Take dance lessons

Mexico City has a lively dance culture that incorporates indigenous traditions as well as traditional Latin American and Caribbean dances. Mexicans are musical people, and even attempting to dance is part of the Mexico experience. Every Saturday, couples dressed in hats and heels or casual clothing flock to Mexico City's outdoor Plaza Ciudadela to dance, mingle, and learn to salsa and do the danzón. It is accessible to the public, but if you need some bravery, there are clubs throughout town where you can learn to dance for the price of a tequila shot. PataNegra Condesa is modest and intimate, which the social dancers prefer, but Mama Rumba puts on a show with its live large band.

Every Saturday, La Ciudadela square transforms into a dancing hall open to various rhythms and levels. There is no school and no teacher, but you learn to dance. How? That's where genuine dancers congregate, so you'll be able to learn from people who are highly passionate about moving their bodies in their spare time. Salón de Bailes Los ngeles is half school, part folklore, and where luminaries from Mexico's Golden Age of cinema, such as Cantinflas and Mara Félix, went to boogie.