Sport
Mexico City’s temperate climate is ideal for outdoor sports and recreation. Football and bullfighting are two national passions. The Mexico City football team, Amrica, nicknamed Las Aguilas (the Eagles) is the Mexican favourite. Each year, El Clasico, a match between Amrica and Guadaljara (the biggest club outside Mexico City), draws huge crowds of 100,000 and packs the impressive Estadio Azteca, Calzada de Tlalpan 3465 (tel: (55) 5617 8080 or 3330 or 3391) to capacity. The football calendar is divided into two seasons – a torneo de invierno (winter season) from August to December and a torneo de verano (summer season) from January to May.
The Monumento Plaza Mxico, Rodin 241 (tel: (55) 5563 3961), is one of the largest bullrings in the world, holding up to 48,000 spectators. From mid-October to mid-April, corridas (bullfights) take place every Sunday at 1600.
Golf: Most golf clubs are private but some hotels offer guest privileges. Bella Vista Golf Club (tel: (55) 5360 3501/7), an 18-hole course off Queretaro Highway 57, is available to guests staying at the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and the Camino Real Hotel. Tuesday-Friday green fees are US$95; Saturday and Sunday, US$120.
Health clubs: Club San Francisco, Panuco 207 in Cuauhtemoc (tel: (55) 5525 0936), offers aerobics, weights, a sauna (men only) and massage. Sport’s City, Miguel de Cervantes Saabedra 397 in Irrigacion, near Polanco (tel: (55) 5395 3570), has a pool and offers weights, aerobics, karate and steam baths. One day membership costs M$410.
Swimming: Many hotels have pools. The public pools are all far from the city centre.
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Sport