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The St. Regis Gets Some Mexican Flavor With New Hotel
Instead of getting that emergency dental surgery you so desperately need, head to Mexico, where the government will pay for your procedure and you can use your root-canal money on the newly opened St. Regis Mexico City.
And at $199 a night, you might have dough left over to treat yourself to a massage at the Remède Spa or to have a private dinner on the hotel's helipad (seriously). But be sure to save some money for Internet access, since it’s not free here.
Renowned architect Cesar Pelli -- whose credits include the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the World Financial Center in Manhattan -- designed this 492-foot luxe hotel, which boasts floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Plaza of Diana and the city's first panoramic indoor pool. But hotel officials say that the 189-room tower will retain some local flavor:
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Christmas in Mexico City? :: Consider the Marquis Reforma
In Tony Cohan's excellent travelogue, Mexican Days, he writes of a surreal Christmas spent in Distrito Federal, what the natives call Mexico City. He found the streets strangely, uncomfortably empty, cleared of the usual throngs. Everyone was home celebrating the festivities but him. (The passage starts on pg. 77.)
While the Mexicans are busy sequestering themselves with families and friends during the Christmas days, it might be a good time to try out The Marquis Reforma Hotel & Spa's "Winter Holiday" package, if you're not headed off to the Mexican beaches.
Starting at $170 a night (double occupancy required) and available between December 15 and January 6 (another major holiday, the celebration of "Rosca de Reyes"), the package comes with a tour of DF's most deck-out neighborhoods. And the hotel is close to some of the City's biggest sights: Chapultapec Park, and the Museo de Antropologia.
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Relive The Matador Movie at Camino Real in Mexico City
The Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City may not stack up to the Four Seasons for service or the Casa Vieja four boutique hipness, but it's got something they don't: a starring role in a movie.
If you saw 2005's The Matador, starring Pierce Brosnan as a crumbling assassin and Greg Kinnear as a suppressed Mid-Westerner with lots of problems of his own, you spent a lot of time in this hotel. It's sleek, modern, minimalist, and has a reputation for being filled with politicos striking secret deals.
According to this interview with Greg Kinnear, they didn't shut the hotel down during filming and everyone just carried on. So when you see Pierce Brosnan walk into the lobby wearing nothing but a Speedo and cowboy boots, "only about half of those people who look horrified are actors."
If you're design-conscious, stylish, or need extra security because of your position determining the fate of the world, we hear this is a good choice. Just wear some real clothes while walking through the lobby.
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