Mexico City is a sprawling metropolis that sweeps up travelers into a whirlwind of color, culture, and cravings they didn’t know they had. It’s where ancient temples lie in the shadows of glassy ...

The Aztecs built their empire on Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico—a great island city connected by canals and protected by fortresses. When Spanish conquerors arrived in Tenochtitlan in the 16th ...