eat Like a Local
- Siesta! Or shopping in Juárez if you’re too wired to sleep.
- Mezcal tasting and craft chocolate pairing with Mario Mendoza
- Late-night taco and mezcal crawl with Rocio and her company Eat Like a Local
Day
3
CDMX Origin Story
- Early rise today for a glorious morning on the chinampas, the last remaining pre-Hispanic laguna landscape in CDMX. Cafe de olla at sunrise in the pre-Hispanic glory of Xochimilco
- Workshop of Pulque, the great and gentle pre-Columbian intoxicant, on a pulque farm en route to the area near Mt Popocatépetl
- Keep heading south, to the volcanic plains of Ayapango, where we’ll spend the day and night at the Hacienda San Andrés, an agricultural pillar of the region since 1535, now reimagined in the hands of chef Marco Margain.
- Siesta, of course.
- Happy hour looking out over the fields of maize toward Mt Popocatépetl
- The preparations for a full traditional Barbacoa, including lamb slaughter for those who want to witness the sacred sacrifice of this life-giving food source of central Mexico
Day
4
The Legends of the Volcano
- Wake warmly with the frost outside, have a gorgeous rural breakfast at Hacienda San Andrés
- Optional early morning market run to see the bounty of rural Mexican markets
- Nixtamal and salsa workshop: Learn the ancient process of grain preparation and help prepare salsas and sides for the barbacoa
- The fruits of our labors: barbacoa lunch on the ranch
- Happy hour of cocktails by the bonfire with seasonal ingredients
- Last night big-deal four-hands dinner with chef Marco and a visiting CDMX chef
Day
5
A la próxima
- One last breakfast at Hacienda San Andrés
- Private transfer back to Mexico City airport for your flight home or to central CDMX if you’re staying longer
What’s Included
- All breakfasts, lunches, dinners, as well as snacks and beverages between meals
- Expertise and services of our experienced trip leaders: at least one guide and one host per trip
- Additional guides and experts from the region
- Transfers to and from the airport or wherever you are on the day the trip starts and ends
- All ground transport (we’ll be moving around in Mercedes Sprinters or, in the chinapas, in trajinera boats)
- Daily Roads & Kingdoms gifts related to the themes, activities and narratives of each trip
- All gratuities for accommodations, meals, guiding or transport
What’s Not Included
- International airfare to and from the journey (note: some trips begin and end at different airports)
- Personal bar tabs (when not with the group)
- Personal laundry or spa services
- Personal travel insurance
Nathan Thornburgh, a former TIME Magazine senior editor and foreign correspondent, co-founded Roads & Kingdoms in 2012 and ran the independent media company with Matt Goulding and Anthony Bourdain for years. He is an Emmy- and National Magazine Award-winning producer and editor and has reported everywhere from Russia to Iraq. R&K’s League of Travelers is his latest attempt to marry travel, journalism, and la dolce vita.
One of Mexico City’s most innovative travel hosts and entrepreneurs, Rocio Vazquez is the founder of Eat Like a Local, a boutique, all-female tour group dedicated to responsible food tourism. One of the first food bloggers in Mexico, she got her start anonymously reviewing restaurants through her blog, Sin Mantel, eventually leading food tours through the city to make money on the side. In addition to Eat Like a Local, she founded 80IQ, a program dedicated to broadening the horizons of young girls from the areas around La Merced market.
On leafy Colima, arguably the most beautiful street of prime Roma Norte, Casa Izeba is a 20s-era modernist residence turned contemporary-minded boutique hotel. The roof terrace offers views of the city’s skyline under the shade of a jacaranda tree: peak CDMX.
A 16th-century hacienda turned sustainable farmstead, Hacienda San Andrés has become a model of a chef-driven agriturismo under chef Marco Margain and his wife Mariana Silva, who grew up on the property. One of the first haciendas built in Mexico, Diego Rivera depicted its main courtyard for his first recorded painting, “La Era,” in 1904. Today it offers 11 rooms on 40 hectares, with Mt Popo framing its gardens, agricultural fields, and vegetables for the contemplation of nature on a grand scale.
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I could not imagine a more enjoyable way to see Mexico City in such a small window of time. Every detail was thought of.
Amanda C.
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Our trip to CDMX with Roads and Kingdoms will forever be in my heart. It’s inspiring and travel at its absolute best.
Leslee K.
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Traveling with Roads & Kingdoms, you gain access to people, places and experiences that you simply would not be able to do on your own.
Julie I.
CDMX Under the Volcano 2024
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Oaxaca Reborn
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R&K Host
Co-founder, Journalist Nathan Thornburgh
Local Guide
Fermenter, Restaurateur Ana Paulina Garcia
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Puglia: The True Dolce Vita
The heel of the boot has mainland Italy’s longest coastline, white-sand beaches, winds from the Sahara desert—and the perfect climate for its centuries-old olive groves. Puglia’s rich agricultural legacy includes the fairytale stone villages of the Valle d’Itria and a hearty cuisine that gave the world burrata and orecchiette. Spend some time in Puglia’s laid-back embrace.
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R&K Host
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