R&K Trip Itinerary

All costs on the ground are included, including transport (we’ll be moving around in Mercedes Sprinters or, in the chinapas, in trajinera boats), tips, accommodation, food, drinks and more. You’re responsible for any travel insurance, personal laundry costs, and for your flights to and from CDMX.

Jan 12-16, 2024

Day 1

Jan 12 Fri

Bienvenido güey

Casa Pani
Calle Río Po 14, Mexico City, Ciudad de México 06500, Mexico

Private transfer to our home in CDMX, Casa Pani, an architectural gem designed by celebrated architect Mario Pani
Welcome wines at Casa Pani with our co-host Rocío Vasquez, one of CDMX’s most innovative travel hosts and entrepreneurs.
Pop-up dinner at a secret location with visiting and local chefs. For real.
Postprandial drink at Casa Pani with Sophie Avernin: sommelier, winemaker, writer (who also selected our unhosted bar for us at Casa Pani).

Day 2

Jan 13 Sat

Markets and More

Casa Pani
Calle Río Po 14, Mexico City, Ciudad de México 06500, Mexico

Breakfast cooked by our private chef Diego Pérez Turner at Casa Pani
Architectural walking tour of Roma and Condesa for an active, and fascinating, glimpse of some of CDMX’s most fascinating districts with historian and architect
An insider’s tour through Mercado de Jamaica fresh market for a masterclass on the region’s produce and products with the female-run and -led crew of Eat Like a Local.
Siesta! Or shopping if you’re too wired to sleep
Happy hour hosted bar service at our house manned and planned by Limantour, perennial member of The World’s 50 Best Bars
Late-night taco and mezcal crawl with Rocio and her company Eat Like a Local

Day 3

Jan 14 Sun

CDMX Origin Story

Hacienda San Andrés
56770 Ayapango, State of Mexico, Mexico
+52 55 1973 1675

Early rise today for a glorious morning on the chinampas, the last remaining pre-Hispanic laguna landscape in CDMX. Cafe de olla at sunrise in the pre-Hispanic glory of Xochimilco
Keep heading south, to the volcanic plains of Ayapango, where we’ll spend the day and night at the Hacienda San Andrés, an agricultural pillar of the region since 1535, now reimagined in the hands of chef Marco Margain.
Siesta, of course.
Happy hour looking out over the fields of maize toward Mt Popocatépetl
Mezcal varietals tasting masterclass at San Andrés. Learn your Tobalá from your Tobasiche, impress your friends and dull some pains all in one session.
A full traditional Barbacoa, including lamb slaughter for those who want to witness the sacred sacrifice of this life-giving food source of central Mexico

Day 4

Jan 15 Mon

Back to the Capital

Casa Pani
Calle Río Po 14, Mexico City, Ciudad de México 06500, Mexico

Wake warmly with the frost outside, have a gorgeous rural breakfast at Hacienda San Andrés
Head slowly back toward CDMX
Optional downtime at Casa Pani or shopping in some of Mexico City’s great boutiques in Roma Norte
Big last dinner at our private space in Roma Norte featuring custom cocktails and a special menu just for us exploring the deep relationship between Mexico and Japan, on the plate and off
Downtown cantinas and pulqueria historic tour, drinking and visiting the classics with friends