48 Hours in Roma Norte: Two Slow Days From Our Townhouse

Start downstairs. La Valise Café is our own corner of French café culture in Roma Norte, with all-day breakfast, French pastries and specialty coffee. Breakfast is included in your stay. Take a window table, order a coffee and something from the pastry case, and watch Tonalá wake up. Nobody will hurry you.

A square of trees and benches built around a full-size bronze copy of Michelangelo's David, set in its fountain in 1976. Go for the morning light and the dog walkers, then look at the corner with Durango, where the turreted Casa de las Brujas stands. It's the building people photograph. Give it twenty minutes and a bench.

Chef Elena Reygadas's bakery on Colima. It's a small, standing kind of place, so order one thing and eat it walking. Then keep going along Colima and the side streets. This is the hour for the galleries and vintage shops, with no plan beyond turning when something catches you.

Come back to the house for the heat of the day. The Pis-cinema is our indoor pool and cinema space, open to every guest at no extra charge: swim, then stay for something on the screen. If you'd rather be still, book a treatment at La Valise Spa. We can do it in the spa or in your suite. Then nap. It's part of the plan.

Elena Reygadas's restaurant, on Colima between Orizaba and Córdoba. Plan on more than MXN 500 a head. It's the dinner we'd choose for a first night in the neighborhood. That's a five minute walk from here, worth the shoes. Ask us to look into a table before you arrive.

Today breakfast comes up to you. It's included, the same as yesterday. If you're in Polaris, roll the bed out onto the terrace and eat outside. If you're in Cilene, Halo, Moon or Nova, the projector is there for later.

The Voyage Within is our experiences program, shaped around you across streams such as Nurture (wellness), Explore (nature and adventure), Create (culture and art) and Connect (community). For a short stay we'd point you at Create. Tell us the day before what you like and we'll suggest something that suits a single morning.

The one museum we'd leave Roma Norte for on a two-day visit. MUAC, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, is a slanted glass building above a reflecting pool. Go as much for the building as for whatever is showing. It's too far to walk, so we'll arrange a private car there and back. If you'd rather stay central, Palacio de Bellas Artes is the other museum on our own short list.

Chef Eduardo García's restaurant, and a five-minute walk from our door. It's a good last night: a little louder than Rosetta, and the kind of dinner you'll talk about on the flight home. Let us know your night and we'll take it from there.