PUEBLOS MÁGICOS MAKE BEST SMALL TOWNS LIST Magical Towns Sayulita, Nayarit, and Tepoztlán, Morelos, made it on the coveted 50 Most Beautiful Small Towns in the World list by Condé Nast

magazine.  The magazine praised Tepoztlán for its “beautifully designed sites” such as Dilao, a sculpture garden by artist Eduardo Olbés, and the greenhouse-inspired cocktail bar Margarita

Concept. It also highlights the area’s Aztec ruins.  One day is enough to visit Tepoztlán, but Condé Nast “you may find yourself wanting to linger…”  Sayulita, a beach town on Mexico’s

Pacific coast, “offers an authentic slice of Mexican life with a colorful town square, indie boutiques, seafood-hawking food stalls, and quiet beaches,” Condé Nast says.  NEW HYATT LUXURY

restaurants and access to a 26,000-square-foot spa, a fitness center, multiple pools and a beach club. MEXICO CITY IS WORLD’S 21ST MOST EXPENSIVE CITY TO LIVE IN  Investment firm Julius

Bar’s 2023 Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report reveals that Mexico City is the second most expensive city in Latin America and the 21st most expensive in the world.  Mexico City’s results are

in part driven by the peso’s strength against the dollar and hotel price increases, which have spiked, reflecting its “importance as a leisure and business travel destination,” the report

says.  Still, more than half the goods and services in Mexico City are cheaper than the global average, notably health insurance, prime real estate and private education, it says. “These

three key lifestyle elements […] make Mexico City an appealing place for the wealthy,” the report adds.   MEXICO CITY HAS THREE RESTAURANTS ON WORLD’S 50 BEST LIST Quintonil, Pujol, and

Rosetta again made it on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, with Quintonil making the top 10. Dropping eight positions this year, Pujol is at No. 13, with Rosetta at No. 49. Retaining its

No. 9 ranking from last year, Quintonil thus was crowned Mexico’s best restaurant for the first time.   “Focused on fresh, local ingredients and traditional Mexican flavors and techniques

weaved into modern preparations, Quintonil is fast becoming a classic,” 50 Best said.  After working cruise ships and at Mexico City restaurants The St. Regis, Noma and Pujol, owner Jorge

Vallejo opened Quintonil with his wife Alejandra Flores in 2012.   “The charismatic duo brings a winning combination of warmth, energy and exceptional food that has diners returning again

and again,” 50 Best wrote. Pujol’s cultish culinary experience, it says, adds “a modern twist to traditional recipes” and “serves them in the most elegant way possible.” Rosetta, whose owner

Elena Reygadas won the World’s Best Female Chef award in April, was recognized for a “ubiquitous interpretation of Mexican cuisine.” _With reports from __Condé Nast Traveler__, __Hyatt__,

__Julius Baer__, __Forbes Mexico Online__, __El Financiero__ and __The World’s 50 Best_