The 21 Best Luxury Hotels in Mexico City

In Mexico City, you often swim above the rooftops, because many hotels here have their pool on a roof terrace or high up in a tower.The St. Regis Mexico City · CuauhtémocIf you want to swim with a view at a 5-star hotel in Mexico City, choose a pool in a tower. Our tip: The St. Regis Mexico City, where the pool on the 15th floor sits between two whirlpools, with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the city. At the Sofitel Mexico City Reforma, the heated saltwater pool on the 38th floor looks out over the skyline, and at The Ritz-Carlton Mexico City, a heated vitality pool is part of the spa.

Open-air on the roof: at the VOLGA Mexico City, a narrow swimming lane runs through the day club with cabanas and DJ sets, and from the rooftop pool of the Círculo Mexicano Mexico City, you look out over the cathedral and the National Palace. The Andaz Mexico City Condesa heats its rooftop pool all year, and at the Kimpton Virgilio Mexico City, the pool bar La Caña serves pisco, cachaça and ceviche.

For swimming laps, we recommend the JW Marriott Hotel Mexico City Polanco, with a heated outdoor pool that you reach from inside the hotel through a tunnel. The Hyatt Regency Mexico City has a heated indoor pool and three tennis courts, and in the spa of the Marquis Reforma Hotel Mexico City, the 15-meter indoor pool, kept at 28 to 30 degrees Celsius, is reserved for adults.

Many hotel spas in the city draw on ancient Mexican healing traditions, with cacao, copal, honey and volcanic salt. Our tip for rituals steeped in tradition is Aurora at Las Alcobas Mexico City, with a Maya healing ritual, Herbolaria Mexicana and a scrub bar with freshly mixed scrubs. At Casa Polanco, therapists work with products by the Yucatán brand LUUM, based on Melipona honey, in a glass-walled treatment room overlooking the park. At the Andaz Mexico City Condesa, the “Protection Ritual” with volcanic salt is part of the Pasana Spa.Las Alcobas Mexico City · Miguel HidalgoIf you choose your 5-star hotel in Mexico City by its spa, book the Marquis Reforma Hotel Mexico City for the big wellness experience: Spa Marquis covers around 1,500 m², with ten treatment rooms, Mexican rituals with cacao, copal and tequila, a sauna, a steam room and Jacuzzis; it is reserved for adults, and hotel guests pay an entrance fee. At the AWAY Spa of the W Mexico City, a shaman leads 90-minute ceremonies in the traditional temazcal, the Mexican sweat lodge.

Spas with a view are found at the luxury hotels on the Paseo de la Reforma. At The St. Regis Mexico City, the Remède Spa is on the 15th floor, with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the city. The Ritz-Carlton Mexico City has six treatment rooms, works with native plants following Aztec healing traditions and offers express treatments in the Timeless Capsule. At the Sofitel Mexico City Reforma, the spa pampers you with L’Occitane products.

For calm in an intimate setting: the Alexander Mexico City has two private treatment rooms with steam rooms and offers energy sessions and healing rituals as well as massages. The Hela Spa at the InterContinental Presidente Mexico City follows a Nordic concept, with saunas and water areas.

Prices start at 92 € at The Paragon Hotel Santa Fe and go up to 1,120 € at Casa Polanco; half of the hotels cost no more than 315 € a night. The table shows all hotels by neighborhood, with the starting price and the night from which the suitespot benefits apply. You will find the current price for your dates in the hotel list below.

What is included almost everywhere: daily breakfast for two, for example at the Diana restaurant at The St. Regis Mexico City or at Market Kitchen at The Westin Santa Fe Mexico City. At the Sofitel Mexico City Reforma, breakfast is for one person, at the Balta restaurant. At 18 hotels, the benefits apply from the first night, at three from two nights.

Upgrade and check-in: an upgrade is offered at all 21 luxury hotels, usually on arrival and subject to availability. It is confirmed at booking at the Hyatt Regency Mexico City, the Andaz Mexico City Condesa and the W Mexico City. Early check-in and late check-out are possible almost everywhere, subject to availability.The Paragon Hotel Santa Fe · Santa FeHotel credit is worth a closer look. Fourteen hotels add one, usually 100 US dollars. At Las Alcobas Mexico City, it applies to the spa, at the W Mexico City to food, non-alcoholic drinks or the spa, and at the Hacienda Peña Pobre Mexico City it is 50 US dollars. At The St. Regis Mexico City, certain suites booked for two nights or more come with another 100 US dollars for food and drinks.

Plus extras at individual luxury hotels in Mexico City: at Condesa DF Mexico City, dinner for two with a bottle of wine is included, and room guests also receive a bottle of mezcal and handmade souvenirs. At the Círculo Mexicano Mexico City, suite guests get the dinner and room guests mezcal and souvenirs, and at Las Alcobas Mexico City, there is one cocktail per person at the Anatol restaurant.

Points and status: 20 of the 21 luxury hotels in Mexico City belong to a loyalty program. Marriott Bonvoy is represented with nine hotels, ALL (Accor) and the Leaders Club with three each, IHG One Rewards and World of Hyatt with two each, and I Prefer with one. At Casa Polanco and the Marquis Reforma Hotel Mexico City, enter your Leaders Club number when you book, and you earn the regular points.

When to go: in spring, the jacarandas bloom and turn the avenues purple. Around Día de Muertos in late October and early November, the city is festively decorated; for these weeks, it pays to book early. In summer, Mexico City is green, showers usually pass through in the afternoon, and afterwards the air is clear.

How long to stay: for a 5-star hotel in Mexico City, we recommend four to five nights – for museums and Chapultepec, a day in the Centro Histórico, evenings in Roma and Condesa and a trip to Coyoacán. If you like, split your stay: first Polanco or Reforma, then Condesa.