Coyoacán / KOY-uh-can
As noted previously, Mexico City has a huge physical footprint, divided into 16 boroughs and even further into neighborhoods beyond that. Coyoacán is one of the boroughs, known for its colonial look and feel, and for the artist community that set up shop there in the middle of the 20th century. I generally think of Coyoacán as old money — the borough is full of nicely kept cobbled streets, old palatial mansions, and colonial country homes.
(Polanco, if you’re wondering, is new money.)
Coyoacán is home to Frida Kahlo’s studio, Casa Azul, as well as museums dedicated to Leon Trotsky and Diego Rivera. The main plaza square is large and has a decorative fountain depicting two coyotes, which is where the name originates from. It’s a fairly quiet neighborhood, a nice spot to get ice cream or coffee and enjoy an afternoon.