Mexico City is visitable and rewarding in its central tourist colonias, but requires caution. Use ride-hailing, avoid hailing street taxis, and stay out of certain peripheral boroughs after dark.
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Read before you go — these are the situations most likely to affect your safety.
Never hail street taxis — use Uber, Cabify or radio-taxi from your hotel.
Stay in well-known colonias: Roma, Condesa, Centro Histórico (daytime), Polanco, Coyoacán.
Avoid displays of expensive watches or jewellery in public.
Keep to the bus and Metro during the day; do not use Metro late at night.
Recognise the pattern, decline firmly, and walk away.
Touts at the airport offer 'fixed-rate' rides far above the authorised taxi fare. Use the official booth inside the terminal.
Use bank-lobby ATMs only; street ATMs may be fitted with skimmers. Cover the keypad.
Rare but reported: a rogue driver takes you to multiple ATMs. Share your trip, sit in back, and keep doors locked.
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