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Stylish Andaz Mexico City Condesa is set to open in December 2022. Located in the capital city’s La Condesa neighborhood, it’s the first urban Andaz property in the country and Andaz’s second in Mexico. Music fans and dog people in particular will be impressed with the hotel’s amenities.

Rooms at Andaz Mexico City Condesa have record players and you can borrow vinyl from the lobby’s … [+] library.

Andaz Mexico City Condesa

The new hotel has 213 rooms, 20 of them suites, in a 17-floor building with a rooftop restaurant and pool—it’s one of Mexico City’s highest rooftop pools. Within the Conjunto Aristos complex, a renovated heritage site designed by José Luis Benlliure Galán, the hotel is expected to open in December 2022. Stays are bookable from January 18, 2023 and beyond.

The style of Andaz Mexico City Condesa is influenced by another famous Mexican architect (and engineer) Luis Barragán, whose home-turned-museum is nearby. Most of the hotel’s guestrooms are 344 square feet and are decorated in grays and whites with pops of pink, echoing Barragán’s use of shadow and color. Suites range from 592 to 667 square feet, some with an outdoor terrace overlooking La Condesa. The largest executive suite is 926 square feet.

Pops of pink feature in Andaz Mexico City Condesa’s guestrooms

Andaz Mexico City Condesa

Andaz Mexico City Condesa guests will have an unusual amenity—in-room record players—and can borrow vinyl from the lobby’s record library.

Communal space includes the 17th-floor Cabuya rooftop restaurant, the ideal spot to feast on Mexican specialties from Baja and the Yucatan. The 17th floor also has a rooftop pool. On the ground floor is Derba Matcha Café serving specialty coffees and teas. The hotel also has extensive meeting and event space.

Bathtub at Andaz Mexico City Condesa.

Andaz Mexico City Condesa

Another unusual facility at Andaz Mexico City Condesa is the Wooftop Beer Garden & Canine Club. It’s a pet-friendly space with an indoor/outdoor beer garden and dog park. Pets and owners can hang out together and have a drink (yes, the menu for humans is more extensive than that for the pups, err, los perros).

Andaz Hotels and Resorts

The first Andaz property in Mexico was Andaz Mayakoba on a white sand beach in the Riviera Maya, on the mainland across from the island of Cozumel. Like Andaz Mexico City Condesa, it’s a dog-friendly hotel.

Andaz Hotels and Resorts are a luxury and boutique brand, part of Hyatt’s Boundless Collection. “Andaz” is a Hindi word that means “personal style” and Andaz aims to make their properties unique with their own distinct personality that draws on the culture of not only the country and city they’re located in but also the neighborhood.

Andaz Mexico City Condesa within the Conjunto Aristos complex.

Andaz Mexico City Condesa

There are currently 25 Andaz properties around the world. In Canada’s capital, for example, you’ll find Andaz Ottawa Byward Market. There are also Andaz properties in five U.S. states, in Mexico and Costa Rica, in five European countries, in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai, as well as in several Asian countries.

Other Andaz properties opening soon include Andaz Pattaya Jomtien Beach on Thailand’s mainland southeast of Bangkok (with reservations beginning February 1, 2023), Andaz Doha in Qatar, and Andaz Palm Springs in California.

Mexico City’s La Condesa neighborhood

Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Known as an artistic neighborhood, La Condesa is often called Mexico City’s most fashionable. It’s next door to the more well-known Roma neighborhood, and the two are designated together as a barrio mágico turístico, a magic tourist neighborhood. La Condesa is characterized by art deco architecture, excellent dining from high-end restaurants to top-notch street food, art galleries and boutiques, as well as 22-acre Parque México (which is also very popular with local dogs and their owners).

The area is one of the greenest parts of Mexico City. In addition to the pergolas and walkways in treed Parque México, Avenida Amsterdam has a former horse track turned treed walking path, and tree-shaded Parque España has fountains, sculptures, and street art.

A visitor tours architect Luis Barragan’s home in Mexico City. His house and studio are much as they … [+] were in 2004 when the building was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site for its architectural significance integrating modern, traditional and vernacular elements. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Just outside of La Condesa is the oldest and one of the largest parks in all of Latin America—Parque Chapultepec. Twice the size of New York City’s Central Park, it has about 1,700 acres of green space. Mexico’s ancient and more current history are here, from the ruins of an ancient Aztec aqueduct and baths to a fountain and mural by Diego Rivera. The park also has nine museums, a botanical garden and a zoo.

Be sure to visit nearby Chapultepec Castle and the UNESCO world heritage site Casa Luis Barragán. Chapultepec Castle was once the home of Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota and has some of Mexico City’s best views. Much of the building is now the Museo Nacional de Historia. Casa Luis Barragán, the former home of the famous architect, has interiors that encompass his trademark mastery of light, shadow, form, color and texture—which you’ll already be familiar with from your stay at Andaz Mexico City Condesa.