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VanDam's new 2024 StreetSmart® CDMX maps all attractions, archeological sites, museums, markets, boutique hotels, haciendas, destination restaurants, famed taquerías, urban skateparks & ecotourism parks at an immensely legible scale complete with a 3-D relief view of the Valle de México’s volcanic peaks. Clear information design allows you to read the map from three feet away and has earned VanDam maps a place in the MoMA Collection. The map is film-laminated, accordion folded & pocket-size. Coverage: Greater CDMX Map 1:205,000; City Walking Map: 1:15,500; San Ángel & Coyoacán Walking Maps: 1:19,000; Ciudad Universitaria Map: 1:46,500; Teotihuacán Map: 1:6,000; Size: 4 x 9 folded, 9 x 36 unfolded, easily fits into shirt pocket/purse. StreetSmart® CDMX is so legible you will instantly understand how Art deco Condesa with its verdant parks connects to Chapultepec Park with its many museums. Where to have a splendid outdoor lunch in fashionable Polanco. You’ll walk confidently from hipster Roma Norte through edgy Juárez to the historic district with Templo Mayor and Palacio Nacional on the Zócalo as grand finales. México City conjures many images: Giant latin metropolis of 21.6 million (actually 8.99m in the city & 12.6m in surrounding México state), sprawling city of palaces, the intellectual capital of Latin America, feast of 1st class museums, a food capital, an architectural wonderland, birthplace of the Aztec Empire & lately skateboarding paradise & “the new Berlin,” all ringed by 4,000 meter high volcanoes. StreetSmart® CDMX focuses on the urban core, selects the best & directs you safely in seven self-guided walks: from Condesa’s unique, circular, Av Amsterdam surrounding subtropical Parque México to the boutiques, galleries (OMR) & hot restaurants of Roma Norte. Grab a taco al pastor at Orinoco after crossing Insurgentes, the spine of the megalopolis. The “Museum walk” takes you on an art-filled stroll along majestic Paseo de la Reforma through