The vibe downstairs was lively and fun, and while the upstairs level was more sedate, it still wasn’t dead quiet. I ordered the spicy and flavourful tamales de mole negro, a chicken dish with handmade tortillas for a reasonable $18 ($245 Mexican Pesos). In Mexico, the server shows you the ingredients for your tomatillo/tomato salsa and makes the dish right in front of you using a molcajete, a Mexican version of a mortar and pestle. In fancy Vancouver steakhouses, the server comes by to make the Caesar salad right by your table. Walk around the surrounding streets of Paseo La Reforma, where James Bond encountered the parade of the walking dead. Here is where you’ll find thousands of people in costumes and face paint, as well as beautiful decorated edible skull masks. Midnight – Zona RosaĬatrina and Catrine face makeup (Mexico Tourism Board)Īt this time of year in the Zócalo, the city’s central square, you’ll find huge arches adorned with marigolds providing a gateway to welcome La Catrina, Mexico’s Dame of Death. The Hilton Mexico City Reforma Hotel on Reforma Avenue is a convenient location, just footsteps from the historical downtown, restaurants and shopping. It’s also a monster to get around anywhere, so pick areas or zones that you can spend time to explore. Mexico City is the largest metropolis in the western world and that’s one reason why it’s sometimes called The Monster. Friday Late check in – Hilton Mexico City Reforma Hotel On November 1, families welcome back children who have died. Note that, parades aside, the bulk of the activity takes place over two nights. Since Air Canada now flies non-stop from Vancouver, you too could be in Mexico City in just five and a half hours to remember the dead and soak up the spectacle. Mexico has been celebrating the Day of the Dead for 3,000 years and the spectacle of the festivities was brought back to life with last year’s James Bond movie Spectre, when a single tracking shot followed 007 through a Day of the Dead parade. Tourism officials in Mexico have since announced they’re holding Day of the Dead parades to capitalize on the enormous publicity generated by the movie. But the history of celebrating ghouls and the dead actually goes back centuries in Europe and Latin America, and has more to do with remembering ancestors than getting scared by haunted houses and witches. Written for Daily Hive by Vacay.ca writer Guillermo Serranoįor North Americans, October 31 is a day to get out the costumes and go out to collect candy.
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